Celebrities We Lost 2023

Justin O. Schmidt, the entomologist responsible for the Schmidt Sting Pain Index (link to exerpt) died in February. He was a capital fellow and had been ill for a long time and it just now occurred to me to check up on him. Ow.

hellfrog

@Gashlycrumb RIP to this man but that is kind of stretching the definition of a celebrity a bit far?

Gashlycrumb

@hellfrog Kinda like being Big In Japan, yep. I have been kinda surprised how many random people know who he is, though.

Twinkle

This made me very sad to see.

Angus Cloud

GF

Robbie Robertson and–trigger warning because she was 14–Claire “Lil Tay” Hope.

GF

William Friedkin.

Coin

Mark Margolis.

mietze

@GF i think the situation surrounding the social media kid who appears to have been supporting her family might be a hoax. Fake deaths on social media for attention and sympathy have been a thing on the internet for awhile. Hopefully that’s what this is and the children can get the help they need and parents face consequences if need be. But if it is in fact true then I feel bad for that little girl. Hell I feel bad for her even if its not true.

hellfrog

@mietze i’ve felt bad for her since i became aware of her. and her brother. i hope it was a hoax

MisterBoring

Johnny Hardwick, Voice of Dale Gribble from King of the Hill and standup comedian.

Pavel

@mietze E! is reporting that it was a case of social media hacking

mietze

@Pavel yeah i have a feeling that there’s a couple of layers involved and the story will change a few times since i guess there is an also very nasty custody dispute going on. We won’t know what actually happened though because interest will be lost in a couple of days.

I’m not wild about the conditions for child actors but at least there are inadequate minimal protections. People who monetize their children on social media where there are none make me ill. Even the ones that don’t push kids into adult situations.