obituaries RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman" Ellsworth Toohey
Entertainment RIP David Lynch, visionary director who brought surrealism to the mainstream Boing Boing
death Proud trailer park lot owner and "gluttonous eater of fried foods and snack cakes" memorialized with wonderful obituary David Pescovitz
obituaries Dame Edna's self-penned obituary pokes at 'would-be comedian' Barry Humphries Rusty Blazenhoff
architecture Christopher Alexander, pioneering architect and creator of A Pattern Language, has died Gareth Branwyn