Notable death

@ponderable said
Katherine Johnson one of the foremost mathematcians in NASA has died aged 101...

@torunn said
The film about Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan is titled Hidden Figures.

Clive Cussler

quite famous author ahs died aged 88

Freeman Dyson US physicist...science fiction readers might know the Dyson sphere.

Ernesto Cardenal a very active Nicaraguan with notable ideas on "justice" and "Freedom" aged 95

Javier Perez de Cuelllar

former General Secretary of the UN died aged 100 years.

@ponderable said
Javier Perez de Cuelllar

former General Secretary of the UN died aged 100 years.

Stanislav Bogdanovich (once 8th highest-rated speed chess player in the world), age 27, and his gf Alexandra Vernigora, age 18.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51767082

McCoy Tyner has died. He was 81. As a member of John Coltrane’s pioneering quartet, he influenced almost every single pianist in jazz.

Someone else said this, not me:

"His chords were the ocean that Coltrane set sail on".

Swedish actor Max von Sydow died yesterday, 90 years old.

@torunn said
Swedish actor Max von Sydow died yesterday, 90 years old.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/15/816088912/genesis-breyer-p-orridge-provocateur-and-industrial-co-creator-dead-at-70

destruction presented as creation

@fmf said
McCoy Tyner has died. He was 81. As a member of John Coltrane’s pioneering quartet, he influenced almost every single pianist in jazz.

Someone else said this, not me:

"His chords were the ocean that Coltrane set sail on".

@suzianne said
Best known for his work with Coltrane and a long solo career, he was highly innovative in his playing. His chordwork is well-known and he was known for preferring acoustic pianos, only rarely using electronic keyboards. He often reminded me of Oscar Peterson. An NEA Jazz Master, he was highly influential, and highly prolific - his body of work is huge. I was sad to hear of his passing. The jazz world has lost another truly great musician.