Heather D. Heyer died standing up for what she believed in.
Friends described her as a passionate advocate for the disenfranchised who was often moved to tears by the world’s injustices. That sense of conviction led her to join demonstrators protesting a rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday.
Glen Campbell has passed away. He was 81.
Adam West passed away over the weekend. He was 88.
To at least a generation of young Bat-lovers, the cheeky ABC series was their true introduction to the DC Comics crime-fighter created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and first popularized in the World War II era. As “American Gods” and “Sandman” writer Neil Gaiman once told Comic Riffs: Decades before he was crafting Batman comics, he was glued to West’s series — this sly, psychedelic-era confection — when he was a boy in Britain who absorbed whatever American pop culture he could find.
Adam West’s portrayal of Batman was one of my first introductions into the character. R.I.P.
Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has passed away. He was 89.
Chris Cornell has passed away. He was 52.
Former Black Flag bassist, Cel Revuelta, has passed away.
Kevin Garcia, bassist of Grandaddy, has passed away. He was 41.
Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, has passed away. He was 88.
Robert M. Pirsig, whose “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” a dense and discursive novel of ideas, became an unlikely publishing phenomenon in the mid-1970s and a touchstone in the waning days of the counterculture, died on Monday at his home in South Berwick, Me. He was 88.
Chuck Berry has passed away:
Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as much as anyone to define rock ’n’ roll’s potential and attitude in its early years, died on Saturday at his home near Wentzville, Mo. He was 90.
His family has announced that his new studio album will still be released.
Mary Tyler Moore has passed away.
Mary Tyler Moore, whose witty and graceful performances on two top-rated television shows in the 1960s and ’70s helped define a new vision of American womanhood, died on Wednesday in Greenwich, Conn. She was 80.
Carrie Fisher has passed away. She was 60.
George Michael has passed away. He was 53.
The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as a solo performer, “passed away peacefully” on Christmas Day in Goring, Oxfordshire, his publicist said.
The co-founder of Riot Fest, Sean McKeough, has passed away. He was 42.
Rod Temperton, maybe best known for his role in writing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” but with a long list of song writing classics to his name, has passed away. He was 66 years old.