Posts tagged “memorial”

My grandfather Nils Voss, born in 1908, died this week at 99. We weren't close, and now I realize how much I never knew about him. I'm left with an image of him on his porch, rum in hand, laughing. He did well. Goodbye, grampa.

I knew Karlie Rogers briefly, in 1998. She made corny jokes and laughed easily. On September 11th, 2001, she was in the north tower. There are no lessons in her death. It was random and senseless. She was a good person. I remember her with fondness and sadness.

A memorial night for Simon Hobart at Popstarz drew hundreds of people, celebrity DJs (Brett Anderson, Brian Molko, Siouxsie Sioux, Kele Okereke), walls of written tributes, free drinks, and nearly £10k raised for charity. Exactly how he would have wanted it.

Never forget.

I had forgotten. Follow the link.