Hacker News with Generative AI: Obituaries

Val Kilmer: Top Gun, Batman and The Doors actor dies aged 65 (bbc.com)
Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.

Celebrities, Obituaries, Film, Entertainment, Music

11 points by marban 17 hours ago | 2 comments

Val Kilmer has died (nytimes.com)
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.

Obituaries, Actors, Hollywood

150 points by handfuloflight 22 hours ago | 59 comments

Dave Täht has died (libreqos.io)
We’re devastated to announce that Dave Täht has passed away.

Obituaries, Technology, Open Source

236 points by mhandley 1 day ago | 47 comments

Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 (bbc.com)
A decorated World War Two code breaker who spent her youth deciphering enemy messages at Bletchley Park has died at the age of 101.

History, Code Breaking, Obituaries

489 points by danso 2 days ago | 96 comments

Richard Chamberlain dies aged 90 (theguardian.com)
Richard Chamberlain, the hero of the 1960s television series Dr Kildare who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90.

Obituaries, Television, Actors, Entertainment

15 points by sandebert 3 days ago | 4 comments

Gene Winfield, One of History's Greatest Hot-Rodders, Dies at 97 (thedrive.com)
Not many people get the chance to live 97 years, but Gene Winfield did. The creator of hot rod and Kustom icons born in 1927, passed away Tuesday after spending time in a professional care facility. He leaves behind cars and innovations, of course, though more valuable than that are the impressions he left on the generations of builders who followed him.

Automotive, History, Obituaries, Design

19 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 3 comments

Chris Moore, illustrator for classic sci-fi books, has died (nytimes.com)
Chris Moore, a British artist who conjured fantastical worlds with high-sheen covers for books by science-fiction masters like Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke and Alfred Bester, and who lent his artistry to albums by Rod Stewart and Fleetwood Mac, died on Feb. 7 at his home in Charmouth, on the southwestern coast of England. He was 77.

Science Fiction, Illustration, Art, Obituaries

51 points by donohoe 21 days ago | 8 comments

The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, has died (ip4only.me)
Notice: The owner of ip4.me/ip6.me, Kevin Loch, passed away.

Obituaries, Internet, Domain Names

284 points by lieuwex 29 days ago | 91 comments

Remembering Duane Blehm (engineersneedart.com)

Obituaries, Engineering, Art

9 points by chmaynard 30 days ago | 2 comments

Boris Spassky: 1937–2025 (chessbase.com)
Boris Spassky, the tenth World Chess Champion, was a chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at the young age of 18. He won the World Chess Championship in 1969, and held the title until 1972, when he lost to Bobby Fischer in the famous "Match of the Century". Boris passed on Thursday at the age of 88. He was a decades-long personal friend of the author. | Photo Frederic Friedel, taken in June 2007

Chess, Obituaries

299 points by throwaway81523 34 days ago | 66 comments

Gene Hackman has died (nytimes.com)
Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star but became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has died, the authorities in New Mexico said on Thursday.

Obituaries, Actors, Film, Hollywood

154 points by romaniitedomum 35 days ago | 163 comments

Martin Pilkington, Stalwart of the Mac and Apple Dev Community, Dies from Cancer (daringfireball.net)
Sad news, posted to his Mastodon account:

Mac, Apple Development, Obituaries

14 points by tosh 45 days ago | 1 comments

Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov has died (eurogamer.net)
Half-Life 2 art director and Dishonored designer Viktor Antonov has died aged just 52.

Video Games, Gaming, Art, Design, Obituaries

602 points by Trasmatta 45 days ago | 128 comments

The Prophet of Parking: A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup (worksinprogress.news)
Professor Donald Shoup died on February 6th. M. Nolan Gray explains how his mentor changed political economy of parking, and cities themselves, forever.

Urban Planning, Cities, Economics, Obituaries

321 points by herbertl 49 days ago | 303 comments

Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100 (apnews.com)
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.

Military History, Obituaries

22 points by cf100clunk 50 days ago | 7 comments

Streetsblog Mourns the Passing of Donald Shoup (streetsblog.org)
Donald Shoup, the author of the groundbreaking High Cost of Free Parking and UCLA Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, passed away last Thursday evening, February 6, 2025.

Urban Planning, Transportation, Obituaries

8 points by riffic 53 days ago | 1 comments

Michael Foord Has Died (python.org)

Python, Programming, Community, Obituaries

25 points by samanator 67 days ago | 1 comments

David Lynch, Visionary Director of 'Twin Peaks' and 'Blue Velvet,' Dies at 78 (variety.com)
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78.

Film, Television, Obituaries

16 points by magoghm 76 days ago | 1 comments

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 (theguardian.com)
David Lynch, the maverick American director who sustained a successful mainstream career while also probing the bizarre, the radical and the experimental, has died aged 78.

Film, Death, Obituaries, Director, American

158 points by helsinkiandrew 76 days ago | 2 comments

Steve Langasek, one of Ubuntu Linux's leading lights, has died (thenewstack.io)

Linux, Ubuntu, Open Source, Technology, Obituaries

311 points by CrankyBear 84 days ago | 26 comments

Hermit guardian of Budelli dies after three decades on paradise island (theguardian.com)
Mauro Morandi, an Italian man nicknamed “Robinson Crusoe” by the media after living alone on a paradise island for more than three decades, has died at the age of 85.

Nature, Italy, Human Interest, Obituaries

12 points by n1b0m 86 days ago | 0 comments

Team 17 Co-Founder Martyn Brown Has Passed Away Aged 57 (timeextension.com)
We're sad to report that Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away. He was 57.

Gaming, Obituaries, Video Games

39 points by AndrejXY 95 days ago | 7 comments

Noah Gibbs (@codefolio) has passed away (twitter.com)

Obituaries, Tech Community, Social Media

12 points by ksec 97 days ago | 1 comments

Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58 (pcworld.com)
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, a tireless journalist we once described as a founding father of hardcore tech journalism, passed away over the weekend after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer.

Journalism, Technology, Obituaries

21 points by Akharin 100 days ago | 1 comments

Rickey Henderson, Baseball's Flamboyant 'Man of Steal,' Dies at 65 (nytimes.com)
Rickey Henderson, the thrilling and charismatic Hall of Fame outfielder who, with his signature crouched stance, blazing speed and unlikely home run power, was widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history, has died.

Baseball, Sports, Obituaries

12 points by mitchbob 102 days ago | 3 comments

Donald Bitzer has died (computerhistory.org)
With sadness, we say goodbye to computer pioneer and 2022 CHM Fellow Donald L. Bitzer.

Computer Science, History, Obituaries

221 points by sohkamyung 111 days ago | 24 comments

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death (arstechnica.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. "I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university," wrote the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and director of NC State's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. Hours later, campus police found that Brain had died by suicide.

Tech News, Obituaries, Suicide, Entrepreneurship, Education

16 points by LinuxBender 119 days ago | 3 comments

Marshall Brain has died (wral.com)
A North Carolina State University faculty member and creator of the popular website "How Stuff Works" has died.

Obituaries, Technology

335 points by bsagdiyev 129 days ago | 168 comments

Marshall Brain has passed away (wral.com)
An North Carolina State University faculty member and creator of the popular website How Stuff Works has died.

Obituaries

67 points by ilaksh 130 days ago | 14 comments

A life that added up to something (Obituary of Paul Erdòs) (math.osu.edu)
One of the most extraordinary minds of our time has "left."

Mathematics, Obituaries, Biography

78 points by joebig 143 days ago | 17 comments