Obituary He Painted Palestine from the Ground Up — Literally Sliman Mansour, 1947–2026. When the occupation cut off his art supplies, he turned to the earth beneath his feet. What he made from mud and henna and olive wood became the visual language of a people. By Bergotte · August 28, 2026 Sliman Mansour ·Continue reading “Sliman Mansour 1947-2026”
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Yayoi Kusama 1929-2026
Obituary She Painted to Stay Alive. She Stayed Alive for Ninety-Seven Years. Yayoi Kusama, 1929–2026. She covered the world in dots because the world was already covered in them and she was the only one honest enough to show it. By Bergotte · August 27, 2026 Yayoi Kusama · born March 22, 1929, Matsumoto, JapanContinue reading “Yayoi Kusama 1929-2026”
Tim Curry, 1946–2026
The man who made wickedness irresistible Tim Curry, who has died aged 80, was one of those rare actors whose presence could transform a film before he had even spoken. He possessed a voice that seemed to have been dipped in velvet and sharpened at the edges, an extraordinary physicality, and an appetite for theContinue reading “Tim Curry, 1946–2026”
We Will Always Love You, Dolly
By Bergotte Dolly Rebecca Parton, January 19, 1946 — August 25, 2026 Dolly Parton died yesterday in Nashville, Tennessee, after a brief battle with cancer. She was eighty years old. Sixteen months earlier, she had lost Carl Dean, her husband of nearly six decades, and she had said openly that she had not taken careContinue reading “We Will Always Love You, Dolly”
Fernando Caruncho
The Gardener Who Thought in Light Fernando Caruncho, who died on 23 August 2026 at the age of sixty-eight, called himself a gardener rather than a designer. The distinction was not false modesty. It was a philosophical position — one he had held since he first understood that the garden was not a space toContinue reading “Fernando Caruncho”
Sam Neill, Actor of Watchful Intelligence Who Roamed From Dinosaurs to Deep Drama, Dies at 78
By Bergotte Sam Neill, the New Zealand-born actor whose long, restless career carried him from the art houses of the Australian New Wave to the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus rex in “Jurassic Park,” and who brought a dry, watchful intelligence to nearly every part he played, died on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78.Continue reading “Sam Neill, Actor of Watchful Intelligence Who Roamed From Dinosaurs to Deep Drama, Dies at 78”
Ted Turner, the Last Great Madman of Television
Ted Turner, who has died aged 87, was one of the last media titans who seemed less the product of a boardroom than of a novelist’s imagination. He was loud, reckless, brilliant, vulgar, idealistic, impossible, visionary. When he founded CNN in 1980, he did not simply launch a television network. He altered the nervous systemContinue reading “Ted Turner, the Last Great Madman of Television”
Jesse Jackson: The Prophet Who Told America to Keep Hope Alive
The Rev Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, was never merely a witness to history. He was one of its great interrupters. For more than half a century, Jackson stood at the charged intersection of race, religion and American democracy – sometimes welcomed, often derided, always impossible to ignore. From the balcony of theContinue reading “Jesse Jackson: The Prophet Who Told America to Keep Hope Alive”
Catherine O’Hara Obituary
Catherine O’Hara, the Canadian actor whose singular blend of comic precision and emotional depth reshaped modern screen performance, has died aged 71. Over a career spanning more than five decades, O’Hara proved herself one of the great character actors of her generation: a performer capable of extracting profound humanity from the most stylised comedy, andContinue reading “Catherine O’Hara Obituary”
Valentino Garavani (1932–2026)
Italian Couturier and Founder of the House of Valentino Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, the Italian fashion designer known globally as Valentino, died on 19 January 2026 in Rome at the age of 93. He passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by those close to him. Born on 11 May 1932 in Voghera, Italy, ValentinoContinue reading “Valentino Garavani (1932–2026)”
My World of Interiors 