by Dick Mac
Donald Trump denies he is a Russian agent after NY Times mentions that the FBI started an investigation of him because of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The lady protests too much, methinks.
Brexit fails then succeeds and now nobody really has any clue what is actually happening. But two groups of Brits: the very-wealthy and the very-stupid, are excited about not having a clue what comes next.
A major sandstorm hits Cairo; but, everything is OK because there is no climate change. Just ask a stupid person.
New record set for most expensive property in the USA when an apartment overlooking Central Park sells for $238,000,000. New Yorkers wonder aloud if parking is included (that might make it worth the price tag).
Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala vanishes when his plane falls off radar over the English Channel. The wreckage, but no bodies, eventually found.
Roger Stone is arrested, tried and convicted of seven felonies for obstructing a congressional inquiry, lying to investigators under oath, and trying to block the testimony of a witness whose account would have exposed his lies. All Americans expect that he will be pardoned.
Actor Jussie Smollett suffers a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, then is accused of staging the entire thing, and the year ended with me not knowing or caring what the hell actually happened.
A continuous church service in The Hague lasting 97 days prevented the deportation of Armenian asylum seekers. It ended after Dutch authorities reconsidered their position. Americans still support prison camps and family separations.
The US withdraws from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Proving that Americans are now the stupidest people in the world. Well, maybe right behind the Brits.
Australia catches on fire and is still burning.
NFL Champions: New England Patriots
It is discovered that honeybees can perform mathematics, but we've decided we will wipe them all out anyhow with pesticides and genetically modified crops. Stupid people win again.
Measles and Mumps make comebacks as successful killer diseases because stupid people decide they know more about medicine and science than do physicians and scientists and refuse to inoculate their equally stupid children. Smart people suffer the consequences.
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declares national emergency over rape and sexual assault violence after statistics double.
United States Baptists refuse to let Roman Catholics hog the spotlight and publicly admit that at least 400 Church leaders sexually abused at least 700 people. Most people believe they will have to step-up their game to surpass the Catholic Church as serial abusers of children.
Childish Gambino is the first rapper to win Best Song and Best Record at the Grammy Awards for his remarkable song and video "This Is America."
Republic of Macedonia officially changes it name to the Republic of North Macedonia to appease the South Macedonians, who are actually known as Greeks. Nobody on the entire planet ever knew or cared that there was a Macedonia in Greece, and nobody was ever confused.
NASA announces that the planet has gotten 5% greener 2000. This is due to China planting more trees, and increased farming in India. The United States continues to destroy the planet and makes no significant attempt to help matters.
The Mars rover "Opportunity" mission ended after 15 years due to sand damaging the communications equipment. It is now litter.
Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre is jailed in Colombia for sexual abuse of 276 children. In unrelated news, the Catholic Church continues to operate in Colombia, unimpeded.
Pope Francis defrocks ex-cardinal and archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick for sexually abusing children and adults. McCarrick is the first Cardinal to be removed for sexual abuse. People believe little more will be done.
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 touches down on asteroid Ryugu to collect rock samples. The United States continues to privatize its space program and makes no significant advances in space.
Perry Farrell toured with Kind Heaven Orchestra and released a record. My fave show (which I saw three times in NYC) of 2019.
Robert Kraft, owner of NFL team the New England Patriots, charged with soliciting prostitution, as part of human-trafficking sting operation in Jupiter, Florida.
Musician Peter Frampton announces he has a degenerative muscular disease and his next tour will be his last.
Oscar Winners: Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman, Best Picture "Green Book," Best Director Alfonso Cuarón.
Ongoing efforts to prevent brown-skinned people from migrating to the United States lead to 4,500 complaints of child sexual abuse reported to US Health Department and 1,300 to the Department of Justice. It appears Conservatives and GOP Brown Shirts working at the border actually rather like brown-skinned people, the younger the better.
Vegan meat went mainstream with Impossible Burgers and Beyond Meat. Perfectly fine products for me, and they suffer the same problems of all food in America: it depends where you buy it. Cook an Impossible Burger at home and it can be delicious; order one at a pub and it can taste like cardboard served on toilet paper.
Venice, Italy, is flooding worse than ever before. There is no climate-change. Just ask a stupid person.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docks at the International Space Station. An insignificant aeronautic event, but major breakthrough for brutal capitalism that has taken charge of the United States space program.
Donald Trump Impeached. I don't care. Do you?
A second person is "cured" of HIV after stem cell transplant treatment in London, England. This goes completely unnoticed in the USA where AIDS prevention is not important because it really only kills homosexuals and people of color.
Players on the US National Women's (soccer) Team sue for equal pay, by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation. They are correct, of course, but men around the world oppose them because male supremacy is more important than equality.
Rich people are accused of bribing and cheating to get their kids into preferred colleges. Nobody cares. Nobody is surprised. We all thought this is how it was always done anyhow. Women are imprisoned. Men pretty-much walk away unscathed.
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort sentenced to an additional 43 months in jail, on top of the 47 months he received previously.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announces an indefinite moratorium on the death sentence in the state, saying it discriminates against marginalized communities (which is a nice way of saying it is used to kill black men).
Australian cardinal George Pell is sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual abuse in Australia. Pedophiles across Australia now know they can rape as many children as they want for decades and serve a very light sentence.
A dead whale has 88 pounds of plastic inside it, including 40 pounds of plastic bags. Nobody does anything to curb the use of plastics.
Walt Disney acquires Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion proving there is not a single decent thing to expect from the future of telecommunications. World asks for more Star Wars movies.
There is a terrorist attack in New Zealand and 6 days later, the nation bans military-style weapons. Americans ignore this and demand more rights to keep military-grade weapons in their possession.
Tony Visconti released an album titled "It's A Selfie" and it was my fave record of 2019. It's like taking a trip through his storied career as one of the most important music producers of our time. Get it:
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Selfie-Tony-Visconti/dp/B07Y26JHC1/ref=sr_1_1
Special Council Robert S. Mueller finds no evidence President Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 election. Entire world slaps knee and laughs aloud, Americans don't even know what it means.
NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough spacesuits to fit women, proving there is no plan to be a viable player in space exploration. American men don't understand why this is a problem.
Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, with temperatures increasing 2.3% in northern Canada. Smart people realize this is because they have the hottest prime minister in the world.
NASA states it wants to send astronauts to the Moon again in 2024. Further proving that the United States hasn't a clue what it's doing beyond propping-up failed economic theories of supply-side capitalism.
Lori Lightfoot elected first female African American Mayor of Chicago.
US Mormon church pledges to roll back anti-LGBT policies, including not baptizing children of gay parents. Nobody notices, nobody cares.
Kathie Lee Gifford leaves NBC's "Today" show after 11 years. Nobody notices, nobody cares.
First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away. Americans wonder about photos of Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas, two of the most important black holes in history.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange removed from Ecuadoran embassy in London and arrested on failure to appear in court on US extradition charges. Most people believe it's because he's a filthy pig and boorish asshole that the Ecuadorians couldn't stomach for another minute.
Catholic Pope Benedict XVI claims sexual abuse in the church caused in part by 1960s sexual revolution, completely ignoring the fact that the sexual abuse of children has been happening in the church for over 1500 years.
The openly-gay mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, announces that he is running for the Democratic Party nomination for US president.
Boston Marathon Winners: men-Lawrence Cherono of Kenya, women-Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame burns. Rich white people promise billions to rebuild. Billions of people on Earth remain hungry, homeless, and illiterate. No money ever materializes for either. As usual.
Easter Sunday terror attacks on churches and hotels in three Sri Lankan cities kill at least 253 and injure hundreds. Americans see no reason to curtail the manufacture of guns. "If those victims had guns," said one stupid person. "They could have defended themselves."
Pope Francis donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico trying to reach the US. American Catholics completely ignore this and continue to support family separations and a closed border.
Hong Kong citizens protest to retain democracy as they prepare to become part of China. They are fucked. The free world plans to do nothing because China is such a big market, it is worth it to sacrifice Hong Kong residents for profits.
Western Civilization's obsession with and promotion of male supremacy leads to a ruling that South African Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya must chemically modify her natural testosterone levels so she's more like how a girl is supposed to be. If a girl can beat a boy then something must be wrong! Right?
For the first time all major US beauty pageants are won by women of color; proving that even women of color can be objectified and demeaned by white men; and they'll like it.
Kentucky Derby Winner: Country House declared winner after Maximum Security disqualified for interference.
One million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction. Americans don't understand why this matters.
Denver, Colorado decriminalizes psilocybin.
Turkey decides to re-run the Istanbul mayoral election, won by the opposition, until the right candidate wins.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the City of Baltimore and demand ransom in Bitcoin.
English Premier League Champions: Manchester City
American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag. The United States takes no action to curtail use of plastics and American's don't know why it's such a big deal.
San Francisco bans the use of facial recognition technology.
Alabama passes law banning abortion in almost all cases including rape or incest. American citizens do nothing about it.
English FA Cup Winner: Manchester City
US billionaire Robert F. Smith announces he will pay off college loans of nearly 400 students of the graduating class of Morehouse College. Other American billionaires fight for tax cuts.
More than 170 tornadoes reported in a week in US states of Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa, killing seven and causing widespread damage. Americans shrug their shoulders.
Migrant children continue to die at the US border. Americans don't care.
Robert Mueller says his report does not exonerate Donald Trump. Americans who know how to read didn't actually need this explanation, but most Americans get their information from Fox News, and Fox News always lies.
Two new studies find eating processed foods leads to an early death and ill health. Americans have no idea what this means and determine it must be fake news.
UEFA Champions League: Liverpool
Jay-Z named the world's first billionaire rapper. Almost instantly becomes a right-wing reactionary, demeaning those whose political concerns interfere with his financial ambitions. Fuck Jay-Z.
Professional gambler James Holzhauer enjoyed a 32-game winning steak on "Jeopardy"; but he falls just short of beating Ken Jennings’ record $2.52m earnings.
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn.
Tony Awards: "Hadestown" best musical.
Comedian Jon Stewart speaks angrily to Congress about their failure to finance the 9/11 Victims Fund.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, drops all fossil fuel investments. Most people don't know where their personal retirement accounts are invested.
Stanley Cup Winner: St. Louis Blues
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is responsible for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Nobody on the planet believes him, because he is a liar just like his boss.
NBA Champions: Toronto Raptors
Swiss women hold a national strike over the country's slow pace towards equality. Nothing changes.
Phoenix police threaten to shoot African American family after their four-year took a doll from a store. Nobody is even remotely surprised. In fact, people are surprised they didn't shoot the 4-year-old because that's the kind of shit cops do to black people.
70 million people in the world are displaced, are asylum seekers, or refugees. Europeans and Americans don't care, they just don't want any more brown-skinned people in their countries.
Shares for messaging site Slack trade on the Stock Exchange giving the company a valuation of $19.5 billion. I've never even heard of the site!
San Francisco bans e-cigarettes. Most people know this is a good thing. Apologists for American capitalism complain it interferes with the free market right to kill anyone they want.
Highest ever June temperatures recorded in Germany (102F), Poland (101F), Czech Republic (102F), and France (114F) during week-long heatwave. Americans, Brits, and other white people continue to believe there is no climate change.
Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of more than 30 years (during said 30 years, Japan was actually whaling commercially).
Mad Magazine announces it will stop publishing new material after 67 years.
Anchorage, Alaska, temperature reaches 90F. Americans continue believe climate change is a hoax.
FIFA Women's World Cup Winners: United States
Copa América Winners: Brazil
Volkswagen Beetle production ceases after 80 years. SUV sales at an all-time high. People can't figure-out why climate change is such a big deal.
Wimbledon: women Simona Halep, men Novak Đoković
A Herington, Kansas police officer wrote the words "fucking pig" on his McDonald's coffee cup, then reported the establishment for the offense. Chief Brian Hornaday initially supported the officer's claims, because that's how the Blue Wall Of Silence operates. Investigation proved the officer actually is a fucking pig who made-up the entire story, but his boss, Chief Fucking Pig Brian Hornaday, concerned only that "this is a black-eye on law enforcement" has decided to protect him further by refusing to release the perpetrator's name. This is how the Blue Wall Of Silence operates: blue lives matter, nobody else matters. What happened to the right-wing lie that all lives matter?
Donald Trump tweets that four women of color "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Most Americans don't have a problem with this and wonder the same thing.
Drug cartel leader El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. Americans think it's OK that pharmaceutical companies sell much more dangerous drugs at higher prices, for bigger profits.
Donald Trump says US could win the war in Afghanistan but he just doesn't "want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth." Americans believe this, and are OK with their President saying it.
Boris Johnson chosen as British Prime Minister by the ruling Conservative Party. Donald Trump has met his match!
Special Counsel Robert Mueller tells US Senate that Donald Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice, and that Russia did indeed interfere in US election to benefit Trump. Congress takes no action.
Tour de France Winner: Egan Bernal
Saudi Arabia announces women can travel without a male guardian's permission. It's 2019. America still considers Saudi Arabia one of its closest and most important allies.
White male terrorist shoots and kills 22 and injures 24 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. He was targeting brown-skinned people. American's still don't think guns need to be regulated.
Less than 24 hours later, another white guy with a gun kills nine and injures 27 at a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Americans still don't see any reason to change the laws about guns.
A quarter of humanity is running out of water with 17 countries under extreme water stress (including parts of the United States). Nestle still maintains that access to drinking water is not a human right.
Barneys New York files for bankruptcy. Looks like the stores will close. Old Navy and Gap thrive. Sigh.
Lawyer for 800 boy scouts says there are more than 350 sex abusers within Boy Scouts of America and "It's the largest pedophile ring on earth." He is the only lawyer who has never heard of the Catholic Church.
Largest single-state workplace immigrant raid happens in Mississippi as nearly 700 people arrested. Most of them are citizens or legal immigrants and are eventually released without fanfare. No executives of the companies are arrested.
Sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in New York. Most Americans jokingly decide to blame Hillary Clinton, even though Donald Trump and Prince Andrew are equally logical perpetrators of this suicide.
Stephanie Frappart is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men's soccer tournament when she officiates the UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Liverpool.
Israel denies US congresswomen entry to Palestine because they support a boycott of Israel's fascist apartheid policies of genocide. Americans don't care because they hate all brown-skinned people, too.
Donald Trump announces that he is interested in buying Greenland for the USA. Every jaw in Denmark drops. Most of the world just shakes its head in the depressing knowledge that a complete idiot is the leader of the free world. When the Danish prime minister responds appropriately, Trump calls her "nasty" and cancels his diplomatic meeting with our ally. All for the best, because he has no notion of what diplomacy requires.
NASA confirms mission to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa to search for alien life, to launch in 2025. Everyone wonders which private corporation is going to profit from this debacle and how much over budget the project will run to ensure profits for the shareholders of the company granted the contract.
75,000 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rain forest. Nobody questions why capitalists are allowed to destroy the planet's major source of oxygen for profit by logging and grazing.
Britain's Prince Andrew denies knowing his friend Jeffrey Epstein was involved in the sex trafficking of girls, then gives an interview where he makes a total ass of himself and pretty much proves to the world that he's been raping little girls.
American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay the State of Oklahoma $572 million in the first trial against corporate drug dealers.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after sailing across the Atlantic in an emissions-free voyage. White men around the world lose their minds.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ends her campaign for president of the United States. New Yorkers who know she is an opportunist piece of shit rejoice.
The Great Barrier Reef continues to die and its future prospects are downgraded to "very poor."
Terrorist kills seven and injures 22 in Odessa, Texas. Americans demand that further protections are put in place to ensure everyone has the right to own any gun they want.
Hurricane Dorian hits northern Bahamas as a Category Five storm with winds of 180 mph.
An American chain of department stores announces it will stop selling handguns, but will still sell bullets, and asks customers not to carry firearms in their stores. America is outraged and the company goes silent about the topic.
US Tennis Open: women-Bianca Andreescu, men-Rafael Nadal.
Margaret Atwood publishes "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale." Thinking people wonder if it could be used as a blueprint by white men who are desperately trying to hold onto power.
Guantánamo Bay is the world's most expensive prison, costing American taxpayers $13 million per prisoner. Americans still fear Muslims and think that Republicans are patriots. World looks on in amazement.
Greta Thunberg tells US Congress they are not trying hard enough. "Sorry." White men lose their minds.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wore blackface at a party in 2001. The entire world ignores it and exclaims that he is hot as hell.
Benjamin Netanyahu is elected again to continue the fascist policies of apartheid supported by Zionists and American capitalists (same thing?), proving that Israelis are as bad (or as stupid) as Germans in 1930 or South Africans in 1970. World shakes its head.
Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer admitted he was the recipient of child pornography.
Students in 185 countries (including my daughter) hold the world's largest-ever protest on climate change, it includes a Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg. White men lose their minds.
Batman turns 80.
MLS Champions: Seattle Sounders
Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay actor to win an Emmy for his work in the series "Pose." The world scratches its collective head and wonders how it took until 2019.
Donald Trump admits he spoke to the Ukrainian President about investigating the son of a political opponent. He insists it was legal. Americans believe him. It wasn't legal. It's a crime. He's a criminal.
British travel company Thomas Cook goes bankrupt and strands more than half-a-million travelers worldwide.
Greta Thunberg addresses UN Climate Action Summit in New York and asks "How dare you?" White men lose their minds.
Representative Nancy Pelosi leads Congress into the impeachment of Donald Trump for attempting to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain (which he admits). World rolls eyes.
The body of Spanish fascist Francisco Franco is removed from a state mausoleum and shipped to a family plot in a municipal cemetery. World smiles and nods its head.
A 315 billion-ton iceberg falls off the Amery ice shelf in Antarctica. The world ignores it.
China celebrates 70th anniversary of Communism.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces he has Myasthenia Gravis. World prays for his long, slow, painful death.
Montgomery, Alabama, elects Steven Reed a black mayor. Entire world is shocked.
Donald Trump pulls US troops from Syria. Turkey embraces this decision and steps-up its genocide of Kurds.
American Simone Biles becomes the most successful gymnast in history when she wins a 25th medal.
Margaret Atwood is embarrassingly awarded half the Booker Prize for "The Testaments," denying full recognition to Bernardine Evaristo as the first black woman to win for "Girl, Woman, Other." Atwood seems to be the only person concerned about this, as the world ignores the blatant racism.
Spain jails nine Catalan separatist leaders for Sedition because of the 2017 independence referendum. Barcelona erupts in violence. Madrid snickers under its breath. World looks on with a confused look on its face.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a new Brexit deal, this time selling-out Northern Ireland. Stupid English people think everything is going to be great. Scotland and Ireland realize they are in bed with a nation of idiots.
Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party loses majority but wins most seats and is allowed to form a minority government. World's collective erection remains intact.
Russia and Turkey agree deal to jointly destroy the former Kurdish territory in Northern Syria. World still isn't certain if this is genocide. Smart people mention Armenia. Stupid people ask: what is genocide?
Twitter announces it will no longer take political ads.
MLB Champions: Houston Astros
Queen Elizabeth II announces she will no longer acquire clothes made with real fur.
The Sumatran Rhino is declared officially extinct when the last known specimen dies of cancer
Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany. World hopes that LVMH stays out of the drinking-water business.
NATO turns 70. Queen Elizabeth hosts a celebration. World shocked that Donald Trump hasn't already destroyed the alliance.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is named Time magazine's Person of the Year. White men lose their minds.
I define a mass shooting as when more than 2 people are shot and at least one person dies in the incident. As of December 26, 2019, there were 233 mass shootings, killing 514 and injuring 775, for a total of 1,289 casualties. This does not include non-mass shootings. Tens of thousands (more than 30,000) in the United States were killed in shootings that are not considered "mass shootings."
The United States announced the lowest population growth-rate in its history. This is not good for a successful economy or a powerful nation. Statistically, this is directly correlated to diminished immigration, which has historically been an important dynamic in the growth of the country. Stupid people either ignore this or shrug their shoulders because they do not understand the implications of this and continue to support xenophobic policies of restricting the international movement of non-white refugees and migrants.
Deaths in 2019 that I deem notable (listed by age):
Late addition to Notable Deaths:
It's the end of the year. It's not the end of the decade. Here are some things that happened in 2019, listed with some sarcastic commentary:
Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's Wall' across state of Kerala, India, in support of women's access to the Temple of Sabarimala.
Millions of women create a 300 mile 'Women's Wall' across state of Kerala, India, in support of women's access to the Temple of Sabarimala.
Missy Eliot is the first female rapper to be inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
Marcella Arguello, the smartest, hardest-working comedian on the circuit, releases the best comedy record of the year: The Woke Bully. Believe me, it is THE BEST comedy record of the year, and she is both woke and a bully, and you like it. You know you like it!
Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Bully-Explicit-Marcella-Arguello/dp/B07MVWYN9K
or wherever the fuck you buy shit.
Marcella Arguello, the smartest, hardest-working comedian on the circuit, releases the best comedy record of the year: The Woke Bully. Believe me, it is THE BEST comedy record of the year, and she is both woke and a bully, and you like it. You know you like it!
Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Bully-Explicit-Marcella-Arguello/dp/B07MVWYN9K
or wherever the fuck you buy shit.
Donald Trump denies he is a Russian agent after NY Times mentions that the FBI started an investigation of him because of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The lady protests too much, methinks.
Brexit fails then succeeds and now nobody really has any clue what is actually happening. But two groups of Brits: the very-wealthy and the very-stupid, are excited about not having a clue what comes next.
A major sandstorm hits Cairo; but, everything is OK because there is no climate change. Just ask a stupid person.
New record set for most expensive property in the USA when an apartment overlooking Central Park sells for $238,000,000. New Yorkers wonder aloud if parking is included (that might make it worth the price tag).
Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala vanishes when his plane falls off radar over the English Channel. The wreckage, but no bodies, eventually found.
Roger Stone is arrested, tried and convicted of seven felonies for obstructing a congressional inquiry, lying to investigators under oath, and trying to block the testimony of a witness whose account would have exposed his lies. All Americans expect that he will be pardoned.
Actor Jussie Smollett suffers a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago, then is accused of staging the entire thing, and the year ended with me not knowing or caring what the hell actually happened.
A continuous church service in The Hague lasting 97 days prevented the deportation of Armenian asylum seekers. It ended after Dutch authorities reconsidered their position. Americans still support prison camps and family separations.
The US withdraws from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Proving that Americans are now the stupidest people in the world. Well, maybe right behind the Brits.
Australia catches on fire and is still burning.
NFL Champions: New England Patriots
It is discovered that honeybees can perform mathematics, but we've decided we will wipe them all out anyhow with pesticides and genetically modified crops. Stupid people win again.
Measles and Mumps make comebacks as successful killer diseases because stupid people decide they know more about medicine and science than do physicians and scientists and refuse to inoculate their equally stupid children. Smart people suffer the consequences.
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declares national emergency over rape and sexual assault violence after statistics double.
United States Baptists refuse to let Roman Catholics hog the spotlight and publicly admit that at least 400 Church leaders sexually abused at least 700 people. Most people believe they will have to step-up their game to surpass the Catholic Church as serial abusers of children.
Childish Gambino is the first rapper to win Best Song and Best Record at the Grammy Awards for his remarkable song and video "This Is America."
Republic of Macedonia officially changes it name to the Republic of North Macedonia to appease the South Macedonians, who are actually known as Greeks. Nobody on the entire planet ever knew or cared that there was a Macedonia in Greece, and nobody was ever confused.
NASA announces that the planet has gotten 5% greener 2000. This is due to China planting more trees, and increased farming in India. The United States continues to destroy the planet and makes no significant attempt to help matters.
The Mars rover "Opportunity" mission ended after 15 years due to sand damaging the communications equipment. It is now litter.
Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre is jailed in Colombia for sexual abuse of 276 children. In unrelated news, the Catholic Church continues to operate in Colombia, unimpeded.
Pope Francis defrocks ex-cardinal and archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick for sexually abusing children and adults. McCarrick is the first Cardinal to be removed for sexual abuse. People believe little more will be done.
Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2 touches down on asteroid Ryugu to collect rock samples. The United States continues to privatize its space program and makes no significant advances in space.
Perry Farrell toured with Kind Heaven Orchestra and released a record. My fave show (which I saw three times in NYC) of 2019.
Robert Kraft, owner of NFL team the New England Patriots, charged with soliciting prostitution, as part of human-trafficking sting operation in Jupiter, Florida.
Musician Peter Frampton announces he has a degenerative muscular disease and his next tour will be his last.
Oscar Winners: Best Actor Rami Malek, Best Actress Olivia Colman, Best Picture "Green Book," Best Director Alfonso Cuarón.
Ongoing efforts to prevent brown-skinned people from migrating to the United States lead to 4,500 complaints of child sexual abuse reported to US Health Department and 1,300 to the Department of Justice. It appears Conservatives and GOP Brown Shirts working at the border actually rather like brown-skinned people, the younger the better.
Vegan meat went mainstream with Impossible Burgers and Beyond Meat. Perfectly fine products for me, and they suffer the same problems of all food in America: it depends where you buy it. Cook an Impossible Burger at home and it can be delicious; order one at a pub and it can taste like cardboard served on toilet paper.
Venice, Italy, is flooding worse than ever before. There is no climate-change. Just ask a stupid person.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docks at the International Space Station. An insignificant aeronautic event, but major breakthrough for brutal capitalism that has taken charge of the United States space program.
Donald Trump Impeached. I don't care. Do you?
A second person is "cured" of HIV after stem cell transplant treatment in London, England. This goes completely unnoticed in the USA where AIDS prevention is not important because it really only kills homosexuals and people of color.
Players on the US National Women's (soccer) Team sue for equal pay, by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation. They are correct, of course, but men around the world oppose them because male supremacy is more important than equality.
Rich people are accused of bribing and cheating to get their kids into preferred colleges. Nobody cares. Nobody is surprised. We all thought this is how it was always done anyhow. Women are imprisoned. Men pretty-much walk away unscathed.
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort sentenced to an additional 43 months in jail, on top of the 47 months he received previously.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announces an indefinite moratorium on the death sentence in the state, saying it discriminates against marginalized communities (which is a nice way of saying it is used to kill black men).
Australian cardinal George Pell is sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual abuse in Australia. Pedophiles across Australia now know they can rape as many children as they want for decades and serve a very light sentence.
A dead whale has 88 pounds of plastic inside it, including 40 pounds of plastic bags. Nobody does anything to curb the use of plastics.
Walt Disney acquires Murdoch's 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion proving there is not a single decent thing to expect from the future of telecommunications. World asks for more Star Wars movies.
There is a terrorist attack in New Zealand and 6 days later, the nation bans military-style weapons. Americans ignore this and demand more rights to keep military-grade weapons in their possession.
Tony Visconti released an album titled "It's A Selfie" and it was my fave record of 2019. It's like taking a trip through his storied career as one of the most important music producers of our time. Get it:
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Selfie-Tony-Visconti/dp/B07Y26JHC1/ref=sr_1_1
Special Council Robert S. Mueller finds no evidence President Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 election. Entire world slaps knee and laughs aloud, Americans don't even know what it means.
NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn't have enough spacesuits to fit women, proving there is no plan to be a viable player in space exploration. American men don't understand why this is a problem.
Canada is warming at twice the speed of the rest of the world, with temperatures increasing 2.3% in northern Canada. Smart people realize this is because they have the hottest prime minister in the world.
NASA states it wants to send astronauts to the Moon again in 2024. Further proving that the United States hasn't a clue what it's doing beyond propping-up failed economic theories of supply-side capitalism.
Lori Lightfoot elected first female African American Mayor of Chicago.
US Mormon church pledges to roll back anti-LGBT policies, including not baptizing children of gay parents. Nobody notices, nobody cares.
Kathie Lee Gifford leaves NBC's "Today" show after 11 years. Nobody notices, nobody cares.
First-ever photo of a black hole announced, taken by The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration in 2017 in galaxy M87, 6.5 billion times the mass of earth, 55 million light-years away. Americans wonder about photos of Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas, two of the most important black holes in history.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange removed from Ecuadoran embassy in London and arrested on failure to appear in court on US extradition charges. Most people believe it's because he's a filthy pig and boorish asshole that the Ecuadorians couldn't stomach for another minute.
Catholic Pope Benedict XVI claims sexual abuse in the church caused in part by 1960s sexual revolution, completely ignoring the fact that the sexual abuse of children has been happening in the church for over 1500 years.
The openly-gay mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, announces that he is running for the Democratic Party nomination for US president.
Boston Marathon Winners: men-Lawrence Cherono of Kenya, women-Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame burns. Rich white people promise billions to rebuild. Billions of people on Earth remain hungry, homeless, and illiterate. No money ever materializes for either. As usual.
Easter Sunday terror attacks on churches and hotels in three Sri Lankan cities kill at least 253 and injure hundreds. Americans see no reason to curtail the manufacture of guns. "If those victims had guns," said one stupid person. "They could have defended themselves."
Pope Francis donates $500,000 for migrants stranded in Mexico trying to reach the US. American Catholics completely ignore this and continue to support family separations and a closed border.
Hong Kong citizens protest to retain democracy as they prepare to become part of China. They are fucked. The free world plans to do nothing because China is such a big market, it is worth it to sacrifice Hong Kong residents for profits.
Western Civilization's obsession with and promotion of male supremacy leads to a ruling that South African Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya must chemically modify her natural testosterone levels so she's more like how a girl is supposed to be. If a girl can beat a boy then something must be wrong! Right?
For the first time all major US beauty pageants are won by women of color; proving that even women of color can be objectified and demeaned by white men; and they'll like it.
Kentucky Derby Winner: Country House declared winner after Maximum Security disqualified for interference.
One million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction. Americans don't understand why this matters.
Denver, Colorado decriminalizes psilocybin.
Turkey decides to re-run the Istanbul mayoral election, won by the opposition, until the right candidate wins.
Hackers seize control of the computer system of the City of Baltimore and demand ransom in Bitcoin.
English Premier League Champions: Manchester City
American diver Victor Vescovo makes the deepest dive ever to the bottom of the Mariana trench at 10,927m (35,849ft), and finds a plastic bag. The United States takes no action to curtail use of plastics and American's don't know why it's such a big deal.
San Francisco bans the use of facial recognition technology.
Alabama passes law banning abortion in almost all cases including rape or incest. American citizens do nothing about it.
English FA Cup Winner: Manchester City
US billionaire Robert F. Smith announces he will pay off college loans of nearly 400 students of the graduating class of Morehouse College. Other American billionaires fight for tax cuts.
More than 170 tornadoes reported in a week in US states of Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa, killing seven and causing widespread damage. Americans shrug their shoulders.
Migrant children continue to die at the US border. Americans don't care.
Robert Mueller says his report does not exonerate Donald Trump. Americans who know how to read didn't actually need this explanation, but most Americans get their information from Fox News, and Fox News always lies.
Two new studies find eating processed foods leads to an early death and ill health. Americans have no idea what this means and determine it must be fake news.
UEFA Champions League: Liverpool
Jay-Z named the world's first billionaire rapper. Almost instantly becomes a right-wing reactionary, demeaning those whose political concerns interfere with his financial ambitions. Fuck Jay-Z.
Professional gambler James Holzhauer enjoyed a 32-game winning steak on "Jeopardy"; but he falls just short of beating Ken Jennings’ record $2.52m earnings.
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn.
Tony Awards: "Hadestown" best musical.
Comedian Jon Stewart speaks angrily to Congress about their failure to finance the 9/11 Victims Fund.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, drops all fossil fuel investments. Most people don't know where their personal retirement accounts are invested.
Stanley Cup Winner: St. Louis Blues
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is responsible for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Nobody on the planet believes him, because he is a liar just like his boss.
NBA Champions: Toronto Raptors
Swiss women hold a national strike over the country's slow pace towards equality. Nothing changes.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara admits to misuse of state funds in court. Nothing is done about it. She is a right-wing Zionist, she can do whatever she wants.
Phoenix police threaten to shoot African American family after their four-year took a doll from a store. Nobody is even remotely surprised. In fact, people are surprised they didn't shoot the 4-year-old because that's the kind of shit cops do to black people.
70 million people in the world are displaced, are asylum seekers, or refugees. Europeans and Americans don't care, they just don't want any more brown-skinned people in their countries.
Shares for messaging site Slack trade on the Stock Exchange giving the company a valuation of $19.5 billion. I've never even heard of the site!
San Francisco bans e-cigarettes. Most people know this is a good thing. Apologists for American capitalism complain it interferes with the free market right to kill anyone they want.
Highest ever June temperatures recorded in Germany (102F), Poland (101F), Czech Republic (102F), and France (114F) during week-long heatwave. Americans, Brits, and other white people continue to believe there is no climate change.
Japan resumes commercial whaling after a break of more than 30 years (during said 30 years, Japan was actually whaling commercially).
Mad Magazine announces it will stop publishing new material after 67 years.
Anchorage, Alaska, temperature reaches 90F. Americans continue believe climate change is a hoax.
FIFA Women's World Cup Winners: United States
Copa América Winners: Brazil
Volkswagen Beetle production ceases after 80 years. SUV sales at an all-time high. People can't figure-out why climate change is such a big deal.
Wimbledon: women Simona Halep, men Novak Đoković
A Herington, Kansas police officer wrote the words "fucking pig" on his McDonald's coffee cup, then reported the establishment for the offense. Chief Brian Hornaday initially supported the officer's claims, because that's how the Blue Wall Of Silence operates. Investigation proved the officer actually is a fucking pig who made-up the entire story, but his boss, Chief Fucking Pig Brian Hornaday, concerned only that "this is a black-eye on law enforcement" has decided to protect him further by refusing to release the perpetrator's name. This is how the Blue Wall Of Silence operates: blue lives matter, nobody else matters. What happened to the right-wing lie that all lives matter?
Donald Trump tweets that four women of color "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." Most Americans don't have a problem with this and wonder the same thing.
Drug cartel leader El Chapo sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. Americans think it's OK that pharmaceutical companies sell much more dangerous drugs at higher prices, for bigger profits.
Donald Trump says US could win the war in Afghanistan but he just doesn't "want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth." Americans believe this, and are OK with their President saying it.
Boris Johnson chosen as British Prime Minister by the ruling Conservative Party. Donald Trump has met his match!
Special Counsel Robert Mueller tells US Senate that Donald Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice, and that Russia did indeed interfere in US election to benefit Trump. Congress takes no action.
Tour de France Winner: Egan Bernal
Saudi Arabia announces women can travel without a male guardian's permission. It's 2019. America still considers Saudi Arabia one of its closest and most important allies.
White male terrorist shoots and kills 22 and injures 24 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. He was targeting brown-skinned people. American's still don't think guns need to be regulated.
Less than 24 hours later, another white guy with a gun kills nine and injures 27 at a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Americans still don't see any reason to change the laws about guns.
A quarter of humanity is running out of water with 17 countries under extreme water stress (including parts of the United States). Nestle still maintains that access to drinking water is not a human right.
Barneys New York files for bankruptcy. Looks like the stores will close. Old Navy and Gap thrive. Sigh.
Lawyer for 800 boy scouts says there are more than 350 sex abusers within Boy Scouts of America and "It's the largest pedophile ring on earth." He is the only lawyer who has never heard of the Catholic Church.
Largest single-state workplace immigrant raid happens in Mississippi as nearly 700 people arrested. Most of them are citizens or legal immigrants and are eventually released without fanfare. No executives of the companies are arrested.
Sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in New York. Most Americans jokingly decide to blame Hillary Clinton, even though Donald Trump and Prince Andrew are equally logical perpetrators of this suicide.
Stephanie Frappart is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men's soccer tournament when she officiates the UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea and Liverpool.
Israel denies US congresswomen entry to Palestine because they support a boycott of Israel's fascist apartheid policies of genocide. Americans don't care because they hate all brown-skinned people, too.
Donald Trump announces that he is interested in buying Greenland for the USA. Every jaw in Denmark drops. Most of the world just shakes its head in the depressing knowledge that a complete idiot is the leader of the free world. When the Danish prime minister responds appropriately, Trump calls her "nasty" and cancels his diplomatic meeting with our ally. All for the best, because he has no notion of what diplomacy requires.
NASA confirms mission to Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa to search for alien life, to launch in 2025. Everyone wonders which private corporation is going to profit from this debacle and how much over budget the project will run to ensure profits for the shareholders of the company granted the contract.
75,000 fires caused by land clearing are burning in the Amazon rain forest. Nobody questions why capitalists are allowed to destroy the planet's major source of oxygen for profit by logging and grazing.
Britain's Prince Andrew denies knowing his friend Jeffrey Epstein was involved in the sex trafficking of girls, then gives an interview where he makes a total ass of himself and pretty much proves to the world that he's been raping little girls.
American pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay the State of Oklahoma $572 million in the first trial against corporate drug dealers.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after sailing across the Atlantic in an emissions-free voyage. White men around the world lose their minds.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ends her campaign for president of the United States. New Yorkers who know she is an opportunist piece of shit rejoice.
The Great Barrier Reef continues to die and its future prospects are downgraded to "very poor."
Terrorist kills seven and injures 22 in Odessa, Texas. Americans demand that further protections are put in place to ensure everyone has the right to own any gun they want.
Hurricane Dorian hits northern Bahamas as a Category Five storm with winds of 180 mph.
An American chain of department stores announces it will stop selling handguns, but will still sell bullets, and asks customers not to carry firearms in their stores. America is outraged and the company goes silent about the topic.
US Tennis Open: women-Bianca Andreescu, men-Rafael Nadal.
Margaret Atwood publishes "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale." Thinking people wonder if it could be used as a blueprint by white men who are desperately trying to hold onto power.
Guantánamo Bay is the world's most expensive prison, costing American taxpayers $13 million per prisoner. Americans still fear Muslims and think that Republicans are patriots. World looks on in amazement.
Greta Thunberg tells US Congress they are not trying hard enough. "Sorry." White men lose their minds.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wore blackface at a party in 2001. The entire world ignores it and exclaims that he is hot as hell.
Benjamin Netanyahu is elected again to continue the fascist policies of apartheid supported by Zionists and American capitalists (same thing?), proving that Israelis are as bad (or as stupid) as Germans in 1930 or South Africans in 1970. World shakes its head.
Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer admitted he was the recipient of child pornography.
Students in 185 countries (including my daughter) hold the world's largest-ever protest on climate change, it includes a Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg. White men lose their minds.
Batman turns 80.
MLS Champions: Seattle Sounders
Billy Porter becomes the first openly gay actor to win an Emmy for his work in the series "Pose." The world scratches its collective head and wonders how it took until 2019.
Donald Trump admits he spoke to the Ukrainian President about investigating the son of a political opponent. He insists it was legal. Americans believe him. It wasn't legal. It's a crime. He's a criminal.
British travel company Thomas Cook goes bankrupt and strands more than half-a-million travelers worldwide.
Greta Thunberg addresses UN Climate Action Summit in New York and asks "How dare you?" White men lose their minds.
Representative Nancy Pelosi leads Congress into the impeachment of Donald Trump for attempting to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain (which he admits). World rolls eyes.
The body of Spanish fascist Francisco Franco is removed from a state mausoleum and shipped to a family plot in a municipal cemetery. World smiles and nods its head.
A 315 billion-ton iceberg falls off the Amery ice shelf in Antarctica. The world ignores it.
China celebrates 70th anniversary of Communism.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces he has Myasthenia Gravis. World prays for his long, slow, painful death.
Montgomery, Alabama, elects Steven Reed a black mayor. Entire world is shocked.
Donald Trump pulls US troops from Syria. Turkey embraces this decision and steps-up its genocide of Kurds.
American Simone Biles becomes the most successful gymnast in history when she wins a 25th medal.
Margaret Atwood is embarrassingly awarded half the Booker Prize for "The Testaments," denying full recognition to Bernardine Evaristo as the first black woman to win for "Girl, Woman, Other." Atwood seems to be the only person concerned about this, as the world ignores the blatant racism.
Spain jails nine Catalan separatist leaders for Sedition because of the 2017 independence referendum. Barcelona erupts in violence. Madrid snickers under its breath. World looks on with a confused look on its face.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a new Brexit deal, this time selling-out Northern Ireland. Stupid English people think everything is going to be great. Scotland and Ireland realize they are in bed with a nation of idiots.
Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party loses majority but wins most seats and is allowed to form a minority government. World's collective erection remains intact.
Russia and Turkey agree deal to jointly destroy the former Kurdish territory in Northern Syria. World still isn't certain if this is genocide. Smart people mention Armenia. Stupid people ask: what is genocide?
Twitter announces it will no longer take political ads.
MLB Champions: Houston Astros
Queen Elizabeth II announces she will no longer acquire clothes made with real fur.
The Sumatran Rhino is declared officially extinct when the last known specimen dies of cancer
Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany. World hopes that LVMH stays out of the drinking-water business.
NATO turns 70. Queen Elizabeth hosts a celebration. World shocked that Donald Trump hasn't already destroyed the alliance.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is named Time magazine's Person of the Year. White men lose their minds.
Brits point out, and seem shocked, that there is Antisemitism on the Left. The rest of the world points out that the sky is blue and the ocean is deep.
The British election is won by the Conservative Party making Boris Johnson the Prime Minister. The Scottish National Party wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland. It seems that the United Kingdom will be fracturing.
I define a mass shooting as when more than 2 people are shot and at least one person dies in the incident. As of December 26, 2019, there were 233 mass shootings, killing 514 and injuring 775, for a total of 1,289 casualties. This does not include non-mass shootings. Tens of thousands (more than 30,000) in the United States were killed in shootings that are not considered "mass shootings."
The United States announced the lowest population growth-rate in its history. This is not good for a successful economy or a powerful nation. Statistically, this is directly correlated to diminished immigration, which has historically been an important dynamic in the growth of the country. Stupid people either ignore this or shrug their shoulders because they do not understand the implications of this and continue to support xenophobic policies of restricting the international movement of non-white refugees and migrants.
Deaths in 2019 that I deem notable (listed by age):
Luke Perry | 52 | Television Star |
Kim Shattuck | 56 | Musician |
Marie Fredriksson | 61 | Singer |
King Kong Bundy | 63 | Professional Wrestler |
Rosie Ruiz | 66 | Runner |
Johnny Clegg | 66 | Singer |
Elijah Cummings | 68 | Politician |
Bill Buckner | 69 | Athlete |
Leon Redbone | 69 | Singer |
Georgia Engel | 70 | Actress |
Eddie Money | 70 | Singer |
Peggy Lipton | 72 | Actress |
Jan-Michael Vincent | 73 | Actor |
Peter Mayhew | 74 | Actor |
Jessye Norman | 74 | Singer |
Jerry Lawson | 75 | Singer |
Ric Ocasek | 75 | Musician |
Cokie Roberts | 75 | Journalist |
Scott Walker | 76 | Singer |
Jimmy Johnson | 76 | Singer |
Peter Tork | 77 | Singer |
Dr. John | 77 | Musician |
Robert Hunter | 78 | Lyricist |
René Auberjonois | 79 | Actor |
John Havlicek | 79 | Athlete |
Peter Fonda | 79 | Movie Star |
Anna Karina | 79 | Movie Star |
Jim Bouton | 80 | Athlete |
Ginger Baker | 80 | Musician |
Art Neville | 81 | Musician |
Dick Dale | 81 | Musician |
Albert Finney | 82 | Actor |
Patricia Nell Warren | 82 | Writer |
Frank Robinson | 83 | Athlete |
Bibi Andersson | 83 | Actress |
Diahann Carroll | 84 | Actress |
Lee Radziwill | 85 | Royalty |
Tim Conway | 85 | Comedian |
Karl Lagerfeld | 85 | Designer |
Pumpsie Green | 85 | Athlete |
Bart Starr | 85 | Athlete |
Danny Aiello | 86 | Actor |
Paul Krassner | 87 | Politician |
Rip Taylor | 88 | Comedian |
Toni Morrison | 88 | Writer |
Rip Torn | 88 | Actor |
Ross Perot | 89 | Politician |
André Previn | 89 | Musician |
John Conyers Jr. | 90 | Politician |
Arte Johnson | 90 | Comedian |
Judith Krantz | 91 | Writer |
Hal Prince | 91 | Actor |
Claus von Bülow | 92 | Socialite |
Kaye Ballard | 93 | Comedian |
Sylvia Miles | 94 | Actress |
D.A. Pennebaker | 94 | Filmmaker |
Lee Iaccoca | 94 | Businessman |
Gloria Vanderbilt | 95 | Businesswoman |
Franco Zeffirelli | 96 | Director |
Carol Channing | 97 | Actress |
Doris Day | 97 | Movie Star |
I.M. Pei | 102 | Architect |
Late addition to Notable Deaths:
Entertainer Neil Innes died on December 29, 2019.