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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Oriana Fallaci

Journalist Oriana Fallaci died in September 2006, at age 77, of cancer. She began her journalism career almost by default, intending to enter medical school once her journalism job got her enough money to pay the tuition, but ended up making a career of it when poor health derailed her plans to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Slobodan Milosevic

Milosevic is another person whose death I missed due to that six months I lost earlier in the year. He died in prison in March 2006, while waiting for his trial to finish. That trial was for crimes against humanity. Milosevic's claim to fame was that for a time, he was the leader of what was then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Lloyd Bentsen

It's time for me to catch up on all the obituaries I missed during the six months I spent in and out of the hospital this year. One of the people who died during this time period was Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, who died in May at age 85 due to complications from a stroke he suffered several years ago.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator, was hanged on 12/30/2006 (early in the morning, Iraqi time - in some areas of the world, it was still 12/29), for crimes committed while he was still in office. He was 69. He took office in July 1979, and apparently soon developed a reputation for brutality.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

President Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford died late yesterday (12/26/2006) at age 93, of natural causes. He was born in 1913, named Leslie King originally. When he was very young, his biological parents divorced, and his mother married a man named Gerald R. Ford, Sr, who adopted her son and gave him the name by which we now know... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 25, 2006

James Brown

James Brown, the reputed Godfather of Soul, has died this morning (12/25/2006) at age 73. He died of acute heart failure, precipitated by pneumonia. His most famous songs are Papa's Got A Brand-New Bag and I Got You (I Feel Good). He is also credited with being a strong influence on rap music, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Many readers of this blog might remember former American ambassador to the UN Jeane Kirkpatrick. She died on December 7, at age 80. Although no cause of death was listed in the obituary I read, apparently, she had been under hospice care at the time of her death, meaning that it was thought by... Sign in to see full entry.

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It was thirty years ago today....

Many Chicagoans - and many of us living in suburbia at the time - remember exactly where they were thirty years ago today. Today (12/20/2006) is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Mayor Richard J. Daley (father to the current Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley). In that sense, his death is like... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Joe Barbera

Baby Boomers will remember Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation production team most famous for producing Yogi Bear (allegedly from Jellystone Park), as well as The Flintstones. He died of natural causes at age 95 on 12/18/2006. Apparently, at the time of his death, he was at home,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle, arguably most famous as the humorously curmudgeonly Barone family head in the television series Everybody Loves Raymond, died on 12/12/2006 at age 71. I don't know if these were the causes of his death, but at the end of his life, he had multiple myeloma and heart disease, according to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Originally published on Epinions.com, this is my tribute to Fr. Mychal Judge of the Fire Department of New York. I have since added tributes to others who have gone on before.

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