‘death’ Archives
Yin and Yang
Good news: Al Franken running for Senate He really knows his stuff. Bad radio host, but he’ll make a good senator. Bad news: Molly Ivins dead She really knew her stuff. Great writer. Would’ve made a great senator. [Read More]
Ford / Edwards
I absorb an event such as a president’s passing very deeply. We only have so many presidents in a lifetime. Ford is only the third president to pass away in my lifetime. America went about 20 years without any president dying. Nixon’s death in 1994 was the first [Read More]
My presidential zodiac symbol has passed
Gerald Ford has passed away. It is unfortunate that my immediate thought upon seeing the “breaking news” online at 4:43AM is that of the Saturday Night Live skit of the early nineties, in which Tom Brokaw, as portrayed by Dana Carvey, pre-tapes news [Read More]
Holy crap, Peter Boyle has died
Best known for playing Ray’s dad Frank on Everybody Loves Raymond (one of the very few TV comedies to ever get a consistent audible laugh out of me) and the monster in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein [Read More]
Ed Bradley
I have a lot of admiration for the work that Ed Bradley (of 60 Minutes) did over the years. He passed away today at age 65 from leukemia. [Read More]
RIP Bruno Kirby
He’s not even in this clip, but while looking for a clip with Bruno Kirby (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, many more), I found this: Remixed trailer for When Harry Met Sally as a thriller http://www.youtube.com/v/NrDN4uH7QZ4 [Read More]
lltf
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/08/05/iditarod.butcher.ap/index.html (Yes, from now on, I will be blogging all death news that makes me sad). [Read More]
Another to file under “live life to fullest”
Husband mourning mother-to-be who collapsed at Red Sox game She was 29. The baby is doing well. [Read More]
Reagan’s Death
Out of respect for the recently deceased, everyone is bending over backwards to offer praise, even those most ardent liberals. He “ended the cold war”, “he made America believe in itself”, etc. etc. I’m not going to spend the time to explore my [Read More]
