Deanna Durbin has taken the Low Road, video:
From the Mail (UK) Martin Richard, 8, who was waiting at the finish line with his father, mother and siblings, was among those killed when the two bombs detonated at the crowded sports event. His mother has undergone brain surgery and his six-year-old sister lost a leg. His 12-year-old brother escaped injury. Rest in Peacek
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May be the most loved person of her generation, myself included, Annette Funicello has died. More from Ann Althouse.
Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady has passed, more from Nice Deb. Leaders like Thatcher are a rare breed
Hugo Chavez: Dead: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again, defeating a coup attempt, winning re-election three times and using his country’s vast oil wealth to his political advantage. Noted.
From Fox News: Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday. He was 88. New York City has had long line if colorful mayors. Koch certainly continued [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, radial Islam is at war with us: ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the Algerian government [...]
An American hero has pass. Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye dead at age eighty-eight. Citation via Halls of Heros: Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San Terenzo, Italy. While attacking a defended ridge guarding an important road junction, Second Lieutenant Inouye [...]
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Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg|Nov argue the case that Larry Hagman helped save Rumania from communism, from Reason: The death of actor Larry Hagman will no doubt bring many to write about his remarkable television career that included stints as Maj. Anthony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie and J.R. Ewing onDallas. But [...]
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An Eulogy for two fallen American heroes: A short distance from the American compound, two Americans were sleeping. They were in Libya as independent contractors working an assignment totally unrelated to our embassy. They also happened to be former Navy SEALs. When they heard the noise coming from the attack on our embassy, as you [...]
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An American hero has passed. First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, George McGovern, veteran of thirty five combat missions, has dies at the age of ninety, from Wikipedia: Starting on November 11, 1944, McGovern flew 35 missions over enemy territory from there, the first five as co-pilot for an experienced crew and the rest [...]
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The first man to walk on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, has passed at age 92, from ABC News: (no link) Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became first to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11, has died. He was 82 years old. Armstrong had heart surgery several weeks ago, and a statement from [...]
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From Sister Toldjah: A beloved American actor has passed away. [...] Mayberry’s not the only town mourning the loss of “Sheriff Taylor” this morning. A great actor, and former American icon. Final transfer to the infantry approved.
From William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection: Arrest in Etan Patz murder A bittersweet update to my prior post about Etan Patz. Who knows if this is the real killer. I guess we’ll find out as more evidence comes out. Hopefully the family will have the closure not only of a conviction, but of being able [...]
Over at Outside the Beltway, comes the sad, and somewhat shocking news of the death of Kim Joyner, James’ wife. Stop by and leave a note.
