News Obituaries

[Joe]

Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents

Two articles highly critical of Graham:

George Will: Billy Graham, neither prophet nor theologian – East Bay Times

The Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Two articles highly critical of Graham:

George Will: Billy Graham, neither prophet nor theologian – East Bay Times

The Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham

Yeah, I don't care about Billy Graham at all... I just posted the obit/death notice.

Personally speaking, he can suck my eternal ***.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

'M*A*S*H' Star David Ogden Stiers Dead at 75

ETA:

https://twitter.com/x/status/970386672394391553

 

[Amy SF]

Stephen Hawking Dead: Famed Scientist Dies At 76

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Stephen Hawking Dead: Famed Scientist Dies At 76

Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

Stephen Hawking, Who Awed Both Scientists And The Public, Dies (slideshow)

https://twitter.com/x/status/973784748735778816

 

[silva]

Stephen Hawking

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Veteran Democratic Congresswoman Louise Slaughter dies

 

[Amy SF]

Linda Brown, who as a girl was at center of Brown vs. Board of Education decision, dies at 76

For those not very familiar with Linda Brown and the SCOTUS case which bears her name, a brief history lesson, which American children are supposed to learn in school:

Brown v. Board was the Supreme Court case in which the decision of the court established that the concept of Separate but Equal was unconstitutional, and this reversed the decision of the earlier Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which declared that Separate but Equal WAS constitutional. Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in decades of racist Jim Crow laws (mostly in the former Confederacy, but also elsewhere in the country, such as Kansas), including school segregation in which black children received an inferior education compared to white children, which led to Brown v. Board. The decision on this case upended the country’s racist status quo and many racists and their descendants still have trouble dealing with it.

 

[Mischief]

Linda Brown, who as a girl was at center of Brown vs. Board of Education decision, dies at 76

For those not very familiar with Linda Brown and the SCOTUS case which bears her name, a brief history lesson, which American children are supposed to learn in school:

Brown v. Board was the Supreme Court case in which the decision of the court established that the concept of Separate but Equal was unconstitutional, and this reversed the decision of the earlier Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which declared that Separate but Equal WAS constitutional. Plessy v. Ferguson resulted in decades of racist Jim Crow laws (mostly in the former Confederacy, but also elsewhere in the country, such as Kansas), including school segregation in which black children received an inferior education compared to white children, which led to Brown v. Board. The decision on this case upended the country’s racist status quo and many racists and their descendants still have trouble dealing with it.

The families at the forefront of these desegregation battles were extremely heroic - they were literally risking their lives.

 

[Amy SF]

Steven Bochco, Innovative Co-Creator of ‘NYPD Blue,’ ‘Hill Street Blues,’ Dies at 74

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Winnie Mandela, 'mother' then 'mugger' of new South Africa, dies at 81

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Mitzi Shore’s Death: Hollywood Comedy Community Reacts: Jim Carrey, Arsenio Hall & More

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Leading elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick dies at 83 ---- RIP, Dame Daphne.

 

[Amy SF]

Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest director, dies at 86

 

[MadamSarcastra]

R. Lee Ermey, 'Full Metal Jacket' Actor, Dead at 74

 

[Mischief]

Harry Anderson, who played the judge on Night Court, has died at age 65. https://news.google.com/news/amp?ca...night-court-dead-at-65-1202754949/#pt0-169498

 

[MadamSarcastra]

NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air


On his retirement, a fond farewell to Carl Kasell of NPR’s ‘Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me’

 

[GingerFoxx]

NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air


On his retirement, a fond farewell to Carl Kasell of NPR’s ‘Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me’

Oh no! )=

 

[Mischief]

Barbara Bush has died. Barbara Bush, matriarch of American political dynasty, dies at 92

I had not known this until very recently: They had a daughter who died at age 3 of leukemia. That's when Barbara's hair turned gray.

 

[MadamSarcastra]

Bob Dorough, Jazz Musician Best Known For 'Schoolhouse Rock!,' Dead At 94