Interesting obituaries about some very interesting people…
written by john c ashworth I watched a lot of Gomer Pyle re-runs back when I was a kid 🙂 He was a truly interesting and somehow magnetic character in spite of his goofiness. Maybe a pre-cursor to a ‘Forest Gump’ like persona… RIP Jim Nabors. -John Source: Jim Nabors, 87, TV’s Gomer Pyle, Is…
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Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they could not find in most supermarkets and could not afford to buy in the few high-end gourmet outlets. Source: Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe’s grocery chain, dies at 89 – The Washington…
Read Morewritten by john c ashworth Last night we watched part of the movie The Martian on television. A movie we’ve seen before and still love to watch again and again. Why? Imagine it…traveling to mars. It’s bold idea with audacity. Similar to the idea of landing on the moon in the 1960s. We can in…
Read MoreKobe Bryant’s brilliant complicated legacy… Source: Kobe Bryant’s Brilliant and Complicated Legacy – The New York Times
Read MoreSource: Larry Tesler, the UI pioneer responsible for cut, copy, and paste, dies at 74 – The Verge
Read MoreKirk Douglas, acclaimed actor, dead at 103 – CNN Source: Kirk Douglas, acclaimed actor, dead at 103 – CNN
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