Interesting obituaries about some very interesting people…
John Paul Stevens, a moderate Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago who evolved into a savvy and sometimes passionate leader of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing and became the third-longest-serving justice on the court before he retired in 2010, died July 16 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 99. Source: John…
Read MoreClick here for the full obituary of Emily Hartridge Died: July 12, 2019 (Who else died on July 12?) Details of death: Died in London in an electric scooter accident at the age of 35. Is there someone you miss whose memory should be honored? Here are some ways. Hartridge on the genesis of her “10 Reasons…
Read MoreRip Torn, who earned a glowing reputation as a versatile actor on both stage and screen, but who never quite shed a less savory one as an inveterate troublemaker, died on Tuesday at his home in Lakeville, Conn. He was 88. Source: Rip Torn, an Outsize Presence Onstage and Off, Is Dead at 88 -…
Read More“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success,” Mr. Perot liked to say. “They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” Source: Ross Perot, Brash Texas Billionaire Who Ran for President, Dies at 89 – The New York…
Read More“Gloria Vanderbilt was an extraordinary woman, who loved life, and lived it on her own terms,” Cooper said in a statement. “She was a painter, a writer and designer but also a remarkable mother, wife, and friend. Source: Gloria Vanderbilt: Fashion icon and artist dies at 95 – CNN Artist, Heiress And Designer Gloria Vanderbilt…
Read MoreBill Buckner, an outfielder and first baseman whose long, solid career was overshadowed by a crushing error that cost the Boston Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Mets, who went on to win the championship in seven, died on Monday. He was 69. Source: Bill Buckner, All-Star Shadowed by World…
Read MoreIn 1994, years after Day’s retirement and near-total withdrawal from the public scene, she released The Love Album, a collection of classic standards she had recorded and shelved 27 years earlier. “We should not underestimate the quality of her voice,” the film historian David Thomson once wrote. “Not only was she a fine singer, technically, but…
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