obituaries

Art McEwen, farmer, scholar, sailor, and family leader, who never ceased in his commitment to his country, his family, and all those he served in his local community and beyond is dead – just shy of his 84th birthday.

…following is the obituary for my father-in-law, Art McEwen. He died December 9th, 2019 and I will miss him a great deal. -john c ashworth, curator of the ash flash. Art McEwen, farmer, scholar, sailor, and family leader, never ceased in his commitment to his country, his family, and all those he served in his…

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Art McEwen January 15th, 1936 – December 9th, 2019 RIP Dad. I’m gonna miss you like hell. -John

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Connecticut man, Joseph Heller, spent his whole life making others laugh. So, of course, his family honored him with a comedic obituary when he died. – CNN

When Monique and her sisters started dating, their dad would run their dates’ license plates and check for bald tires. “If their vehicle passed inspection, they were invited into the house where shotguns, harpoons and sheep ‘nutters’ were left clearly on display,” the obituary says. Source: He spent his entire life pranking others. Now his…

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Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the Black Experience, Dies at 88 – The New York Times

Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate in literature whose best-selling work explored black identity in America — and in particular the often crushing experience of black women — through luminous, incantatory prose resembling that of no other writer in English, died on Monday in the Bronx. She was 88. Source: Toni Morrison, Towering Novelist of the…

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John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court’s liberal wing, dies at 99 – The Washington Post

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…

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YouTube Celebrity Emily Hartridge is Dead following Electric Scooter Accident in London (1984-2019)

Click 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…

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Rip Torn, an Outsize Presence Onstage and Off, Is Dead at 88 – The New York Times

Rip 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 -…

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