When I first moved to Madison, WI I worked locally in a cardiac rehabilitation program at UW Hospital. I remember thinking it funny that all the older folks, and some of my colleagues, seemed a little obsessed with the daily report of obituaries in the local newspaper. Now that I’m a little older, wiser, and…
Read MoreYouTube star Claire Wineland dies at 21 03:36 Click here for Claire Wineland’s Obituary Source: Claire Wineland, inspirational speaker and social media star, dies one week after lung transplant – CNN
Read MoreJohn S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time contender for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Arizona. He was 81. Source: John McCain, War…
Read MoreI remember watching this show after school with my brothers and sisters. Good memories… -John Actress Charlotte Rae, known best for her roles on the sitcoms “Diff’rent Strokes” and “The Facts of Life,” died Sunday August 5, 2018, at the age of 92. Her publicist, Harlan Boll, reported her passing. No cause of death was…
Read MoreGeorge Deukmejian, a two-term California governor who was admired by Republicans and Democrats alike for his willingness to cross party boundaries, and who quietly shepherded the state through a period of rapid growth and sustained prosperity, died on Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, Calif. He was 89. Source: George Deukmejian, 2-Term California Governor…
Read MoreAnne V. Coates, an English surgical nurse who forsook her calling to perform surgery on some of the best-known motion pictures of the 20th century, earning an Academy Award for film editing in 1963, died on Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 92. Source: Anne V. Coates, Admired Editor of Acclaimed Movies, Dies at…
Read MoreJhoon Rhee was a 10th-degree black belt credited with spreading taekwondo in the United States, especially around the nation’s capital, after emigrating from Korea in the 1950s. He opened his first taekwondo school in Washington, D.C., in 1962. By the 1980s, Rhee had 11 schools in the Washington area. Source: Jhoon Rhee (1932 – 2018),…
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