GoogObits
Obituaries augmented by Google searches using hypertext enjambment. There is a lot to learn from the dead.
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GoogObits: Lefty Wilson, 83, Trainer and Emergency N.H.L. Goalie, Dies
Lefty Wilson, 83, Trainer and Emergency N.H.L. Goalie, Dies (archive.org) November 9, 2002 By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN Lefty Wilson, a longtime trainer for the Detroit Red Wings who left the bench three times to become an emergency goalie in National Hockey League games [~] twice facing his own team [~] died Tuesday in Naples, Fla. He was 83. Wilson,…
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GoogObits: Heinz von Foerster, a Leading Information Theorist, Dies at 90
Heinz von Foerster, a Leading Information Theorist, Dies at 90 (archive.org) November 9, 2002 By JOHN MARKOFF Heinz von Foerster, a physicist and a philosopher who was an early leader in the field of information theory, died on Oct. 2 at his home in Pescadero, Calif. He was 90. In the 1940’s and 1950’s Dr. von Foerster was…
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GoogObits: Ehud Sprinzak, 62, Studied Israel Far Right, Is DeadGoogObits:
Ehud Sprinzak, 62, Studied Israel Far Right, Is Dead November 12, 2002 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 — Ehud Sprinzak, an Israeli counterterrorism specialist and expert in far-right Jewish groups, died on Friday at a hospital near Tel Aviv. He was 62. The cause was cancer, his colleagues said. Mr. Sprinzak, a political science professor, was one of the few…
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GoogObits: AP Photographer Eddie Worth Dies
AP Photographer Eddie Worth Dies Wednesday November 13, 2002 8:30 PM LONDON (AP) – Eddie Worth, a news photographer who covered the battles for western Europe after D-Day and went on to cover the war trials of Nazi leaders, has died at the age of 93. Worth, who worked for The Associated Press for most of his career, was a…
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GoogObits: Matel Dawson Jr., Philanthropic Auto Worker, Dies at 81
Matel Dawson Jr., a forklift operator with a ninth-grade education who gave more than $1 million to universities for scholarships and to charities, died on Nov. 2 in his one-bedroom apartment in Highland Park, Mich. He was 81.