Obits
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All Hail Tom Gish
When people die, it’s the living who write the obituaries. What they say about you a lot to do with what you did when you were alive. Here’s an obituary headline from today’s NYT that anyone would be proud of:Tom Gish, Tenacious Kentucky Newsman, Dies at 82 Mr. Gish and his wife, Pat, overcame floods,…
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Bernie Mac, Chicago Cubs, Winning, and Losing
The he says it. Instead of singing, “root, root, root for the Cubbies”, he says, “root, root, root for the Champs!”. I was listening on the radio, traveling eastbound on the Irving Park bus going down to the stadium to see if I could be a part of something special. I immediately said, “Uh oh.…
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Myron Cope is Dead, Long Live Myron Cope
Myron Cope, the man who invented the Terrible Towel, who coined the term “Immaculate Reception“, who is the voice of victory in my childhood head for every 1970’s Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl win, is dead. The last line of his obituary pretty much got to me: “I’ve often thought that when I kick the bucket,…
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What in the world did Kanye West do to Evil Knievel?
Settles on the 28th, dead on the 30th.
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Bric A Brac
I awoke this morning upset that the sky was clear and blue– it was that way 6 years ago, too. The position of the sun, low in the sky, with bright blueness, scares the hell out of me. Here’s a 2-3-4 obit lineup from the NYT: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Nationalist Leader, Dies at 79…