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To the WNY/WNY expat crowd ( @DCPatriot , @verga ):Rick Azar died at 91.https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/legendary-7-eyewitness-news-broadcaster-rick-azar-has-died
Bobby Brown, a member of five Yankees championship teams who went on to become a successful cardiologist as well as president of baseball’s American League, died Thursday morning in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 96.A lefty-hitting third baseman who also saw time at shortstop, second base and all three outfield positions, Brown won rings with the Yankees in 1947 and from 1949-1952, a supporting player to titans such as Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. He posted a respectable .269/.367/.376 slash line across eight seasons (1946-1952, 1954) and went .439/.500/.707 in 17 World Series games. He became more popular among fans of later generations as he regularly attended the Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day through the most recent one in 2019.
Larry McMurtry, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose novels, such as “The Last Picture Show,†“Terms of Endearment†and “Lonesome Dove,†were turned into award-winning films and who won an Oscar for co-adapting “Brokeback Mountain,†has died, according to The New York Times. He was 84.A spokesperson for McMurtry’s family confirmed his death to The New York Times. No cause of death was given.McMurtry and his frequent collaborator Diana Ossana penned “Brokeback Mountain†based on Annie Proulx’s short story, taking the Western genre in which McMurtry so frequently worked in a new direction: a gay love story. The film saw this theme welcomed by large mainstream audiences for the first time and also won the Oscar for best director and was nominated for best picture. ...
Mar 26, 2021 8:44am PTLarry McMurtry, Oscar Winner for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and Author of ‘Lonesome Dove,' Dies at 84by Carmel DaganVariety
@mountaineer "Lonesome Dove" just may be THE best series ever shown on television. Yeah,the truly great cast had a lot to do with that,but so did the writing and directing.
Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died. She was 104.Cleary’s publisher HarperCollins announced Friday that the author died Thursday in Carmel Valley, California, where she had lived since the 1960s. No cause of death was given.Trained as a librarian, Cleary didn’t start writing books until her early 30s when she wrote “Henry Huggins,†published in 1950. Children worldwide came to love the adventures of Huggins and neighbors Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spofford, Beatrice “Beezus†Quimby and her younger sister, Ramona. They inhabit a down-home, wholesome setting on Klickitat Street — a real street in Portland, Oregon, the city where Cleary spent much of her youth. ...
I loved her Henry Huggins stories. RIP dear lady
Beverly Cleary, beloved children’s author, dies at 104By HILLEL ITALIEAssociated Press |Mar 26, 2021 at 5:27 PM
R.I.P. G. Gordon Liddy...a true American Patriot.
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind and Nixon operative, dead at 90Liddy was behind the Watergate break-in that led to Richard Nixon's downfallBy Thomas Barrabi | Fox NewsG. Gordon Liddy, the Richard Nixon 1972 reelection campaign operative who played a central role in the Watergate scandal that led to the former president’s resignation, died Tuesday at the age of 90.Liddy’s son, Thomas, confirmed his death. He did not provide a cause of death but noted that COVID-19 was not a factor.A former FBI agent, Liddy ran an unsuccessful congressional bid in New York in 1968. He served as an aide in the Treasury Department during Nixon’s first term in office. After a stint in that role, he headed up a team of operatives known as "The Plumbers," who were tasked with gathering information on Nixon’s political rivals and combating leaks following the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Later, Liddy served on Nixon’s Committee to Reelect the President. He was known as the mastermind of a plot to place wiretaps inside Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building in Washington in 1972. The plot was discovered and Liddy was arrested, alongside fellow Nixon operative Howard Hunt and five others. ...Following his release from prison, Liddy became a radio show talk host, where he became known for his provocative on-air remarks. In one controversial episode during the 1990s, Liddy told listeners to target federal agents with "head shots." Later, Liddy defended his remarks, saying he wasn't advocating violence against federal agents, but rather encouraging the members of the public to defend themselves and their rights if confronted with deadly force. ...
Oh What the HELL? He was a personal hero of mine. During the Watergate hearings I recall my father saying that he was the "Man" in the room. When I asked why, my father told me that he was the only one that didn't turn on the others. R.I. P. sir.
Your father was right @verga and a wise man to boot.BTW: G. Gordon himself spilled the beans about the Watergate break-in. He said that the Democrats were running a call-girl shop for high-dollar donors out of there and that they were looking to prove it.
One of the high-dollar hookers was John Dean's wife.
I may have read that previously but, if so, I had forgotten. Thanks!
I first heard this in the book Silent Coup (Colodny & Gettlin).
During someime in the late '70's, maybe as late as 1980, I remember Liddy giving a talk at my college. He was a firebrand fire and brimstone non-apologetic conservative, when almost the rest of the GOP was in a post Watergate whimpering stuper. To this day, I can remeber the biggest cheer, when he stood up and almost yelled.... "If this country had any balls, they'd put Jimmy Carter in Jail for treason". Thought brought on a Standing "O".
