Obituaries for 2017

[Bigun]

This happened a while back, but I thought this man deserved recognition here.
Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, Ia Drang battle commander, dies at 94



By BEN WRIGHT | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | Published: February 11, 2017

COLUMBUS, Ga. (Tribune News Service) — Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, the commander at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965 that led him to co-author the book, “We Were Soldiers Once, and Young,” died Friday at his home in Auburn, Ala. He was 94.

More at the link...
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/retired-lt-gen-hal-moore-ia-drang-battle-commander-dies-at-94-1.453672

RIP General Moore!  You have more than done your part!

[rangerrebew]

"We Were Soldiers" Legend Lieutenant General Hal Moore Dies
By Chevel Johnson
February 13, 2017

Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. "Hal" Moore, the American hero known for saving most of his men in the first major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies, has died. He was 94.

Joseph Galloway, who with Moore co-authored the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young," confirmed Saturday to The Associated Press that Moore died late Friday in his sleep at his home in Auburn, Alabama.

Galloway said Moore, his friend of 51 years, died two days shy of his 95th birthday.

http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/02/13/we_were_soldiers_legend_lieutenant_general_hal_moore_dies_110795.html

[musiclady]

This happened a while back, but I thought this man deserved recognition here.
Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, Ia Drang battle commander, dies at 94



By BEN WRIGHT | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer | Published: February 11, 2017

COLUMBUS, Ga. (Tribune News Service) — Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, the commander at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965 that led him to co-author the book, “We Were Soldiers Once, and Young,” died Friday at his home in Auburn, Ala. He was 94.

More at the link...
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/retired-lt-gen-hal-moore-ia-drang-battle-commander-dies-at-94-1.453672

Wow.   Hadn't heard that.

Thanks for posting, Joe.

[Wingnut]

RIP General Moore!  You have more than done your part!

Some other links to Gen Moore over in the Mil Forum

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,243513.0.html

[Wingnut]

David Burwell, who saw bike paths where trains once ran, dies at 69.

"My dream ... is that one day you could go across this entire country — old or young, handicapped or able — on flat, wide, off-road paths. I want rail-trails to be America’s main street.”

David Burwell, the co-founder and first president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a Washington-based organization that has led nationwide efforts to convert thousands of miles of unused railroad corridors to trails and parklands, died Feb. 1 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 69.

He had complications from acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, Irene Burwell.

Inspired in part by his mother, who helped create an 11-mile bike trail on Cape Cod, Mass., Mr. Burwell was instrumental in building a national movement to preserve green space and to provide options for alternative modes of transportation.

As thousands of miles of old railroad lines were abandoned each year, some communities across the country remade them as paths for bicycling and nature walks. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, which Mr. Burwell founded in 1986 with Peter Harnik, became the first group to coordinate national efforts to build such a network.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/david-burwell-who-saw-bike-paths-where-trains-once-ran-dies-at-69/2017/02/15/18dfef5e-f3a6-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.35218a520e00

[Cyber Liberty]

David Burwell, who saw bike paths where trains once ran, dies at 69.

David Burwell, the co-founder and first president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a Washington-based organization that has led nationwide efforts to convert thousands of miles of unused railroad corridors to trails and parklands, died Feb. 1 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 69.

He had complications from acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, Irene Burwell.

Inspired in part by his mother, who helped create an 11-mile bike trail on Cape Cod, Mass., Mr. Burwell was instrumental in building a national movement to preserve green space and to provide options for alternative modes of transportation.

As thousands of miles of old railroad lines were abandoned each year, some communities across the country remade them as paths for bicycling and nature walks. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, which Mr. Burwell founded in 1986 with Peter Harnik, became the first group to coordinate national efforts to build such a network.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/david-burwell-who-saw-bike-paths-where-trains-once-ran-dies-at-69/2017/02/15/18dfef5e-f3a6-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.35218a520e00

What a great idea!Clean air, level ground, no cars....

[mountaineer]

We frequently make use of the "rails to trails" near us. Mr. M does his marathon training on it. When they finish the last 7-mile section, it is my understanding it will complete the longest trail in the U.S.

[musiclady]

David Burwell, who saw bike paths where trains once ran, dies at 69.

David Burwell, the co-founder and first president of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a Washington-based organization that has led nationwide efforts to convert thousands of miles of unused railroad corridors to trails and parklands, died Feb. 1 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 69.

He had complications from acute myeloid leukemia, said his wife, Irene Burwell.

Inspired in part by his mother, who helped create an 11-mile bike trail on Cape Cod, Mass., Mr. Burwell was instrumental in building a national movement to preserve green space and to provide options for alternative modes of transportation.

As thousands of miles of old railroad lines were abandoned each year, some communities across the country remade them as paths for bicycling and nature walks. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, which Mr. Burwell founded in 1986 with Peter Harnik, became the first group to coordinate national efforts to build such a network.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/david-burwell-who-saw-bike-paths-where-trains-once-ran-dies-at-69/2017/02/15/18dfef5e-f3a6-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.35218a520e00

Rails to Trails was a FANTASTIC idea!  We have a very long bike trail near us, and it is a magnificent addition to our area.

RIP, Mr. Burwell.   69 is far too young to die!

[Wingnut]

We frequently make use of the "rails to trails" near us. Mr. M does his marathon training on it. When they finish the last 7-mile section, it is my understand that it will complete the longest trail in the U.S.

Every few years we ride the KATY Trail in MO from Clinton to St Charles (Machens) or the up hill route St Charles to Clinton. At about 250 miles I think it is the longest rails to trails conversion (at Present).  Hope is that the last 69 miles to Kansas City will be completed before I die.  The great thing about Railroads are the grade was never more than 3%. 

[Applewood]

@mountaineer


An uncle and I used to walk the Montour Trail in westers PA.  Back then there wasn't much to it.   Last I heard, one end  was being expanded to Washington, DC -- linking with one or more other trails.  The western end, I believe, extends into West Virginia. 

[mountaineer]

An uncle and I used to walk the Montour Trail in westers PA.  Back then there wasn't much to it.   Last I heard, one end  was being expanded to Washington, DC -- linking with one or more other trails.  The western end, I believe, extends into West Virginia.

Yes, once they finish the 7 miles between Wellsburg and Weirton, WV, the trail will go from well south of Wheeling to Weirton, to Pittsburgh, thence to Washington, DC. Montour trail is part of that.

[jmyrlefuller]

One of those rail trails runs right next to my house. I've walked and ridden my bike down it countless times. Before I had my car, that path was the main way I got back and forth between towns.

During the winter, they convert it to a snowmobile trail.

[Machiavelli]

George 'The Animal' Steele, a WWE legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 79: From Madison Heights, Michigan, to Madison Square Garden, "The Animal" excited wrestling fans all over

Hall of Fame wrestler George “The Animal” Steele has died, according WWE.

Steele, real name Jim Myers, had been battling health problems for years, including kidney failure. He had been moved into hospice care shortly before his death.

Portraying a green-tongued, bald-headed wildman, Steele was known for “eating” turnbuckles -- ripping them open with his teeth and throwing the shredded padding at opponents. He enjoyed his greatest fame near the end of his three-decade career as part of the 1980s WWE (then WWF) roster that included stars like Andre the Giant, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage.

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[Machiavelli]

'Russian Bear' Ivan Koloff dies (famous professional wrestler)

The date January 18, 1971 and Ivan Koloff will forever be connected. That was the day that "The Russian Bear" did the unthinkable, defeating Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World title. Sure, he only held the belt for another three weeks before dropping it to Pedro Morales, but it made Koloff, who died today at age 74, into a big name star...

What a strange world this is. Koloff's victory over Sammartino in the middle of the ring in Madison Square Garden, scoring the greatest wrestling upset of the era and ending Sammartino's nearly eight-year reign as WWWF world champion was game-changing. "Dead silence came down," said manager Captain Lou Albano, who was in Koloff's corner that night. "They couldn't believe it." ...

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[Ghost Bear]

Wow... bad week for professional wrestlers.   

[Wingnut]

Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69

Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to an abortion, died Feb. 18 at an assisted-living facility in Katy, Tex. She was 69.

Her death was confirmed by Joshua Prager, a journalist working on a book about Roe v. Wade. The cause was a heart ailment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-of-roe-v-wade-decision-legalizing-abortion-dies-at-69/2017/02/18/24b83108-396e-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html?utm_term=.d59b68927ef6

[musiclady]

Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, dies at 69

Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty, and desperate for a way out of an unwanted pregnancy when she became Jane Roe, the pseudonymous plaintiff of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to an abortion, died Feb. 18 at an assisted-living facility in Katy, Tex. She was 69.

Her death was confirmed by Joshua Prager, a journalist working on a book about Roe v. Wade. The cause was a heart ailment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-of-roe-v-wade-decision-legalizing-abortion-dies-at-69/2017/02/18/24b83108-396e-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html?utm_term=.d59b68927ef6

She never had an abortion, and hated that she was used to create such a heinous 'law.'

RIP, Norma.

[ABX]

Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym “Jane Roe” led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday at age 69.....

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/18/norma-mccorvey-jane-roe-in-roe-v-wade-has-died-at-age-69/

[geronl]

She was pivotal in unleashing the abortion holocaust that has slain tens of millions of humans.

I'm glad she repented and her soul can be saved, but she is not a hero

[don-o]

She was pivotal in unleashing the abortion holocaust that has slain tens of millions of humans.

I'm glad she repented and her soul can be saved, but she is not a hero

She was a tool. If not her, there would have been another.

Who said anything about "hero"? Rejoice that a blind sinner saw the light of truth. That is a good thing.

[Bigun]

Poor lady figured out too late that her "friends" really didn't care a thing about her and were only using her to advance an agenda!

Once she did figure that out she did everything in her power to undo her mistake and for that I have nothing but complete admiration!

[musiclady]

Every Pro-Life organization we belong to is mourning her passing:

Americans United for Life Mourns the Passing of Norma McCorvey “who became a Pro-Life Champion Addressing the Tragic Errors in Roe V. Wade, her namesake abortion case”


WASHINGTON, D.C. (02-18-17) –  Americans United for Life Acting President and Senior Counsel Clarke Forsythe expressed his condolences on Saturday on the passing of Norma McCorvey, who first became known as “Jane Roe” in the infamous abortion case Roe v. Wade.  “Norma McCorvey became a pro-life champion as she dedicated her life to overturning the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Roe v. Wade, the 1970 abortion case filed on her behalf to overturn the nation’s abortion laws,” said Forsythe. “She joined the efforts of millions of pro-life Americans, fighting to address the destruction caused by the fatally-flawed Supreme Court case begun in her name, and tragically she has died nearly 12 years to the day (Feb 22 2005) after the Supreme Court refused to hear her motion to reopen her original case.”

From legal perspectives across an ideological perspective, Roe has been harshly criticized. For example, James Simon, a liberal law professor, called Roe v. Wade “the most controversial decision of the modern Court era.” A 2005 book edited by another liberal law professor, Jack Balkin, went farther, calling Roe simply “America’s Most Controversial  Decision.”  After retiring, Justice Lewis Powell, who voted to approve Roe, referred to Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton as “the worst opinions I ever joined.”

“Since the days of Roe v. Wade, countless women have been harmed and infants lost to the devastation of abortion. The case was decided without a trial record, without medical evidence, without reliable medical data.  I and many others have been touched by Norma’s courage and humility as she spoke on behalf of life. She will be greatly missed, and Americans United for Life mourns her passing.”

Clarke Forsythe is Acting President & Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life (AUL) and author of Abuse of Discretion: The Inside Story of Roe v. Wade (Encounter Books 2013). For more information go to www.aul.org For interviews, e-mail: press@aul.org


http://www.aul.org/2017/02/americans-united-for-life-mourns-the-passing-of-norma-mccorvey-who-became-a-pro-life-champion-addressing-the-tragic-errors-in-roe-v-wade-her-namesake-abortion-case/

[Wingnut]

Wonder how the Pro-Abortion crowd is taking it?   Maybe Jazzyhead can fill us in.

[Rivergirl]

An irony to contemplate.
Today the woman who enabled the USSC decide that a woman's right to privacy included the right to murder her unborn baby.
And today the Blink Sheik, father of the first WTC bombing in 93 died in prison.

[EasyAce]

The man who really delivered the funk for James Brown is gone . . .

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's 'Funky Drummer,' Dead at 73

Kidney failure.


James Brown, "Cold Sweat"


James Brown, "Funky Drummer"


James Brown, "Get Up (I Feel Like Bein' A) Sex Machine"

Rest in funk, Mr. S.

[Sanguine]

She was pivotal in unleashing the abortion holocaust that has slain tens of millions of humans.

I'm glad she repented and her soul can be saved, but she is not a hero

She was not responsible.  She didn't even have an abortion - she placed the child for adoption.  She was used and when she understood how and for what she was used, she fought against the pro-abortion activists. 

[musiclady]

She was not responsible.  She didn't even have an abortion - she placed the child for adoption.  She was used and when she understood how and for what she was used, she fought against the pro-abortion activists.

Exactly.  They used her maliciously, and as you say, she never had an abortion.

The pro-abortion left is as evil as any group of people in this country.

[musiclady]

An irony to contemplate.
Today the woman who enabled the USSC decide that a woman's right to privacy included the right to murder her unborn baby.
And today the Blink Sheik, father of the first WTC bombing in 93 died in prison.

She didn't 'enable' the USSC to do anything.

She was maliciously used to allow the evil left to enact that vile "law," never had an abortion, and went on to be a tremendous spokeswoman for the Right to Life.

[Mod1]

Obituary threads merged.

[Smokin Joe]

She was a tool. If not her, there would have been another.

Who said anything about "hero"? Rejoice that a blind sinner saw the light of truth. That is a good thing.

Yes, all the way around.

[Machiavelli]

Richard Schickel, Influential Time Magazine Film Critic, Dies at 84

Richard Schickel, the longtime film critic for Time magazine who also wrote 37 books, mostly on film, and directed a number of documentaries on film subjects, died on Saturday in Los Angeles of complications from a series of strokes, his family told the Los Angeles Times. He was 84.

“He was one of the fathers of American film criticism,” his daughter, writer Erika Schickel, told the Times. “He had a singular voice. When he wrote or spoke, he had an old-fashioned way of turning a phrase. He was blunt and succinct both on the page and in life.”

He wrote and/or directed more than 30 documentaries, mostly for television.

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[jmyrlefuller]

Fox News correspondent Brenda Buttner dies at 55



A social studies major at Harvard and a Rhodes scholar, Buttner first appeared on national TV for CNBC in 1990. She later moved to Fox News, where she served as a business correspondent and host of the weekend version of Bulls & Bears. She also edited the magazine Cycle World, a role that drew upon her hobby of motorcycling.

Buttner had been diagnosed with cancer last year.

Neil Cavuto's postmortem

Wikipedia

Official Fox News bio and archive

[Cyber Liberty]

Fox News correspondent Brenda Buttner dies at 55



A social studies major at Harvard and a Rhodes scholar, Buttner first appeared on national TV for CNBC in 1990. She later moved to Fox News, where she served as a business correspondent and host of the weekend version of Bulls & Bears. She also edited the magazine Cycle World, a role that drew upon her hobby of motorcycling.

Buttner had been diagnosed with cancer last year.

Neil Cavuto's postmortem

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Official Fox News bio and archive

I really liked her.  Was wondering where she was.  May God rest her soul.   

[anubias]

I really liked her.  Was wondering where she was.  May God rest her soul.   

Just saw that she had passed away.  I too wondered where she had gone and missed her.  I had no idea she was sick with cancer.  Tears ran down my face as I watched Cavuto's tribute to her.  My whole family enjoyed watching her host Bulls and Bears. 

[TomSea]

Horse Of The Year, Charismatic, Dead At 20

GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Dual classic winner and 1999 Horse of the Year Charismatic has died.

The 20-year-old stallion, who returned to the United States from the JBBA Shizunai Stallion Station in Japan on December 4, 2016, was pensioned at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Georgetown, KY.

The announcement of his sudden passing was made Sunday afternoon by Old Friends president Michael Blowen.

The stallion was discovered early Sunday morning. Attending veterinarian Dr. Bryan Waldridge was immediately called to the scene, but the cause of death is unknown. The results of a full necropsy are pending.

http://www.lex18.com/story/34542969/horse-of-the-year-charismatic-dead-at-20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpRqQfD_Zs8

[EasyAce]

Guitarist Larry Coryell, Godfather Of Fusion, Dies At 73

Larry Coryell, the jazz guitarist known as the "Godfather of Fusion," died Sunday night at a hotel in
New York City, according to his publicist. He was 73.

Coryell was still performing more than 50 years after his first recordings. He played at New York jazz club
Iridium on Friday and Saturday night, and had plans for a summer tour with his fusion group The Eleventh
House.

Coryell's recordings in the late 1960s, first with his band the Free Spirits, then with the Gary Burton Quartet
and finally as a bandleader, predicted the rise of jazz-rock fusion and contributed to the sonic evolution the
genre. It's no wonder that snippets of his work were sampled by renowned producers, including J Dilla and
DJ Shadow.

On the NPR program Billy Taylor's Jazz, Dr. Taylor described Coryell as such: "[Larry] plays all the styles, Latin,
jazz-rock, straight ahead jazz, European classical music. You name it, he's a master of it."

In 1970, after two records under his own name, Coryell recorded the groundbreaking fusion album Spaces.
The project featured fellow guitarist John McLaughlin, pianist Chick Corea on keyboards, bassist Miroslav
Vitouš on bass and drummer Billy Cobham.

The guitarist's '70s output totaled more than 20 albums as either a leader or co-leader. Coryell briefly worked
with McLaughlin in The Guitar Trio in 1979, but was replaced after a year by Al Di Meola due a drug addiction.

Despite a decline in critical attention, Coryell remained remarkably productive through the 1980s and beyond.
He performed on more than 100 albums, and was due to release an Eleventh House record in June of this year.

Coryell leaves behind his wife, Tracey, daughters Annie and Allegra, sons Murali and Julian, and six
grandchildren.

Larry Coryell, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, "Treats Style"


Larry Coryell, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, "Stiff Neck"

[Free Vulcan]

Loved Buttner on Bulls and Bears. RIP ma'am.

[Machiavelli]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra's conductor laureate, dies at 93

Minnesota Orchestra Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski has died. He was 93.

Skrowaczewski came to Minnesota decades ago to lead what was then the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and he never left. He changed the face of classical music in Minnesota, and remained a towering presence in the classical music world until the end.

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[TomSea]

Junie Morrison, Parliament-Funkadelic and Ohio Players Member, Dead at 62
Multi-instrumentalist played pivotal roles in both groups, helping them reach notable chart peaks

Walter "Junie" Morrison, who played keyboards in Funkadelic and the Ohio Players, died on Saturday. His daughter, Akasha, reported the news via the artist's Facebook page. The details surrounding his death have not yet been made public. He was 62.

Parliament-Funkadelic legend on why he admires Flying Lotus and Thundercat, how hip-hop saved his career, and what's next

"It is with great sadness that the Ohio Players have lost on this earth another one of the original members of the band Walter 'Junie' Morrison," the group's James "Diamond" Williams wrote on Facebook. "When I got in the band in 1972 he was my roommate on the road and a brother-in-law, at one time being married to my wife's sister. The voice of granny in the funky worm, an incredibly talented individual ... RIP PLAYER 4 Life. We send our condolences to his family and his friends and fans."

Continued: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/junie-morrison-p-funk-and-ohio-players-member-dead-at-62-w467556

[mystery-ak]

BREAKING: Alan Colmes Dead at 66
by J.D. Durkin | 9:19 am, February 23rd, 2017

Longtime radio and cable news broadcaster Alan Colmes is dead at the age of 66.

Fox News moments ago reported on Colmes’ death with a segment narrated by Sean Hannity, who paired with Colmes for years on the venerable talk show Hannity & Colmes.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-alan-colmes-dead-at-66/

[TomSea]

Alan Colmes, wow, that's something. One thing I will say for him, he certainly was able to represent the liberal side well debate-wise and had very good responses.  Rest In Peace.

[Frank Cannon]

BREAKING: Alan Colmes Dead at 66
by J.D. Durkin | 9:19 am, February 23rd, 2017

Longtime radio and cable news broadcaster Alan Colmes is dead at the age of 66.

Fox News moments ago reported on Colmes’ death with a segment narrated by Sean Hannity, who paired with Colmes for years on the venerable talk show Hannity & Colmes.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-alan-colmes-dead-at-66/

Colmes probably died from complications of Trump being elected.

[endicom]

Townhall
Christine Rousselle
Feb. 23, 2017

Fox News broadcaster Alan Colmes passed away on Thursday at the age of 66. Colmes' death was announced on Fox.

More... https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2017/02/23/alan-colmes-passes-away-at-age-66-n2289606


Apparently a good guy.

[skeeter]

I spent many an hour as a teenager in Tower Records gazing at Ohio Players album artwork.

[TomSea]

Colmes was married to Dr. Jocelyn Elise Crowley, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University, whose sister is Monica Crowley, the conservative radio commentator, pundit and television personality.[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Colmes

[bolobaby]

Didn't agree with any of his politics, but he always approached the debate respectfully.

RIP.

[Frank Cannon]

This guy was a bore.

BTW, his last tweet a couple hours ago was a slam against someone....

Jason Chaffetz finds a new way to waste your taxpayer dollars http://colm.es/2moGf4T

https://twitter.com/AlanColmes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Free Vulcan]

Must have just dropped dead, just tweeted a few hours ago.

[musiclady]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra's conductor laureate, dies at 93
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Wow!  I sang with the Minnesota Orchestra under Skrowaczewski (Skro- va- chev- ski).  He had the weirdest conducting style I've ever seen.

I had no idea he was still alive.

[musiclady]

BREAKING: Alan Colmes Dead at 66
by J.D. Durkin | 9:19 am, February 23rd, 2017

Longtime radio and cable news broadcaster Alan Colmes is dead at the age of 66.

Fox News moments ago reported on Colmes’ death with a segment narrated by Sean Hannity, who paired with Colmes for years on the venerable talk show Hannity & Colmes.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-alan-colmes-dead-at-66/

My husband just said that he always looked sick.

I wonder what he died from.