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Jun 16, 2011 22:47:33 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Jun 16, 2011 22:47:33 GMT -5
Kathryn will be missed. She has been "the senior teller" since Ray Hicks passed away a few years back.
Ray was at the very first storytelling festival back in, I think, 1973. He was there every year until he died. Kathryn first showed up at the Second Annual Storytelling Festival, and those two are the only tellers who have been to the National Storytelling Festival every year.
I've been to almost every festival since 1990 (missed only twice), and Kathryn has always been among my favorites. Gee, that is 20 years I've loved Kathryn! My kids loved her too because she sounded just like their grandmother (my mother), who was also raised in Alabama.
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Jun 16, 2011 22:58:55 GMT -5
Post by gailkate on Jun 16, 2011 22:58:55 GMT -5
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Jun 24, 2011 21:10:15 GMT -5
Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 24, 2011 21:10:15 GMT -5
Peter Falk died. Columbo was one of my favorite TV shows. I even have it on DVD. Mike
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Jun 24, 2011 22:52:55 GMT -5
Post by BoatBabe on Jun 24, 2011 22:52:55 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhhhhh . . . I remember Madeline, Thom's Mom saying, "I've outlived all of my best friends. So, I just had to go out and make some more."
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Jun 25, 2011 18:44:31 GMT -5
Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 25, 2011 18:44:31 GMT -5
Bad news... Mike
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Jun 26, 2011 0:22:15 GMT -5
Post by BoatBabe on Jun 26, 2011 0:22:15 GMT -5
Excellent, Mike.
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Jun 26, 2011 7:49:19 GMT -5
Post by rogesgallery on Jun 26, 2011 7:49:19 GMT -5
Excellent photo Mike
83 and still smiling .... Hard to be sad
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Jun 26, 2011 8:50:33 GMT -5
Post by gailkate on Jun 26, 2011 8:50:33 GMT -5
And do you all remember his role as the grandpa reading to his grandson in"The Princess Bride"? The kid was sick and needing distraction, so grandpa read him a story full of adventure and comedy and minimal mushy stuff. Falk still did the classic Columbo schtick of "oh,well, never mind..." to keep the kid begging for more.
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Jun 26, 2011 9:56:16 GMT -5
Post by BoatBabe on Jun 26, 2011 9:56:16 GMT -5
And do you all remember his role as the grandpa reading to his grandson in"The Princess Bride"? The kid was sick and needing distraction, so grandpa read him a story full of adventure and comedy and minimal mushy stuff. Falk still did the classic Columbo schtick of "oh,well, never mind..." to keep the kid begging for more. I LOVE that movie! Peter Falk was just the BEST.
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Jun 28, 2011 9:49:40 GMT -5
Post by gailkate on Jun 28, 2011 9:49:40 GMT -5
And do you all remember his role as the grandpa reading to his grandson in"The Princess Bride"? The kid was sick and needing distraction, so grandpa read him a story full of adventure and comedy and minimal mushy stuff. Falk still did the classic Columbo schtick of "oh,well, never mind..." to keep the kid begging for more. I LOVE that movie! Peter Falk was just the BEST. Me, too! Cable is showing it too often - another "let's play this till everyone is sick to death of it" - but I probably watch it every other year. Mandy Patinkin was hysterical. Why didn't he realize he was a born comedian instead of turning into the world's most boring, plodding actor? Anyway, back to Falk. I don't think I ever saw him in a disappointing role.
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Jul 9, 2011 0:43:15 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Jul 9, 2011 0:43:15 GMT -5
I just saw the news that she passed away peacefully at the age of 93.
I admired her immensely for her courage facing breast cancer and later on her problems of alcoholism and addiction. "Betty Ford Center" is synonymous with the best in rehab treatment.
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Jul 9, 2011 17:21:52 GMT -5
Post by joew on Jul 9, 2011 17:21:52 GMT -5
No doubt her "going public" with those illnesses helped a lot of people.
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Jul 23, 2011 19:09:17 GMT -5
Post by BoatBabe on Jul 23, 2011 19:09:17 GMT -5
Yeah, that worked for ya, Honey. It's a gawd damn shame that you are dead at twenty-seven.
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Jul 27, 2011 12:20:08 GMT -5
Post by rogesgallery on Jul 27, 2011 12:20:08 GMT -5
She left behind some good music and a handsome Corpse. The poor girl "struggled with alcohol and drug addiction". I don't mean to be callus here but, in comparison, Carol King struggled with addiction — she took her money and moved to a remote Idaho retreat, abandoning her lifestyle and the friends that enabled the lifestyle. and stayed there until the struggle was over. Amy on the other hand spent a few weeks in a three room suite in Eric Clapton's "Crossroads Rehab Center" in Antigua and then went back and stuck her head in the mouth of the lion; she couldn't escape her desire for fame and money.
The sad part is that we immortalize the 'struggles' of wealthy artists and incarcerate young inner city kids that struggle for better reason.
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Jul 27, 2011 19:41:51 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Jul 27, 2011 19:41:51 GMT -5
My impression is that she was an addict, so her struggle was to get more of her substances of choice for continued abuse. She already had fame and money galore, but just couldn't find that "Satisfied Mind."
"The wealthiest person is a pauper at times Compared to the man (woman) with a satisfied mind."
Off topic: That song was written by Jack Rhodes and "Red" Hayes; the latter died on stage at age 46 when performing in the UK with Vassar Clements. What a way to go.
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Jul 27, 2011 22:41:14 GMT -5
Post by rogesgallery on Jul 27, 2011 22:41:14 GMT -5
// What a way to go.//
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Aug 9, 2011 21:19:36 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Aug 9, 2011 21:19:36 GMT -5
Last night NBC News reported on several individuals of note who had passed away recently, but there was not much coverage, probably because of all the Congressional budget issues. All individuals of achievement whose passing deserves note, IMHO.
Hugh Carey - former governor of New York, during the time when NYC almost went bankrupt. He also brought the problems with Willowbrook and the warehousing of the mentally ill to public attention, as well as the notorious Love Canal.
Mark Hatfield - former senator from Oregon, a liberal Republican (remember the old days when they had liberal and moderate Republicans/) who strongly opposed the Viet Nam war.
Bernadine Healy - former head of NIH, former Dean of OSU School of Medicine, and an advisor in numerous capacities for President Reagan and both Bushes 41 & 43.
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Sept 18, 2011 1:04:25 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Sept 18, 2011 1:04:25 GMT -5
It seems it is always me taking note of "Passages," but so be it; I notice them.
Perhaps because it seems so "young" to me now, I am struck by two prominent women, both age 51, who died last night and today:
Eleanor Mondale, daughter of VP Mondale died of brain cancer in her Minnesota home. I remember her as the "wild child,"just a kid who campaigned for her dad, and also notorious for her involvement with Warren Zevon.
Kara Kennedy, only daughter of Ted, died from a heart attack last night after working out at her health club. She was a survivor of lung cancer back in 2002, and that is very rare; fewer than 5% of patients with lung cancer achieve 5 year survival. And then after that, she passed away from an MI after her regular health club work out. A lot of tragedy in the Kennedy family.
Premature death disproportionately affects the disadvantaged, especially minorities. So the passing at relatively a young age of two prominent and privileged white women within 24 hours struck me as particularly notable..
There was a third passing today - Charles Percy, "wonder boy" businessman who became Senator from Illinois. He was a moderate Republican back in the day when there was still such a thing, a smart man who understood business but still had a heart. His daughter Sharon is married to Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor, and currently Senator.
Politics can be a family business too it seems.
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Sept 18, 2011 8:12:19 GMT -5
Post by Jane on Sept 18, 2011 8:12:19 GMT -5
As I recall, Percy's daughter (and Sharon's twin) was murdered as a very young women.
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Sept 18, 2011 8:40:10 GMT -5
Post by gailkate on Sept 18, 2011 8:40:10 GMT -5
I'm remembering Percy as mayor of NY. Who am I mixing him up with?
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Sept 18, 2011 10:07:18 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Sept 18, 2011 10:07:18 GMT -5
I'm remembering Percy as mayor of NY. Who am I mixing him up with? Probably John Lindsay, also a moderate (or even liberal) Republican.
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Sept 18, 2011 14:34:40 GMT -5
Post by Jane on Sept 18, 2011 14:34:40 GMT -5
I read Percy's obit in the NYT. Sharon's twin was killed when she was 21, and he was in the middle of a campaign. They have never found her killer.
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Sept 18, 2011 21:50:39 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Sept 18, 2011 21:50:39 GMT -5
That is haunting - an extremely rare gory murder in a wealthy enclave, and it was never solved. Strange, very strange.
I looked at a news story concerning the murder and noted that a physician neighbor had been called to the scene, but had never been interviewed by the police. That is odd too.
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Nov 5, 2011 11:37:40 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Nov 5, 2011 11:37:40 GMT -5
Andy Rooney, dead at 92.
It's been barely a month since his last 60 Minutes broadcast, but I remember heaving a big sigh of relief when he said that although he would not be doing a regular weekly broadcast, he would still be around. OK, he was 92 and didn't want to be committed to a weekly show, but he would still show up occasionally, I could live with that.
As Long as I can remember watching TV regularly, Andy was there, and even if I didn't watch the rest of the show, I watched the end of 60 Minutes, just to catch Andy.
As usual, my computer has issues, but the front page of the 60 Minutes website is devoted to Andy, so maybe one of you will post a link. It says he died of complications of minor surgery. I have always said that only other people have "minor surgery." When it is people you love and care about, it is always major, even when it's minor.
The story at the website mentions that Andy was a master woodworker, and he made his desk himself - the one he always sat behind when he did his weekly story. I did not know that about him. His last story was about how he didn't really like being a celebrity, so if we saw him eating at a restaurant, please don't disturb him. I guess we won't.
It has been a very hard week, first Tom Keith (BTW, Brian Williams did a really nice piece about Tom last night at the end of the NBC Nightly News show) and now Andy. I will miss them both.
Shoot, I still haven't gotten over the loss of Tim Russert and that was more than 3 years ago.
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Nov 5, 2011 12:00:39 GMT -5
Post by BoatBabe on Nov 5, 2011 12:00:39 GMT -5
I'm with you, doc.
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Nov 6, 2011 10:46:35 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Nov 6, 2011 10:46:35 GMT -5
CBS Sunday Morning ran tributes to Andy Rooney this morning, and even more will be on 60 Minutes tonight. One of the other correspondents talked about Andy, and there was a flash to his now-empty desk, with his name plate "Andy Rooney" laying across it, but no Andy in the chair. The secret drawer where he hid his Giants tickets. An arrow right to the heart.
More moving than that - a re-run of Andy's commemoration of D-Day, and why it really was the Day That Changed The World, was replayed. Truly a great commentary. Andy too served in WWII - dropped out of college to serve as an Army reporter.
In 1998, we went to France and visited the D-Day beaches and surrounding towns. I gasped when I saw Point du Hoc, and thought of those Rangers scaling those cliffs, while the Germans fired down on them like fish in a barrel. Andy re-created just that sense of awe too with the sweeping views of the American Cemetery - thousands of white crosses, interspersed with Stars of David, as far as the eye can see. So many tens of thousands of men gave their lives so we can be free here today.
One of Andy Rooney's gifts - speaking for Everyman, even if occasionally it was unpopular. And you know what - when he made a mistake he apologized! Imagine that - most of us do that too, but not many of those who appear on TV.
We miss these folks when they leave us. But aren't we glad that they were there?
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Feb 11, 2012 14:04:44 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Feb 11, 2012 14:04:44 GMT -5
Who? you say. Jeffrey Zaslow, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal. Before you say "Oh just another uber-conservative WSJ storyteller, who cares" let me refresh your memory. He was the advice columnist for the Chicago Sun when Ann Landers died. He wrote the book The Last Lecture, a year-long bestseller on the NYT best seller list, about Randy Pausch, the beloved Carnegie Mellon professor whose inspirational battle with pancreatic cancer was widely covered. It would never had been news at all if Zaslow hadn't covered the story in his WSJ column. Zaslow was a CMU grad so he had a very personal interest. Jeffrey Zaslow also was the author of Highest Duty, about Chesley Sullenburger, the pilot who engineered the "Miracle on the Hudson" three years ago. More recently he collaborated with Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly on their memoir. His columns covered a very wide range of topics, eclectic, touching, unique. He died in a car crash on a snowy road in Michigan last night. I will miss his columns, as they were one part of WSJ I never missed. The obit, from your reliable noter of passings: online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203646004577215574045345682.html?mod=e2fbI hope you can read the link; I can't tell since I am a subscriber to the WSJ, so the links always work for me.
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Feb 11, 2012 14:43:14 GMT -5
Post by doctork on Feb 11, 2012 14:43:14 GMT -5
While I'm at memorializing, this week marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Daniel Pearl, also a WSJ reporter.
And I still miss Tim Russert.
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Feb 11, 2012 15:07:52 GMT -5
Post by rogesgallery on Feb 11, 2012 15:07:52 GMT -5
I apologize if this is the wrong thread to bring this up but isn't pancreatic failure associated with the over consumption of hard alcohol, and therefore a self inflicted disease — especially so in a celebrated scholar? If so why would his "battle" be so inspirational? Maybe I should just read the book?
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Feb 11, 2012 15:47:51 GMT -5
Post by rogesgallery on Feb 11, 2012 15:47:51 GMT -5
While I'm at memorializing, this week marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Daniel Pearl, also a WSJ reporter.And I still miss Tim Russert. Wow that was certainly a time of condensed emotional content. It's hard for me to keep the time frame in perspective. Sweet and sad, good and bad time moved like the bellows of an accordion. I best remember Russert's smile. He was only 58 in a time when folks are living into their eightys
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