Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Mike Winters aka Michael Weinstein
Comedian, musician, businessman, and writer -- via the Guardian. Straight man to brother Bernie in their double act!
Seamus Heaney
Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright, translator and lecturer -- via the New York Times. Known for not only his own work, but his translation of "Beowulf," which revived interest in this up-to-then painful experience of a poem.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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