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.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
The greatest catcher that ever lived -- MLB Hall of Fame catcher; All-Star for FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, 18 total. Three-time AL MVP. Thirteen World Series rings. Successful MLB manager as well; a thrilling, muscular artist with a genius for misexpressing himself -- via the New York Times. It was all so long ago that it's difficult to remember that before Yogi was a character he was a giant, the linchpin and creative intelligence of the Dreamtime Yankees. This was combined with great physical strength, and throwing and hitting accuracy. (Did the man have a flaw? Sure. He was not what you might call a stellar baserunner.) He could think, though his verbal parabolas and Bronx/Zen philosophy belie it (he sounded like a New Yorker, but he grew up in St. Louis). Above all, to us he was just a regular guy -- that nutty guy at the end of the bar, the guy you hung out with during lunch at work. I saw him from far away, always, or through a TV screen. When she was a kid, my wife sat on his lap. God bless you, Yogi. "Dear Mr. President: He was out." "I never saw nobody hit one with his face." "If fans don't come out to the ballpark, you can't stop them." I tearfully told my son. "Who killed him?" he asked. "God," I said. Evidently that was the only one who could deter #8.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Ben Cauley
Trumpeter, singer, songwriter, and arranger; co-founder of the Bar-Kays -- via Scripps Media. The only survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and four of his bandmates in 1967,
Peggy Jones
Guitarist, songwriter, singer, bandleader, and session musician -- via She Shreds. AKA The Queen Mother of Guitar, Lady Bo (for her early collaborations with Bo Diddley).
Adam Purple
Environmentalist and master gardener -- via the New York Times. AKA Rev. Les Ego, John Peter Zenger 2nd, General Zen of the Headquarters Intergalactic of Psychic Police of Uranus.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
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