Post Mortem: April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008
Of Parakeets and Freezers
Washington Post obituaries will often include a person's hobby or interest. Often this means a vague enthusiasm for pets ("he liked dogs," "she adored lizards"). Today, I heard a vivid tale of animal bonding. Josephine Czapp, who died April 6 at 89, raised many kinds of pets. But she had...
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Adam Bernstein
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April 19, 2008; 10:00 AM ET |
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Are You Ready for Some Football?
So you've never heard of Buzz Nutter, eh? Well, pull up a chair -- and a copy of today's obituary -- and let me tell you about the man who snapped the ball to Johnny Unitas in the Greatest Game Ever Played. Buzz Nutter, whose given name was the elegant...
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Matt Schudel
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April 18, 2008; 11:01 AM ET |
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The Local Angle
John Wheeler, one of the best-known physicists of his generation, died April 13. Newsday's headline for his obit reminded me of the Bronx Home News account of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Transatlatic flight: "Lindbergh Flies Over the Bronx on Way to Paris."...
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Adam Bernstein
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April 17, 2008; 11:56 AM ET |
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