Post Mortem: August 8, 2010 - August 14, 2010
Singer Abbey Lincoln dies at 80
Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln, who was known as much for uncompromsing stance on civil rights as for her soulful singing, has died at the age of 80 in New York. I interviewed her in 2006 for a story in The Post before her performance as part of the Knnedy Center's...
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August 14, 2010; 2:41 PM ET |
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Friday (the 13th!) Daily Goodbye
Greetings obits fans! I awoke this morning in an ominous mood. My bedroom was dark and dreary; my air conditioner whirring its freezing breath over my fuzzy comforter. My toes were little toe icicles. Then, as I looked bleary eyed at my alarmclockiPhonelifedevice, I realized (Gasp!) it's FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH!...
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August 13, 2010; 10:46 AM ET |
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Leon Breeden, who directed one of the nation's most famous and successful college jazz band programs, died yesterday afternoon of complications from an infection. He was 88. From 1959 to 1981, Mr. Breeden led the University of North Texas' "One O'Clock Lab Band," the first college band to play at...
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August 12, 2010; 10:59 AM ET |
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Chicago pol Dan Rostenkowski remembered
Dan Rostenkowski is the second powerful pork-barrel politician whose career was ended by allegations of ethics violations to die this week -- after Ted Stevens, who died Monday in an Alaskan plane crash. Mr. Rostenkowski left too many stories to fit into his obituary. For example: When Rep. Kent Hance...
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August 11, 2010; 1:19 PM ET |
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Jackie Groza, 81, was the widow of perhaps football's most revered placekickers. "The Toe," as he was known, played for the Cleveland Browns and is one of the few kickers enshrined in the Football Hall of Fame. The Grozas had been married for nearly 50 years when Mr. Groza died...
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August 11, 2010; 8:10 AM ET |
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Ted Stevens has died, family spokesman says
The Associated Press is reporting that Mitch Rose, a spokesman for Ted Stevens' family, has confirmed the former Alaskan senator's death. In his 40 years in the Senate, Stevens unapologetically brought home billions of federal dollars and was a major force in shaping his vast state, Mr. Stevens, 86, was...
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August 10, 2010; 11:02 AM ET |
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Matthew Simmons, prominent 'peak oil' backer, dies
Matthew Simmons, 67, one of the most prominent and outspoken believers in 'peak oil,' the theory that the world's crude-oil production is cresting (or has already crested), died yesterday at his home in North Haven, Maine. His body was found in his hot tub. The Associated Press reports that an...
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August 9, 2010; 3:55 PM ET |
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