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Final goodbye: A roll call of some who died in '08
Associated Press ^ | 2/29/2008 | Associated Press

Posted on 12/30/2008 6:34:18 AM PST by restornu

Edited on 12/30/2008 6:37:40 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: YellowRoseofTx

I wouldn’t doubt it. And some suspect that the trip was more to deal with his birth records.

He left Mama Obama and the kids at home. They didn’t get to see her in the summer or at the end.

And the second memorial, held for Barack’s own grieving, was held at a Unitarian church.

There is a lot about this man that we are not being told.


21 posted on 12/30/2008 8:03:14 AM PST by weegee ("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
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To: restornu

Somebody else died on Christmas besides Eartha Kitt but I can’t remember who it was—it was a Drudge entry that day.


22 posted on 12/30/2008 8:08:07 AM PST by MHT
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To: restornu

And last.....but not least:

FREEDOM DIED on November 4, 2008!


23 posted on 12/30/2008 8:16:37 AM PST by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: TRY ONE

Obama lied. Democracy died.

Journalist Ethics died this year too.


24 posted on 12/30/2008 8:53:58 AM PST by weegee ("Let Me Just Cut You Off, Because I Don't Want You To Waste Your Question" - B.Obama Dec 16, 2008)
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To: Dawn531

“Turner Classic Movies ran a tribute to all the actors and screen associated people who had died in 2008, I was quite surprised as there were many that I hadn’t realized had passed away (I guess I don’t keep up with the obits too well.)”

Yes, including the last surviving cast member of “Casablanca”, Joy Page. (Jack Warner’s stepdaughter)


25 posted on 12/30/2008 9:11:34 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

“Add Jeff MacKay.

He acted in many Magnum P.I. episodes.

He died on 22 August 2008.”

Cousin of Robert Redford.


26 posted on 12/30/2008 9:18:18 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: weegee
>>“Charlton Heston, 84. Oscar winner (”Ben-Hur”); later headed National Rifle Association. April 5.”

Doesn’t mention that he was a vocal advocate for personal gun rights...

I'd imagine that people would grasp that he advocated personal gun rights knowing he'd been head of the NRA. But they may not have known he was active in civil rights as well. Good reminder.

27 posted on 12/30/2008 9:31:13 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: headstamp 2

“Cousin of Robert Redford.”

I didn’t know that. I didn’t realize the connection. Jeff appeared to be so down to earth.


28 posted on 12/30/2008 9:51:22 AM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: mware

The Classic of all classics!

When we listened to WFB speak, we always had a clipboard handy to write down words we had never heard before, to look up later. His passing ended a era of gentility we’ll never see again.


29 posted on 12/30/2008 10:23:01 AM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
Add Jeff MacKay.
This is the first I've heard of his passing. He was a good guy.
30 posted on 12/30/2008 1:57:42 PM PST by Tony in Hawaii (NUTS!)
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To: restornu

I don’t care that it’s an Illinois newspaper; They forgot to mention Radio Personality George Putnam. I will miss hearing George’s voice. Thank god I taped some of his shows on KRLA pre-2000. God Bless You George, I believe/know you’re in a better place than here on earth.


31 posted on 12/30/2008 2:13:45 PM PST by Pagey (B. Hussein Obama has no experience running anything, except his pedestrian mouth.)
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To: Tony in Hawaii

Yes, I was shocked when I came across that information a couple of weeks ago.

He died of some liver ailment. But it did not say what. It took me by surprise.

Also, that smart little girl who was a wiz at basketball in one in one of the series also died a few years ago.

How depressing.


32 posted on 12/30/2008 2:47:09 PM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Pagey

OM I did not know that thank you for mentioning him how was he?


33 posted on 12/30/2008 2:48:31 PM PST by restornu (Gardeners have roots and Cowboys have boots!: smile)
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To: restornu

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081503/posts


34 posted on 12/30/2008 5:04:10 PM PST by Tony in Hawaii (NUTS!)
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To: Dawn531

I thought I saw Jerry Reed in that tribute. Don’t see him on the list though


35 posted on 12/30/2008 5:25:18 PM PST by virgil
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To: Tony in Hawaii

Thank you there are a few that the media did not celibrate their lives I don’t recall Charles Heston and someone else being mention,


36 posted on 12/30/2008 5:56:15 PM PST by restornu (Gardeners have roots and Cowboys have boots!: smile)
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To: Dawn531

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onq5zq5izfw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKpsmA9cLu0


37 posted on 12/30/2008 10:23:40 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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