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[sevenem]

ex- NFL QB Steve McNair shot dead @ age 36


He was one of my favorites.

[pacific_breeze]

Hey guys check this out ... what is apparently Michael Jackson's Ghost.

This news was sourced by CNN so I don't think it was a hoax.

[MWolfe1963]

Originally posted by pacific_breeze:
Hey guys check this out ... what is apparently Michael Jackson's Ghost.

This news was sourced by CNN so I don't think it was a hoax.

That's called a shawdow of someone walking in front of a window....

[bunkerratt]

Robert McNamara dies

McNamara, defense chief during Vietnam War, dies
WASHINGTON – Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a role he later deeply regretted, died Monday. He was 93.

McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The Associated Press. She said he had been in failing health for some time.

[captgeo]

Jan Rubes, Cdn actor who played Amish grandfather in 'Witness,' dead at age 89
TORONTO - Jan Rubes, who played the Amish grandfather in the 1985 Harrison Ford film "Witness," has died at age 89.Also did TV shows X-Files, Due South, Stargate 1 SG-1.

[J.L.Chamberlain]

From Space Cowboys
"You ever notice how everyone's dead lately."

[tuddley3]

Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died Friday at his home in New York. He was 92.

[Magic452]

The last and the best of the truly great newsmen.
He reported the news but didn't try to make it. Like so many of the " bubble headed bleach blonds that come on at five" do.

Magic

[pacific_breeze]

This man "Harry Patch" may not be a celebrity whom we knew in everyday's life but he was known as a last WW1 veteran who died at 111.

This man who went through the 2 world wars was a real great soldier. Rest in peace.

[nohunt1]

I had read about Mr. Patch elsewhere. To think there are still people alive who went through that hell is very sobering.
On a similar note, I heard on NPR on the 4th of July a replay of an interview with 3 Civil War veterans done back in the 30's, who had fought at Gettysburg...The 4th of July is also the date when that battle took place. I was blown away by the fact that these 3 men had actually shared the same ground, and perhaps listened to Lincoln's address there, and here they were talking to the world 75 years later...
I understand they passed away over the course of the 3 years after the interview was done....