Don S. Davis was a veteran actor appeared on a lot of TV shows over the past 25 years, including Stargate SG-1, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, The Dead Zone, Psych, Highlander, Supernatural, Flash Gordon, The West Wing, NCIS, The Chris Isaak Show, Profit, M.A.N.T.I.S., MacGyver, L.A. Law, Joanie Loves Chachi, and so many more.
He also [...]

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People.com:
George Carlin, the edgy comedian and counterculture icon, died Sunday at the age of 71.
The stand-up comic and author – best known for his groundbreaking routine “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” – reportedly died of heart failure at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. (Carlin, who was open about his long [...]

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Howard Dean on the Passing of Tim Russert
Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the passing of NBC Meet the Press host Tim Russert:
“Today we lost one of the true giants of American journalism and a tremendous public servant.  Tim Russert will be remembered for many things.  A [...]

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WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said [...]

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It always seems like the media likes to glorify the dead, especially right when someone dies.*
It’s already happening all over the news about Tim Russert who, it seems, died sometime in the last hour when I changed the channel from CNN to the Food Network for an hour block of Diners, Drive In’s and Dives. [...]

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It was June 11, 1999, that DeForest Kelley passed away. As the first loss of the main Original Series cast, Kelley’s death showed us that Star Trek (and its fans) was aging. Yet, DeForest Kelley’s legacy continues to inspire fans, actors and medical professionals to this day. Today, we celebrate his contributions to acting, [...]

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D-Day -
On the morning of June 5, 1944, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history. On his orders, 6,000 landing craft, ships and other vessels carrying 176,000 troops began to leave England for the trip to [...]

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From IMDB:
Comedian Harvey Korman, a multiple-Emmy award winner best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show” and in comedies such as Blazing Saddles, died Thursday at the age of 81. According to a family statement, issued by UCLA Medical Center, Korman reportedly suffered complications related to the rupture of an abdominal aortic [...]

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. He was a central figure [...]

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I don’t have a lot to say about the passing of President Hinckley. I thought he was a kind and charismatic man; a forward thinker and man unafraid of change.  Unlike nearly every religious leader in the US, Hinckley really wasn’t a Leviticus-inspired, pulpit pounder, he was subtle and funny and genuine. I’ll miss this [...]

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Good-bye, beautiful. I will miss you more than the blogged word can ever tell.

Seems like only YESTERDAY

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From Time:
Just days before parliamentary polls in Pakistan, leading Prime Ministerial contender and anti terrorism crusader Benazir Bhutto was shot dead during an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. “She has been martyred,” said party official Rehman Malik. The Associated Press, citing Malik, reported that Bhutto was shot in the [...]

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 December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994
 

 
 O’Neill was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952. The seat was being vacated by Senator-elect John F. Kennedy (who had just been elected to serve his first term). During his second term in the House, he was selected to the House Rules Committee where he [...]

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I couldn’t pick between these two pieces.

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I don’t think I’ve had my breath taken away from news as quick as this did it. Senator Eddie has been an inspiration to me and I cannot fathom the size of the hole Eddie’s passing will cause in the lives of those who knew him.
Senator Mayne once teared up when we talked about dogs [...]

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