http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/nyregion/20prettyboy.html A New York neighbourhood mourns one of its most colourful residents. It’s stories like this that make me love the New York Times: He spent his day purring, sprawled on the appointment calendar at the reception desk and in the laps of clients having their hair washed. The cat’s love of hair salons made […]
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Toronto Zoo elephant dies after push to ground by one of her own – Toronto – CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/06/15/torontozoo-elephant.html An elephant died over the weekend at the Toronto Zoo after another elephant shoved her to the ground over some food. Tessa, 40, fell and couldn’t get back up even with the help a crane after a more dominant elephant pushed her Saturday, zoo officials said. My zoo membership expired the other week; I’d […]
Chris Willman: One Last, Strange Night With David Carradine
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-willman/one-last-strange-night-wi_b_211492.html I only recognise David Carradine from dreck like Kung Fu, so wasn’t too broken up to hear of his suspicious death yesterday. After reading this account of his “strange” behaviour, however, I’m mourning a little. Sounds like a guy with interesting opinions and an unwillingness to compromise, artistically. (And then I remember, y’know, Kung […]
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http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2000/spring/314/ Getting nostalgic for a wonderful former CBC reporter leads me to the heartbreaking news that he died a few years ago. There was nobody on Canadian TV quite as witty, refined, and credible as Bill Cameron. Such a loss for his family, for the industry, and for the faltering CBC. Carolyn Jack, producer of […]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_en_ce/obit_montalban_6 A Los Angeles city councilman says Ricardo Montalban has died. He was 88. This may affect his standing in his ongoing
W. Mark Felt, Watergate Deep Throat, Dies at 95 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/washington/19felt.html?hp Deep Throat has died. As thrilled as I was to learn his true identity a few years ago, having a real person in the place of Woodward’s faceless correspondent has made watching All the President’s Men a little less spine-tingling. And Felt being a storied government employee, with a full resume and life history, […]
Leader of Austrian Right Dies in Crash – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11austria.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin The rise of the scary, populist Right in the US had its karmic rebalancing today in Austria: Scary, populist Right party leader/Nazi sympathiser Jorg Haider died in a car accident today. We can be fairly sure this isn’t a result of a show of support for Toronto’s Liberal candidate, Carolyn Bennett. (Seriously, the strongarming […]
Newman’s Own Inventory: 10 unmissable Paul Newman films | Film | Inventory | The A.V. Club
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/newmans_own_inventory_10 I’m making an effort to catch up on the Paul Newman performances I’ve neglected for too long; the Onion AV Club helpfully provided me with some suggestions. Thus far, I’ve covered Paris Blues (Newman, Poitier, Woodward and Carroll never looked so good), The Hustler and The Verdict, all of which feature the future lung […]
Remembering Paul Newman, the philanthropist. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2201116/ I was very upset – though not surprised – to hear of Paul Newman’s death last week. We’ve lost one of the last of the big time movie stars, a genuine good guy, and one of the most spectacular philanthropists Hollywood has ever seen. I’ve been delaying my posting of an obituary until I […]
Op-Ed Contributor – Jerry Seinfeld on George Carlin
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html?em&ex=1214452800&en=33d98b4f11507cbf&ei=5087%0A Jerry Seinfeld eulogizes the great George Carlin. I’ve been trying to figure out how best to honour him, but this beats any sorry tribute I could offer.