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Richard Trumka, a third-generation coal miner who became one of the nation’s most politically influential labor leaders, representing more than 12 million workers as the president of the AFL-CIO, died Aug. 5 at 72.
His death was confirmed by labor federation spokesman Tim Schlittner, who did not provide additional details. Speaking to reporters Thursday, President Biden called Mr. Trumka a close friend and said he died while on a camping trip with family.
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Coach Bobby Bowden
Source: AP
By STEVE REED
Bobby Bowden, the folksy Hall of Fame coach who won 377 games and built Florida State into one of college football’s great dynasties with two national championships, has died. He was 91.
Bobby’s son, Terry, confirmed to The Associated Press that his father died at home surrounded by family early Sunday morning. Florida State also announced the news on social media.
“It was truly peaceful,” Terry Bowden said in a text message to AP.
Bobby Bowden announced on July 21 he had a terminal illness that Terry Bowden later said was pancreatic cancer. Bobby Bowden had been treated for prostate cancer more than a decade ago.
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He’s one of only a very few of my celebrity sightings where I just happened to see a celebrity outside of a theater. He was yelling at his kid in the restaurant at the Hyatt in Boston. His kid wouldn’t eat his breakfast.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:12 pmJohn Laroquette is still alive. His was my favorite Night Court spin-off.
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Jane Withers, age 95; was child star rivaling Shirley Temple in the 1930s. In the 1960s appeared in Comet commercials as Josephine the Plumber.
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Oh, no. No no no no no.
Nanci Griffith, age 68.
I sang one of her songs (Listen to the Radio) at a performance just on Tuesday.
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainm ... HcwjKJrQTg
Nanci Griffith, age 68.
I sang one of her songs (Listen to the Radio) at a performance just on Tuesday.
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainm ... HcwjKJrQTg
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Nancy Griffith
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... dies-at-68Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer known for her literary songwriting, has died at age 68. Her management confirmed her death in a statement on Friday afternoon, but did not specify a cause.
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I read late last night that Jimmy Carter might be in the last hours and I've been waiting all day for that.
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https://www.thelist.com/487306/jimmy-ca ... paign=clipAs Twitter itself explains, an algorithm determines just what can make a subject trend, and these are determined by several factors, including who you follow, what you might be interested in, and where you happen to be. And all that chatter about the number of tweets and retweets? That, according to Twitter, is just one of the factors its algorithm uses to determine whether it's worth of "trending."
This is why when "Jimmy Carter" picked up and started trending on social media, members of the Twitterverse sat up and took notice because, well, you never know. As one Twitter user put it: "I'm going to need Congress to pass legislation that requires Twitter to place a notice saying 'Still alive' next to Jimmy Carter and [actress] Betty White's names every time they trend. I can't handle this kind of stress in my life."
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, “The reports of Twitters death are greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain
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Maki Kaji, ‘Godfather of Sudoku,’ Dies at 69
The university dropout turned a numbers game into one of the world’s most popular logic puzzles.
By Livia Albeck-Ripka and Hisako Ueno
Aug. 17, 2021 Updated 8:03 a.m. ET
Maki Kaji, a university dropout who turned a numbers game into one of the world’s most popular logic puzzles and became known as the “Godfather of Sudoku,” died on Aug. 10 at his home in Tokyo. He was 69.
His death was announced on Tuesday by the puzzle company he co-founded, Nikoli. The cause was bile duct cancer, the company said in a statement.
In a speech in 2008, Mr. Kaji said he first “fell in love” with a game called Number Place in 1984. He renamed it Sudoku.
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His MOTHER is still alive? Wow....Chilidog wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:34 pm Don Everly of the Everly Brothers.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/10301166 ... dies-at-84
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Yup, born 1919.Azastan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:58 pmHis MOTHER is still alive? Wow....Chilidog wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:34 pm Don Everly of the Everly Brothers.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/10301166 ... dies-at-84
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Tom T. Hall passed away last last week too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/arts ... at-85.html
He was good!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/arts ... at-85.html
He was good!
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Charlie Watts, Drummer for the Rolling Stones
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yeah, that one hit me hard too, but I was half expecting it.
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