A compilation of interesting and significant obituaries, as they happen, emphasizing the achievements of those who have died.
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"By writing or reading obituaries,we can discover ways to make our time on earth more worthwhile, more productive, more meaningful to others." Alana Baranick, "Life on the Death Beat"
"'I always read the obituaries in The Times,' I explained to her. 'They make me bloody glad to be alive.'"
John Mortimer, "Rumpole's Return"
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tony Curtis aka Bernard Schwartz
Actor -- via the New York Times. A "pretty boy" who could act, Curtis was an action hero, a comic leading man, and a strong supporting player. His best films: "Some Like It Hot," "Spartacus," "The Defiant Ones," "The Sweet Smell of Success." A guilty pleasure? "The Persuaders," an improbable but enjoyable private-investigator series that lasted for a year on British TV.
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