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"
Monday, August 8, 2011
Rudolf Brazda
Perhaps the last survivor of Hitler's efforts to destroy homosexuals -- via the New York Times. He lived to see the beginning of gay liberation and acceptance in most Western cultures. If only the dozens of my friends who died of AIDS-related causes could have made it as far! I still miss them.
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