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    How a Republican lawyer helped me meet my liberal wife

    MAY 21, 2012 3:59PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: hippie, obituaries, wife, liberal, lawyer, republican

    • 7 Ratings
    • 187 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012

    MAY 15, 2012 8:06PM

    By Donegal Descendant


    Topics: mexico, politics, literary, carlos fuentes, obituaries

    • 4 Ratings
    • 369 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Forever Problem With Sitting Down

    JANUARY 28, 2011 10:57PM

    By Harp


    Topics: death of a friend, obituaries, fatal flaws, open call

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 2877 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    RIP Elizabeth Edwards: A real stunner

    DECEMBER 7, 2010 11:28PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: elizabeth edwards, death of elizabeth edwards, rip elizabeth edwards, john edwards, politics, obituaries

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1179 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Enduring Bob Dylan

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 9:38AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: bob dylan, irwin silber, folk music, sing out! magazine, folk revival, pete seeger, rock and roll hall of fame, like a rolling stone, music legends, greatest song of all time, 500 greatest songs of all time, time 100 greatest people of the 20th century, songwriters, i'm not there, records, entertainment, music, obituaries, news

    • 2 Ratings
    • 286 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Women Too Busy To Die?

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2010 2:59PM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: music, photography, science, news, business, women's history, women achievers, invisible women, women and media, women workers, labor, work, feminism, obituaries, obits, death, women

    • 8 Ratings
    • 444 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My Palest Ink-My Obit (Open Call)

    APRIL 16, 2010 12:47AM

    By Strawberry Girl


    Topics: stories, life, family, will, wishes, dying, death, obituaries, open call

    • 20 Ratings
    • 931 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Cadaver Boom

    JANUARY 28, 2010 5:13PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, society, passing, passed away, pass away, die, dying, death, baby boom, inverse baby boom, cadaver boom, information age, info, information, information explosion, too much information, tmi, facebook, facebook friends, friends list, connected, connected society, social network, social networking, linkedin, obituary, obituaries, obituary boom, eulogy, eulogies, eulogy boom, death boom, aging

    • 52 Ratings
    • 2426 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    My mother wants me to write her Obituary

    NOVEMBER 23, 2009 3:08PM

    By Chuck A. Stetson


    Topics: i hope my sons read this, no more pumpkin pie, obituaries, spaghetti dinner, humor, family, open call

    • 59 Ratings
    • 2024 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Gone... But Never Forgotten.

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 11:42AM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: travel, family, environment, comedy, belief/religion, loving, laughing, grieving, jack-in-the-box, daisies urns, somber but with humor, novelty urns, urns, ashes, restrictions of language, obituaries

    • 2 Ratings
    • 192 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    A Daily Dose of Death

    AUGUST 27, 2009 8:17AM

    By Mike Mulhern


    Topics: family, obituaries

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2131 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, Champion of Special Olympics

    AUGUST 11, 2009 10:09AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: politics, political families, legacy, hyannis, hyannisport, massachusetts, joseph p. kennedy, rose fitzgerald kennedy, presidential medal of freedom, ted kennedy, senator edward kennedy, robert kennedy, john f. kennedy, jfk, arnold schwarzenneger, maria shriver, sargent shriver, obituaries, special olympics, kennedy family, eunice kennedy shriver

    • 0 Ratings
    • 393 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Let Him rest already!

    JULY 10, 2009 12:28PM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: michael jackson, paparazzi, scandal, obituaries

    • 1 Ratings
    • 384 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    You Were Cool, Mark Fidrych ... You Were Way Cool ...

    APRIL 14, 2009 12:38AM

    By JTDTheGarlic


    Topics: the bird, rookie of the year, obituaries, obits, mark fidrych, fidrych killed in accident, detroit tigers, 1976, baseball, sports, news

    • 5 Ratings
    • 639 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Horton Foote - "To Kill a Mockingbird" screenwriter dies

    MARCH 5, 2009 11:26AM

    By gmgaston


    Topics: obituaries, films & movies

    • 4 Ratings
    • 391 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Sugar

    JANUARY 26, 2009 8:19PM

    By Nancy Davies


    Topics: open call, family, obituaries

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1161 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Typewriter Man is Dead

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 4:22PM

    By The Biblio Files


    Topics: books, typewriters, martin tytell, ian frazier, writing, obituaries

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