Talk About Tennis 2.0

Legendary author Joan Didion has died at age 87, from complications due to Parkinson's. This hurts especially as she is a personal favorite--Slouching Toward Bethlehem and The Year of Magical Thinking are both fantastic.

May she RIP

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has passed away aged 90. Someone posted this remarkable exchange.



May he RIP

Wow. RIP

A towering figure. Together with Mandela, and one man that I believe has been slightly forgotten, Bantu Stephen Biko.
May the universe welcome him.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:44 pm South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has passed away aged 90. Someone posted this remarkable exchange.

This is wonderful.
They behave as if they've been close friends since they were 3 years old.

Two men of principle. We've been very fortunate to have them in our lifetime - and we should cherish them in life and in death, for persons of principle are becoming more and more rare.

Damn. RIP

Wow. Major loss for football, indeed. As some people say, he was the face of the game for several generations.

When I think of a great football coach I think of Madden not Lombardi. May he RIP.

Another old school politician who knew where the bodies are hidden.

May he RIP

I was thinking that it has been a while since one of the "bad people" in the world has taken the final exit.

Betty White has died at age 99, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday