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



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





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Wow. Major loss for football, indeed. As some people say, he was the face of the game for several generations.
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When I think of a great football coach I think of Madden not Lombardi. May he RIP.
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Another old school politician who knew where the bodies are hidden.

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I was thinking that it has been a while since one of the "bad people" in the world has taken the final exit.
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Betty White has died at age 99, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday
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