For Pat Sorbini
The disadvantage to leaving the place of your birth is that the distance removes you from the currency of information that you took for granted before you left. And things can happen pretty rapidly, so one day you wake up and find out that one of your oldest friendships has ...
For Lord Peter K
Sunset is an angel weeping And night slowly draws her veil over the world As I am drawn into the darkening forest Among Tall trees reaching into glimmering twilight Gently stroking the sky in silent supplication and longing Still Rooted deep in the clay of history obscura; The past omnipresent ...
Peter M. Kendall, PhD
April 18, 1948 - April 1, 2016 Born in Buffalo, New York Resided in East Amherst, NY KENDALL - PETER M. April 1, 2016 at age 67, after a long battle with cancer. Beloved husband and best friend of Teri Prentiss; devoted father of Andrew Kendall of California. The family ...
Bruce Brucato of Gamalon
Bruce Charles Brucato October 30, 1953 - January 15, 2014 January 15, 2014, age 60; beloved father of John J. (Kathleen) Brucato and Ariel Brucato; dearest son of Doreen (late Martin) Tarangelo and the late James Robert Brucato; dear brother of James (Carol) Brucato, Michelle Brucato, Denise Brucato and Dean ...
Obituary: Gore Vidal
October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012 A man that I respected (to the extent that I knew him), as an iconoclast and free thinker with a scathing wit. He was wealthy and famous enough to safely challenge a system often led by people he knew firsthand, in the model of ...
Obituary: Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012 Jon Lord of Deep Purple has passed away at the age of 71 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Lord founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of the band's songs, including the seminal 'Smoke On The Water.' Here is an interesting video ...
Václav Havel, 1936-2011
The world is a bit dimmer today with the passing of Václav Havel (5 October 1936 - 18 December 2011). He was a Czech writer, dramatist, and politician. He led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism, was the last President of Czechoslovakia, and the first President of the Czech Republic ...
Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. [] [] "I burned the candle at both ends and it made a lovely light." It was, indeed, a very lovely light. The best of Hitchslap, and a selection of Hitchens' work ...
Bradford Richmond Bosley
My mother's eldest brother, Brad Bosley, passed away suddenly this past Monday. He had been living in Atlanta with my cousin Mark for the past three years or so. Mark had been caring for his father after a series of strokes. Uncle Brad passed in his sleep. ~*~ Dinner for ...