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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...060020978.html

Emmy and Tony winner Hal Holbrook, an actor best known for his role as Mark Twain, whom he portrayed for decades in one-man shows, died on Jan. 23. He was 95.

Holbrook’s personal assistant, Joyce Cohen, confirmed his death to the New York Times on Monday night.

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^Always liked him.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-55881753

Captain Sir Tom Moore has died with coronavirus.

The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing on Sunday.

His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said the family had "spent hours chatting to him" after he caught pneumonia. Last week he tested positive for Covid-19.

Buckingham Palace said the Queen was sending a private message of condolence to his family.

He was knighted by the Queen in July in a special ceremony at Windsor Castle.

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Rennie Davis, one of the “Chicago Seven” activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in which thousands clashed with police in a bloody confrontation that horrified a nation watching live on television, has died. He was 80.

Davis died Tuesday of lymphoma at his home in Berthoud, Colorado, his wife, Kirsten Liegmann, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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As time passes, the people who opposed the Vietnam War look less and less like heroes. That's because they didn't really hate the war. They hated the draft.

Richard Nixon was crafty enough to realize that, so he stopped the draft, and the protesters suddenly shut up and went home.

They were just fine with the sons and daughters of the poor going overseas, killing foreigners and getting killed -- as long as wealthy kids weren't being forced to do it.

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There were a lot of factors in that war. No one can seriously make the argument that Ho Chi Minh's government was a benevolent one, but there were a lot of other factors too. I do know at least a couple vets who felt seriously sad for what was going to become of the South Vietnamese they left behind.

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No one can seriously make the argument that Ho Chi Minh's government was a benevolent one

My stepfather has strongly disagreed with this fact at least once in front of me.

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He was a fantastic actor, and had a wonderful presence. I still have no idea how he didn't get a nomination for The Insider, he was fantastic as Mike Wallace. Watching him in things like Knives Out, you'd have no idea he'd passed away so soon. He was so energetic and spirtely at 90. RIP Mr. Plummer!

https://www.wwe.com/article/butch-reed-passes-away

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WHOA, and he didn't even feel that young either. This is a biggie.

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/c...ic-1234901760/

Christopher Plummer, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including “The Sound of Music” and “Beginners,” died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91.

“Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words,” said Lou Pitt, his longtime friend and manager of 46 years. “He was a national treasure who deeply relished his Canadian roots. Through his art and humanity, he touched all of our hearts and his legendary life will endure for all generations to come. He will forever be with us.”

An imposing theatrical presence with a well-cultivated, resonant voice, that critic John Simon once observed, “in its chamois mode, can polish mirrors,” Plummer was best known for playing Captain von Trapp in the Oscar-winning musical “The Sound of Music.” He also won an Oscar in 2012 for his supporting turn in the film “Beginners,” becoming the oldest actor ever to win the Academy Award for supporting actor.

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Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67.

Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers.

His wife, Brenda Glur Spinks, and a few close friends and other family members were by his side when he passed away.

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https://www.wthr.com/article/news/po...a-fd19afca090e

Susan Bayh, the wife of former Indiana senator and governor Evan Bayh, passed away Friday night at the age of 61.

A family spokesman told the Associated Press on Saturday that Bayh died Friday night in McLean, Virginia.

She had battled brain cancer since 2018.

Susan Bayh was Indiana’s first lady for eight years after her husband, Democrat Evan Bayh, won election to the first of two terms as governor in 1988.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1256970

Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. He was 100.

Schultz died Saturday at his home on the campus of Stanford University, where he was a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution, a think tank, and professor emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

The Hoover Institution announced Schultz’s death on Sunday. A cause of death was not provided.

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https://news.yahoo.com/ron-wright-te...160113933.html

Texas Republican representative Ron Wright, who previously battled cancer, has died at the age of 67 after testing positive for coronavirus.

Mr Wright, who was elected to represent Texas's 6th congressional district in 2018, tested positive for Covid-19 in early January, following the Capitol riots.

At the time of his diagnosis, Mr Wright confirmed that he was experiencing "minor symptoms", but his campaign announced on Monday that he had died following his battle with Covid-19.

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Jean-Claude Carrière, the prolific French screenwriter who collaborated with some of the greatest art house auteurs of his time, has died. He was 89.

Carrière died Monday evening of natural causes at his home in Paris, his daughter Kiara Carrière told the news service AFP.

Carrière won a competitive Oscar in 1963 for his work with countryman Pierre Étaix on a live-action short film, then received an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards in 2014.

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I was reading a Marvel comic, in the back there was a memorial article about one of their old managers who had recently passed away in November, I believe. Tom DeFalco wrote some really nice material about him and his memories of the guy and how incredible he was.

Said the manager once called him into his office before his first solo business trip, and while DeFalco thought it was going to be instructions it turned out to be advice for booking meal reservations.

The other important memory was DeFalco in his office and the manager comes storming in, yelling about two idiots doing something absurd. When DeFalco asked which idiots, the manager burst into laughter for several minutes before talking about how two of the other staffers had put candy on a fishing hook and were lowering it out the window to trick people on the street below.

I don't remember which comic it was but damn if I didn't feel sorry I didn't know about this guy before.