Category Archives: RIP

National Lawyers Guild Mourns Passing of Leonard Weinglass | Common Dreams

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

Here’s a man who will be remembered by many for a long time. – PJ ———– The National Lawyers Guild mourns yesterday’s passing of an extraordinary criminal defense and civil rights attorney, Leonard I. Weinglass. A long-time member of the … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn Dies at 87

Posted on January 28, 2010 by

The world has lost a great historian who transformed the way that so many of us think about history.  I had the chance to meet Zinn once, at the opening of a production of his play Marx in Soho in … Continue reading →

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RIP: Phil Rizzuto

Posted on August 15, 2007 by

ESPN – Rizzuto, Yankees’ Hall of Famer, dies at 89 – MLB The death of Phil Rizzuto stirs up lots of memories, not of seeing him play but listening to him broadcast Yankee games. Way, way before the YES network … Continue reading →

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