R.I.P.

Bill Russell, one of basketball's greats, passed

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Hope he likes hell - enjoy your virgins

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Hope he likes hell - enjoy your virgins

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NEW YORK (AP) — David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89.

McCullough died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts, according to his publisher, Simon & Schuster. He died less than two months after his beloved wife, Rosalee.

“David McCullough was a national treasure. His books brought history to life for millions of readers. Through his biographies, he dramatically illustrated the most ennobling parts of the American character," Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp said in a statement.

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I think every guy had a crush on her

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I think every guy had a crush on her

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I sure did ??

I liked the few performances I've seen her in - tragic & apparently avoidable..............

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Very sad>

Just found out that my friend John passed away yesterday after a two year battle with cancer ? at the age of 53
He was a great guy. He leaves behind his wife, and two sons 20 and 16.
This is a very sad day ?

Sorry Bud

Yes, so sorry to hear, young guy.

Just found out that my friend John passed away yesterday after a two year battle with cancer ? at the age of 53
He was a great guy. He leaves behind his wife, and two sons 20 and 16.
This is a very sad day ?

It really sucks when you friends start passing away. So sorry Mike...

Too young. Sorry Mike.

Just found out that my friend John passed away yesterday after a two year battle with cancer ? at the age of 53
He was a great guy. He leaves behind his wife, and two sons 20 and 16.
This is a very sad day ?

So sorry to hear that
I'm sure those boys are at point in their lives where having their Dad guide them is important
Hopefully you and your friends can step in and help them out.
I lost 2 friends in the same basic age group in the past month....

So sorry to hear that
I'm sure those boys are at point in their lives where having their Dad guide them is important
Hopefully you and your friends can step in and help them out.
I lost 2 friends in the same basic age group in the past month....

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[HEADING=2]Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91[/HEADING]
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August 30, 2022

MOSCOW — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91.

The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given.

His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.

A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told the Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in the nuclear country.

“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.

Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became Soviet leader in March 1985.

By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.

“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.

“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.

Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.