[quote]Madelyn Payne Dunham, the maternal grandmother of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, died Monday at the age of 86 after a battle with cancer, his campaign announced Monday. The Illinois senator has called his grandmother one of the “cornerstones” of his life.
In a statement released with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, Obama called his grandmother “a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances.”[/quote]
South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, whose music was banned under apartheid, has died at age 76 after a performance in Italy, ANSA news agency reported.
Makeba collapsed at the concert and was taken to hospital, where she died of a heart attack overnight, it said.
Nicknamed “Mama Africa”, she became one of the best-known symbols in the long and bitter struggle against her country’s apartheid regime, which for decades enforced racial segregation.[/quote]
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South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, whose music was banned under apartheid, has died at age 76 after a performance in Italy, ANSA news agency reported.
Makeba collapsed at the concert and was taken to hospital, where she died of a heart attack overnight, it said.
Nicknamed “Mama Africa”, she became one of the best-known symbols in the long and bitter struggle against her country’s apartheid regime, which for decades enforced racial segregation.[/quote]
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That is sad…She was awesome! Here’s some of her Makeba
Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.
Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.
Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven.
He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, creator of Canada’s largest cable-television and mobile-phone company, has died at his Toronto home at the age of 75.
“Ted Rogers was one of a kind who built this company from one FM radio station into Canada’s largest wireless, cable and media company,” said Rogers Communications chairman and acting chief executive officer Alan Horn.
In addition to the Rogers cable, wireless, radio and television businesses, the company owns the Toronto Blue Jays and their home the Rogers Centre, five Citytv stations and an array of other media properties including Maclean’s and Chatelaine magazines.[/quote]
[quote=“JMcNeill”]A day of mourning and a sad passing indeed:
Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.
Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.
Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven.
He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
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Oh noes! Po’ boy!
I raise a Christmas cookie AND a biscuit in your honor.
Did he get the fatal yeast infection from rolling with Play Dough, Betty Crocker, or Aunt Jemima, or all three? Or did he get it from Captain Crunch’s twinkie?
Far and away, one of the very best reads on politics I’ve come across. Part iconoclast, very large part Burkean conservative. Certainly led an interesting life.
