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    Aleksei Navalny. Putin kills again “Vladimir Putin’s Russia has just become even more bleak and soulless with the reported death in an Arctic prison of Aleksei Navalny, the 47-year-old dissident who showed immense bravery and humor as he tried to bring democracy to his homeland. Navalny’s...
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    Norman Lear at 101 years old.
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    Norm Hall. He was just at the Illinois Arborist Assoc. Conference this past weekend. If the Midwest had a famous Euc-Man, it was Norm. A voice in tree care since the 1970s… definitely will be missed. Norm Hall Obituary, Death – The Illinois Arborist Association mourns the profound loss of a...
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    Milan Kundera at 94 “Mr. Kundera himself wrote in “Insignificance,” “We’ve known for a long time that it was no longer possible to overturn this world, nor reshape it, nor head off its dangerous headlong rush. There’s been only one possible resistance: to not take it seriously.” He had struck...
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    Jeff Beck is gone. Jeff Beck - dead at 78
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    Nice to be able to say “I’ve lived a great life, and I’ll go out on my terms”. Sorry for your loss. Seems like there are fewer men like Ewald around these days. Super he could keep the kids together… right to the end.
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    "People say walking on water is a miracle… to me walking peacefully on earth is the real miracle." -- Thich Nhat Hanh
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    Bob McConnell was quite active in our chapter. A very pleasant fellow. As recently as a few years ago he was still playing his bagpipes to open the local Shade Tree Symposium conferences. It's always a bit sad seeing the old timers passing on :( R.I.P. Bob...
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    Sabine, again
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    Dr. Robert P. Adams, The world’s foremost authority on Juniperus. His CV: https://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/30641.pd I had not been aware that he had died until his wife offered some seriously great books on a book swap we are both members of! She sent a message explaining...
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    Sorry to hear that Paul. Loss is on many levels, and reminds us of our own mortality, especially when it is a close family member.
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    Saw them at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby (Philadelphia) back in the mid to late 70’s
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    My adopted son saw John Prine up at the Newport Folk Fest in 2017. He took this photo. You can check out his other photography at: corwinwickersham.com corwinwickersham.com
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    A fellow classmate (14 yrs old) in 8th grade shot herself with one of her father's guns at home while her family was out. She was dealing with demons at an early age. An uncle (66 yrs old0) shot himself after retiring from auto industry - depression. A former neighbor (58 yrs old) who dealt with...
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    Karen and I were snorkeling near the reef off one of the keys in Florida, and she was collecting shells. Found a sparkly little piece of one, decided not to keep it and she 'tossed it aside, right next to me. Her hand had barely left the shell and it reflected sunlight as it started to tumble...
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    Dave says Gene Wilder is not dead. Doh! I didn't check on it... Post deleted...
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    Jeff Ott of Northeast Shade Tree in Portsmouth, NH died this past Friday at 65... much too young. He was the 32nd President of the New England Chapter of ISA, back in 1999. The obituary was in the local paper, as he grew up here.
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    Farley Mowat, quite a writer... Canadian Author Farley Mowat dies at 92
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    Once again scanning photos, writing remembrances, and thinking of Mom's grit, determination, hard work, caring, baking, canning, and how much she loved children. And that reminded me of this great song by Greg Brown, "Canned Goods"... ...17 grandchildren and a great granddaughter will know the...
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    Forty-eight days and ten hours after Dad died Mom simply let go of this realm... ... she had no drive to go on after her husband of 65 years died. Even the anchor of 7 children, 17 grandchildren and one granddaughter could not root her here. R.I.P. Mom...
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