N. Fritz

Austrian journalist Hugo Portisch dead. Anyone have him on their list?

I'd like to be remembered as the person who saved the discipline "classics" from cancel culture by developing an interdisciplinary "introduction to Humanities" course based on the letters of Pliny the Younger.

damn... I went to high school with him. He was a year below me. Damn...

Austria's numbers are also going up... presumably because in order to get certain services (like getting your hair cut) you have to have a 48 hour Covid test. More people are getting tested, so more cases are being caught. But a further consequence is that the people who test negative are allegedly going out to party like it's 1999 and getting infected that way... at least they look good doing it!

how can it not be Prince Philip? He's been in hospital for weeks now and nary a word about how he's doing after his heart procedure!

Fixed

Alfred Nagl, Brigadier and oldest resident of Burgenland (105) Pictures of his elaborate military funeral can be found by searching his name and "Zapfenstreich" His Festschrift is still available via a major online store

That's what the link in the former post was meant to point out.

Swiss sociologist and artist Urs Jaeggi

Probably a false alarm triggered by Robert Barker's death in Peoria. Date of birth similar

Arik Brauer dead at 92 https://www.vienna.at/wiener-kuenstler-arik-brauer-starb-mit-92-jahren/6875177/amp

Historian Timothy Snyder thinks that Trump will be forced to live outside of the US to avoid the consequences of his sketchy dealings. (Ca. 34 min) https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/13/capitol_insurrection_historian_timothy_snyder

Biggest miss maybe?

Brian Blessed is a great man. A friend of mine is a huge fan, and BB recorded personal birthday wishes for him a few years ago. Not a name I want to see pop up on "The Dead of..." any time soon!