Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 2, 2015 And yet people continue to worship this deity when even if he/she did exist, it's evidence of what a bastard he/she truly is and it's only fear that keeps them going. I'd fear that evil god if I'd believe in it. The dad of one of my daughter's friends has been going to church all his life, "works" at the local church - not sure exactly what he does, and gets struck down by some crippling disease in his mid-30s that he now uses a zimmer frame and sometimes a wheelchair to get around. I don't think I've seen him wearing some sort of t-shirt with a bible verse on it. But depsite all that, he believes that "God" is testing his faith. Ah yes, the Job syndrome. Stupid, but mostly harmless. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 7, 2015 UK showbiz journalist Amy Watts dies from cancer, aged 37: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bury-showbiz-reporter-amy-watts-8785839 A charity campaign to pay for a specialist, promoted by people like Simon Cowell and Kylie Minogue, contributed to her profile (Couldn't these celebrities pay that doctor out of their pockets?). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuriedInCarolina 46 Posted March 10, 2015 "Claude Sitton, a son of the South whose unwavering coverage of the civil rights movement for The New York Times through most of that era’s tumultuous years was hailed as a benchmark of 20th-century journalism, died on Tuesday in Atlanta. He was 89." Won a Pulitzer Prize as a columnist for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/us/claude-sitton-times-reporter-who-covered-south-in-civil-rights-era-dies-at-89.html? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted March 18, 2015 Dennis Barker, who penned Shaw Taylor's Guardian obituary, died but a couple of weeks ago, age 85. He wrote many obits for the Guardian during a lengthy career, most recently, Lance Percival. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted March 21, 2015 Joseph "Jay" Pulitzer IV, great grandson of the original, reported dead. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/jay-pulitzer-former-heir-to-newspaper-empire-dies-at/article_c3bccc84-524f-5bb9-811c-a00e272591e3.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 25, 2015 Also among the dead of the Germanwings crash in the alps, two Iranian journalists: http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/mar/25/two-iranian-journalists-among-dead-in-germanwings-flight-4u-9525-crash Could have been four if there hadn't been some late-minute changes. They came back from covering el clásico, the football match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted March 25, 2015 Also among the dead of the Germanwings crash in the alps, two Iranian journalists: http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2015/mar/25/two-iranian-journalists-among-dead-in-germanwings-flight-4u-9525-crash Could have been four if there hadn't been some late-minute changes. They came back from covering el clásico, the football match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. I saw some guy waving an Iranian flag in the Barca match crowd, maybe it were them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted March 30, 2015 BBC journalist Nick Robinson has a rare form of lung cancer: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/11443706/Nick-Robinsons-cancer-Timing-lousy-prognosis-good.html But apparently, the prognosis is good. Some people on twitter however think that the cancer is "karma" for his coverage of the Scottish independence vote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11443421/Independence-activists-abuse-Nick-Robinson-after-his-tumour-operation-is-revealed.html Nick Robinson has successful surgery, will start chemotherapy now: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/30/bbc-nick-robinson-successful-op-lung-tumour Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 30, 2015 Watched BBC Breakfast and saw the veteran hack Ann Leslie. Fuck me she's put on a lot of weight! Huge she was. Looked younger though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 2, 2015 Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Journalist Whose Life Was a Tale Itself, Dies at 88; the son of a Belgian count and a storied foreign correspondent ... twice a best-selling novelist, insisted that he was no saffron-robed Moonie. Mr. de Borchgrave renounced his aristocratic title and became an American citizen in 1957. "If he could have, Mr. de Borchgrave, who boasted of his prescience, might have drafted his own obituary. According to Harlan Ullman, a fellow columnist at U.P.I., he came close. “He once joked with me,” Dr. Ullman said, “that his tombstone would read: ‘I knew this would happen.’ ” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/business/media/arnaud-de-borchgrave-a-journalist-whose-life-was-a-tale-itself-dies-at-88.html? Gets an obit in The Independent, the lucky Belgian: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/arnaud-de-borchgrave-belgian-aristocrat-who-became-a-widely-admired-foreign-correspondent-and-later-edited-the-washington-times-10153286.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 9, 2015 Colin Bloomfield is receiving hospice care. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Colin-Bloomfield-BBC-Radio-Derby-cancer-battler/story-26304988-detail/story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 15, 2015 Sarah Foot, former journalist and neice of Michael Foot (former Labour leader), has died at 75. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Sarah-Foot-journalist-carer-niece-Michael-Foot/story-26335582-detail/story.html Edit: Apparently on 28 February, did a search and seems to have been missed? Anyway, Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11454956/Sarah-Foot-writer-obituary.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 15, 2015 German TV correspondent Klaus Bednarz is dead at 72: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/klaus-bednarz-nachruf-auf-den-verstorbenen-tv-journalisten-a-1028753.html(link in german) He was basically the most recognizable foreign correspondent because of his long-time position in Russia. Posted because this year, there've been a lot of relatively important german deaths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 16, 2015 Oles Buzyna, pro-russian ukranian journalist and one-time political candidate, shot dead from a car: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/16/pro-russia-journalist-shot-killed-ukraine-kiev-oles-buzyna It happened a day after pro-russian ukranian politician Oleh Kalashnikov was found dead at home. As a member of the party of former Ukranian PM Yanukovich, he continues the recent series of fatalities among that former government. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted April 16, 2015 Tom Brokaw talks some more about his blood cancer: http://pagesix.com/2015/04/15/tom-brokaw-how-i-dealt-with-blood-cancer-shock/ His doctors told him in 2013 that his statistical life expectancy is five years, but he will probably beat it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 27, 2015 Richard West, freelance correspondent on SE Asia, Latin America, and Africa and regular correspondent for The Spectator has died at 84. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11564222/Richard-West-writer-obituary.html Fun Fact: He was a first cousin of DDP favourite, Timothy West. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 27, 2015 Katy Jones, investigative journalist and BAFTA award winning producer, dies at 51. She was involved in the report that led to the current Hillsborough inquiry. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/hillsborough-independent-panel-member-katy-jones-dies-1-7231784 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 29, 2015 Sister Mary Ann Walsh, 68, who managed to combine a career as a journalist and media savvy chief spokeswoman for the Catholic church in America with life as a member of The Sisters of Mercy (the religious order, not the rock group), has died of cancer in the hospice adjoining her convent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 6, 2015 -meh- sorry, two posts above... (why is the Guardian so late with this obit?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 21, 2015 A brazilian blogger who reported on corruption, child prostitution and drug dealing was found decapitated after being missing for five days: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/20/brazil-blogger-known-for-reporting-on-corruption-found-decapitated The name is Evany José Metzker and he was 67 years old. Since 2011, at least 14 journalists have died in Brazil "in retaliation for their work". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 21, 2015 Helen Fawkes breaks silence after 3 months... Been on holiday Chemo seems to be working. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 24, 2015 Sports journalist Albert Ladouceur has died in a Quebec hospital at the age of 63. Ladouceur suffered from pancreas cancer, a disease he found out he had in August 2013. He published a book in April 2014 called "Dejoue par le cancer", which had a preface written by former Quebec Nordique (NHL) Peter Stastny. He also published a second book called "Raconte-moi les Nordiques." SC http://m.bramptonguardian.com/sports-story/5641833-albert-ladouceur-dies-at-the-age-of-63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted May 27, 2015 The Sun's former chief sportswriter John Sadler dies aged 74, after a short illness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 31, 2015 Reporter Ammar Al Shami, age 23 or 33 (I gotta believe the latter), from Rif Dimashq, died in government warplanes missile fired on Al Marj in Rif Dimashq, May 31, 2015. SC http://sn4hr.org/blog/2015/05/31/7501/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted June 7, 2015 Bill O'Herlihy, Irish journalist who also crossed over to the other side, dead at 76: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/versatile-journalist-bill-o-herlihy-dies-aged-76-1.2225731 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
