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Sadly, we have received word from his wife that HoosierHawk has died: Can you please place hoosierhawk on your memorial wall. Robert V. McNear Born February 17th, 1958 died October 28th 2009. As you know hoosierhawk was famous for his First Sunday Music Post, loved by everyone. Sincerely, Mrs. Hoosierhawk

Just found out from her son -- he found her on the floor of her bedroom. Kristy had a host of health conditions she'd been battling for literally decades, including progressively severe hypoxemia (low blood oxygen), but still this was unexpected. She was 60 years old. She loved this place, and was quite active on the prayer threads. Kristy and I met on FR six years ago, and over time we became the very best of friends. I loved her dearly. Don't know what else to say, other than my soul feels like it has a gigantic hole in it....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- The next time you get your pay check you'll notice a little less money as the state is now holding more of your income. It's not a new tax, but rather more of an interest free loan. Starting Nov. 1, the state increased the amount of money withheld in your paycheck by 10-percent. It was part of the budget package approved back in February, but it collects no additional tax revenue as it just gives the state the money earlier.

My dear friend and the freeper who pointed my way here has pasted away. She died on Oct 8 and was intered on the 12th. She turned me from my evil liberal ways and I will miss her. She was one of the brave souls who venture over to DU and tried to spread light there.

Just learned that beloved fellow FReeper Rightinthemiddle passed away early last month after a short battle with cancer. He was an insightful, friendly soul who posted the Sean Hannity talk show thread for some time. He is already sorely missed. I am reluctant to post any additional personal information, but please keep his family in your prayers.

For those of you who knew him, mgc112 was also known as magic on other forums. He passed away Sept 4th of Colon Cancer. Morris Gregory Collins, 52, of Columbia passed away on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at his home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Broadway Christian Church in Columbia. Burial will follow at Montreal Cemetery in Montreal, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia. Greg was born on Nov. 22, 1956, in Paintsville, Ky., to Wallace and Nell Cornett Collins. He was married on May...

Mexican candidate, his wife and 2 sons killed Published: 9/5/09, 6:10 PM EDT VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) - Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico. Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon, 43, was found dead along with his wife, 38, and two sons aged 9 and 13, in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to state Attorney General Rafael Gonzalez Lastra. Fuentes Esperon was a former university rector, and was widely known in the state capital. The state government immediately offered to provide protection for...

[This week] the pro-life movement mourns the loss of Mr. Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, whose fight for life captured the heart of the pro-life community in 2005. Mr. Schindler [was buried] in Philadelphia [yesterday] without the fanfare or accolades that are due a real champion who fought one of the most insidious evils of modern society — the legalized murder of the innocent. His funeral [was] not be televised on all the cable news networks, no cardinals [attended] it, and the President of the United States [[did] not deliver the eulogy — thank God. Mr. Schindler,...

On Saturday, millions watched as Ted Kennedy made his final trip to Arlington National Cemetery. With rather less attention, Arlington's soil opened again Monday to accept the remains of one of Kennedy's former aides, 40-year-old Bill Cahir. The deceased, an Alexandria resident, was unknown to most Americans, but he did no less for his country than his old boss -- and, gauged by the last full measure of devotion, he did even more. He went from his job working for Kennedy in the Senate to become, at various points, a Washington journalist and a failed congressional candidate. But it was...

Religious police in Saudi Arabia are cracking down on summer festivals and circuses intended by the government to boost domestic tourism, because they violate strict religious restrictions on singing, dancing, the mixing of unrelated men and women, and "evil" circus performances, Reuters reported. Conservative clerics backed by powerful members of the Saudi royal family oppose the efforts to liberalize the world's biggest oil exporter. Circus acts such as fire-eating and lying on a bed of glass are seen as forms of magic outlawed by Sharia law. "These acts contradict the faith and must not be done, taught, spread or encouraged,"...

A college student from Tallahassee, FL, Ashleigh Kenny, was on Fox News yesterday to discuss the popularity and controversy of her “R.I.P. U.S. Constitution” t-shirt slogan. It’s inspiring to hear this young lady’s concern about and passion for our constitutional republic. Video: Ashleigh Kenny - "R.I.P. U.S Constitution"

"On June 30th Major Chris Galloway took his own life. He had come back from Afghanistan in April, and things just weren’t the same we’re told." "Why’d we lose him? Who the hell knows. There is no rational reason for doing such a thing, so using reason to figure it out is both impossible and ineffectual. It accomplishes nothing. In the end, he’s still gone. For the sake of his wife, his kids, and for ourselves it’s better to remember him for who he was. Given that he was so much to so many, there’s a lot to think about....

The comment thread about the loss of one of Flopping Aces' own, Maj. Chris Galloway, has all of us doing some head scratching as to what we can do as individuals. This sense of helplessness, *after* the loss, is simply not acceptable. Wordsmith did provide some extra insight in his remembrance of Chris with a YouTube link, but I felt that Major General Mark Graham - Commander, Division West and Fort Carson, Colo - and his suicide prevention program needs to be broadened with a grassroots movement. Below is the ACE card given to military members.. ASK, CARE and ESCORT....

Life and the internet are strange strange things. I've been trading emails and posts etc with Chris for years now. It wasn't at all uncommon for his duties, deployments, and family to make those virtual conversations sporadic from time to time. Well, Chris won't be returning emails anymore. He passed away suddenly on June 30, 2009. Last Fall he and his wife Shannon had a baby girl, Lilly. Chris was so happy. We teased him about how awful it is to step on Barbie Doll high heels in the middle of the night, and he bragged about how his...

<p>WASHINGTON (Aug. 2) - Navy pilot Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, hidden in the sand from the world's mightiest military all these years.</p>

Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113 Henry Allingham was the last surviving founding member of the RAF Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age of 113, his care home has said. Mr Allingham served with the Royal Naval Air Service in WWI, later transferring to the Royal Air Force at the time of its creation. Bosses at his Brighton care home said everybody was "saddened by Henry's loss and our sympathy goes to his family". Last month, Mr Allingham, born in 1896, became the world's oldest...

Found out about four hours ago that my good friend, CW5 Ret. William F. "Sonny" Hinchman, was killed in a helicopter crash today. Sonny finished his second tour in Iraq in January, IIRC, and retired from active duty in April. He was working for Xe(Blackwater) at the time of the crash. He was a helicpoter pilot for many years, flying primarily Blackhawks and Kiowas. My heart is broken. Sonny was one of the funniest, nicest human beings you could ever meet. He was working in Iraq so he could be home for football season to watch his stepsons play football...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Wootton Bassett as the bodies of eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan were driven through. The bodies of the soldiers, who were killed in a single 24-hour period, passed through the town in Wiltshire, which is near RAF Lyneham. On Monday troops in Helmand province held their own memorial to the men. ........ At the sound of the church bell, the street fell silent. The pavements were packed six deep around me; now, as the shops emptied, every available space was occupied. Schoolchildren in uniform, the standard bearers of the local British Legion,...

Sunday will mark one year since the death of Tony Snow from cancer. He battled the disease, which originated in his colon before spreading, for more than three years. Snow, a longtime commentator and journalist, anchored at Fox News Channel and later worked for a short time at CNN. In between his TV jobs, he served as White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. This Sunday, TVNewser has learned, Fox News Channel will mark the anniversary of Snow's death with numerous mentions of him throughout the day, along with thoughts from Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W....

The Jackson family has decided to bring Michael's body to the memorial service being held today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, putting off the announced plans for a private internment at Forest Lawn cemetery from 8 a.m. PDT to after the service.The 10 a.m. PDT service is being broadcast on all the major American broadcast and cable news networks, as well as in theaters across the country, the Times Square jumbotron in New York City and on TV screens around the world.From Entertainment Weekly, performers and friends expected at the service include: Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy,...

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." —Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) Well, the aptly named Robert Strange McNamara has finally shuffled off to join LBJ and Dick Nixon in the 7th level of Hell. McNamara was the original bean-counter — a man who knew the cost of everything but the worth of nothing.

Mary Lou Forbes was a traditional Virginia gentlewoman. Her hint of a Southern accent and her friendly, hospitable and gracious manner were suggestive of the Northern Virginia in which she was born and came of age. That was a smaller, less bustling, but more neighborly place than the sprawling suburbia of today.

Tampa police say Billy Mays, the television pitchman known for his boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, has died. He was 50. Authorities say Mays was pronounced dead this morning after being found by his wife at home. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon

Television "pitchman" Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday. Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Our dear friend is fighting hard the last leg of his battle with cancer. He lost his wife a few years ago & has gone through his own journey of misery with the big C How to you pray for a good friend who is fighting the last struggle? I guess with lots of love and with the trust of God to see him through his transition to glory. I regret deeply we never met face to face(YET).. but email & phone calls do strengthen ties & that is good I guess. LanZALot needs our prayers and needs to...

Carol McDonald Blackwood resident Carol Stevens McDonald [nee Scott], formerly of Brielle, died on Friday, Oct. 26. She was 58 years old. She was the beloved wife of Mark; devoted mother of Andrea and Francis; and loving daughter of Lillian Scott. Carol was a retired attorney. Interment was held at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Hurffville. Donations may be made in Carol’s memory to National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and mailed to NOCC, 500 NE Spanish River Boulevard., Suite 8, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the apparent "barbaric" killing of a British hostage held in the Sahara by an al Qaeda cell. Tourist Edwin Dyer was captured on the border between Niger and Mali and held hostage for more than four months before claims of his murder emerged. The Briton and three tourists - two Swiss citizens and a German woman also taken hostage - were returning from a music festival, near Timbuktu, on January 22. Terror group al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrebsaid (AQIM) said on a website it had killed Mr Dyer and that disbelievers would be...

Though ill with pneumonia, Dom DiMaggio was doing something he loved -- watching the Red Sox play, and play well -- when he died this morning in his Marion home. Son by his side, the former Red Sox center fielder was watching the replay of Thursday night's game, when his team scored 12 runs in the sixth inning en route to a 13-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. "I was there and we were watching it together," said his son Dominic Paul DiMaggio Jr. of Atkinson, N.H. "It was peaceful." Mr. DiMaggio's children, gathered at their parents' home today, shared...

`Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies at 86 LYNN ELBER LOS ANGELES - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.

It is with the profoundest grief that I inform Free Republic that one of the most inspirational and influential FReepers has passed away. Alia was my wife for 28 years and through thick and thin, she was my bulwark. She was also a devoted member here and I believe an important contributor. She passed from this vale of tears this past night at 1 am. Please find a moment in your day today to remember her in prayer. +Jesus+ said, Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many...

One Canadian soldier killed and four others injured in AfghanistanCEFCOM NR–09.010 - April 14, 2009OTTAWA – One Canadian soldier was killed and four others were injured when their armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device north of Kandahar City in the Shah Wali Kowt District. The incident occurred at approximately 5:00 p.m., Kandahar time, on April 13, 2009. The fallen soldier is Trooper Karine Blais, from 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier. Trooper Blais was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group. The injured soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to the Multinational...

Tuesday was a sad day for many fans of WCCO radio. One of the legendary broadcasters of our time has passed away. For 26 years, Steve Cannon was the afternoon drive host on WCCO-AM. He passed away Monday night at his home in Minneapolis at the age of 81 after a brief battle with cancer.

(April 3, 2009) The man who not only epitomized the Ocean City Beach Patrol, but also built it into a serious and professional organization, passed away Saturday. When Capt. Robert (Bob) S. Craig turned 90 last July, a competition, dinner and slide show honored him for his 52 years as a town employee and member of the Beach Patrol. Thousands knew Craig from his years guiding the Beach Patrol and taking it from a small, relatively unskilled group of young men to a large group of highly skilled young men and women. Capt. Butch Arbin, the current head of the...

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City lost a treasured icon this week when Captain Robert S. Craig, who shepherded the Beach Patrol through decades of change and inspired his young charges for half a century passed away at the age of 90. Captain Craig, as he was known for decades not only by the thousands of lifeguards who worked with him and for him but also by the countless millions of local residents and visitors to the resort area, passed away last Saturday at the Coastal Hospice in Salisbury at the age of 90. A former schoolteacher and coach, Captain Craig...

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He passed peacefully around 11 am with his step son and step daughter by his side. I got the call from his step-son, but have just been able to calm myself to let all of you know. Please share your thoughts, prayers, or a favorite story of Ray.

Social Security is now in greater danger than before. It was thought that we would not have to worry about losing the Social Security trust fund for at least a hundred years. When I was much younger, I was told that Social Security would last at least until 2040 under the current situation at that time. Then after 9/11 and the recession we had, I was told, 2025. Now, we are in a worse mess than ever. A war that has dragged on for almost a decade and that has not produced enough results, a broken down housing market, ten...

ANOTHER Australian soldier has died in Afghanistan - the second this week - as he tried to protect his mates from a roadside bomb. As the body of Corporal Mathew Hopkins was being flown home, Australian Defence Force Chief Angus Houston tonight revealed an unnamed Digger had became the 10th Australian to die in Afghanistan since 2002. Air Chief Marshal Houston offered his thoughts and prayers to the soldier's family, but said he was aware his words would do little to ease their pain. "I want them to be aware from the outset that their loved one died protecting his...

One of the great voices of authentic heartland America fell silent today. Paul Harvey was doing nationwide conservative talk radio for decades before anyone thought of it as conservative talk radio. Everybody recognizes his distinctive, quirky voice with the…….odd pauses and offbeat emphases, but his success was about far more than his distinctive diction. Paul Harvey put news out there that no other outlet touched. His Paul Harvey News and Comment scoured the wires for random stuff–and ideologically inconvenient stuff– you just didn’t hear on the Big Three mainstream TV news, and crammed it all in to crisp five minute...

Bob May -- who played The Robot in "Lost in Space" -- died early this morning at the Lancaster Community Hospital in California. A rep for Bob said he was taken to the hospital on Friday, and died at around 3 AM this morning of congestive heart failure. Back in November, Bob had a stroke soon after a fire consumed his California home. Patricia Arthur, May's long time friend and agent, "Asks all his fans to take a moment of silence as one of Science Fiction's greatest has passed. Family and friends will miss him dearly." Bob was 69. See...

Hello Jim, My name is Gail Cook and I am Moonman's wife. Moon passed away on Saturday morning after a long illness with Cancer. He loved this site, he loved being a Freeper. I noticed that he made a comment the day before he died, and it made me cry. Is there a way you can let the members know that Moon is now with the Lord in his new heavenly home? He was 58 years young, married for 32 years, was a loving husband and father to two children a daughter Kelly and his son, Justin. Also two little...

there was never a question in my mind that his Nobel Prize for Literature was deserved, although I cringed when he received it because I knew he would seize the opportunity to make ugly and propagandistic statements. Of course, I was right about that - you didn’t have to be Nostradamus. Pinter attacked the US government as if it were the modern avatar of the Third Reich. He used his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, in the words of the Washington Post, to denounce the U.S. invasion of Iraq and to call British prime minister Tony Blair “a deluded idiot.” What...

Harold Pinter, praised as the most influential British playwright of his generation and a longtime voice of political protest, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 78. Pinter, whose distinctive contribution to the stage was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, died on Wednesday, according to his second wife, Lady Antonia Fraser. "Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy of each other and pretense crumbles," the Nobel Academy said when it announced Pinter's award. "With a minimum of plot, drama emerges from...

Conservative Leader Paul Weyrich Dies; First to Lead Heritage

BOSTON – Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70. Benedict was found dead Monday on Martha's Vineyard and his brother, Charles, said authorities were still investigating the cause of death. Benedict began his acting career in the 1960s in the Theatre Company of Boston, alongside such future stars as Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino. Benedict went on to appear in a number of movies, including a role as the oddball director in "The Goodbye Girl" with Richard Dreyfuss. But he was mainly known...

It was a scene of unity in the face of extreme tragedy Friday night. As bagpipes pierced the cold air with the melancholy notes of "Amazing Grace" before Catholic's 48-20 win over Scott at Blaine Stadium, Catholic's cheerleaders locked arms at midfield with their Scott counterparts, who each clutched a single rose wrapped in a prayer blanket. But there were unseen gaps in the line. Four Scott County cheerleaders were killed in a car wreck last Friday. . . .

Happy Birthday Johnny Carson Perhaps we need some smiles this morning. Let us remember an entertainment immortal. Carnac: A. A triple and a double, catcher's and fielder's, and Dolly Parton Q. Name two big hits, two big mitts.....and a famous country singer! A: The Nestea Plunge. Q: What does the president of Nestea use when his toilet is topped up? A: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Q: What were some of the earlier forms of Preparation H? A: Shoo-be-doo-be-doo. Q: What do you look for when you're tracking a shoo-be-doo-be? A: Zippo Marx. Q: What do you get...

We have lost ruoflaw/Paulette Hoelscher to cancer. She passed away September 17, 2008. Paulette was 57. She fought to live for a year. She loved the history threads and was a regular on the Terry Schiavo Dailies until Terry's death. She leaves behind a husband, son, 3 grandchildren. a brother and a sister.

<p>An unconfirmed report just came in from AD reader Kubrickguy. Newman was battling cancer but must have lost the fight. Long live Paul Newman.</p>

It is with sadness that I announce the passing of one of the regulars on America the Right Way ....Kachina....signed on during the Fla recount....and settled into ATRW as a regular poster. Molly Pitcher has recieved word that Kachina died suddenly from a massive heart attack on August 20 2008. His final post was on March 8...witty as usual. He was a good man and will be sadly missed by his family and by those he befriended here on FR.Godspeed buddy.His family needs prayers.