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Playwright Wendy Wasserstein Dies [at age 55. Death caused by obesity??]
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| Jan. 30, 2006
| MICHAEL KUCHWARA
Posted on 01/30/2006 10:14:04 AM PST by summer
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To: tertiary01
Re your post #13 - She was a cigarette smoker her whole adult life.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:03:50 AM PST
by
summer
To: sandbar
Heavy or not, she was a lovely lady and very attractive. I am sure she was a lovely lady, and it is sad that she died, but let's not go overboard.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:04:12 AM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: summer
"...she always declined to reveal the identity of the girl's father. "
He's name is:
Baster,Turkey
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:05:19 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
To: miss marmelstein
WW was a pretty mediocre playwright
I actually agree with you -- I, too, was not a huge fan of her work.
But, I was very interested in her career, and here is what I found so fascinating about her career: that she HAD a career as a playwright. Not easy to do if you're a woman, though I don't know why. I think playwriting and screenwriting, as professions, have among the lowest, if not the lowest, percentages of women.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:06:49 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
I don't know if her obit is the place to mention she was fat and may have gotten lymphoma due to that. We don't even have a good correlation between lymphoma and obesity.
Besides mentioning obesity in a womans obituary would be just sooo wrong on so many levels.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:08:02 AM PST
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: miss marmelstein
Very, very sad. Why are so many women of my generation dying so young?? Beth Fallon - a NY Daily News reporter -just died of cancer in her late 50s.
This is what I felt, too. Very shocking how many women are going at such a relatively young age. That feminist writer, and now I forgot her name, she just died, too, and she was also in her 50's.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:09:05 AM PST
by
summer
To: cajungirl
Yeah, I guess you are right about that. But, it still came to my mind immediately! And, who knows, it could well be the link, though one can't say for sure now.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:09:55 AM PST
by
summer
To: jalisco555
Still, I'm embarassed to say that I was unaware of the speculation concerning insulin levels and malignancies so thanks for the info.
No problem, and you're welcome. That's why FR is Numero Uno in the Blogosphere! :)
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:11:21 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
Her death, as a single mom, at age 55, means she is survived by her 7 year old daughter. It is sad, but all those nasty feminists are godmothers for each other's children.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:13:49 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: summer
Hate to break it to you, but thin people die of cancer too!
Your obesity comment is callous and unnecessary.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:13:52 AM PST
by
Primetimedonna
(Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
To: Primetimedonna
Well, you're entitled to your opinion, too. My opinion may someday prove to be fact in this instance. Who knows...none of us know everything. I hate to break that to you! :)
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:19:01 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
Can't we remember the recently departed respectfully without indulging in second guessing about which of their habits or tendencies "caused" their demise?
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:19:25 AM PST
by
joylyn
To: summer
You know what they say about opinions...............
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:20:02 AM PST
by
Primetimedonna
(Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
To: summer
1 out of every 3 cancer deaths are connected to obesityWho says? Just want to be sure you haven't fallen prey to 'junk science.'
She died of lymphoma. Skinny people get lymphoma too.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:24:14 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: miss marmelstein
Here's the other feminist I was trying to remember --
Andrea Dworkin. She also died in her 50's -- cause of death "unknown" but she was obese too, as I recall. From the link in this post:
Feminist icon Andrea Dworkin dies
Monday April 11, 2005
The American feminist icon, writer and campaigner Andrea Dworkin, who linked pornography to rape and violence, died at the weekend, her agent said today.
She was 58 years old....
Ms Dworkin's agent, Elaine Markson, said the cause of death was not known, but she had become increasingly frail as her knees had weakened and she suffered a series of falls. She died at the home in Washington DC she shared with John Stoltenberg, her partner of 30 years and husband since 1998.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:26:30 AM PST
by
summer
To: MEGoody; joylyn
OK, read the thread, we already went through this!
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:27:24 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
Okay, read the articles on your link. Right now, the consensus of the scientific community seems to be 'well, we think there may be a link.' Therefore, it seems odd to jump to the conclusion that this woman got lymphoma because she was fat.
In point of fact, anyone I have ever known that suffered with lymphoma was of normal weight.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:28:48 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: miss marmelstein
Andrea Dworkin
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:29:28 AM PST
by
summer
To: MEGoody
Seem my post #38. And have a good day!
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:30:00 AM PST
by
summer
To: summer
My opinion may someday prove to be fact in this instance.And it may some day prove to be erroneous.
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posted on
01/30/2006 11:30:00 AM PST
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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