Showing posts with label Death and Dying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death and Dying. Show all posts
Friday, June 23, 2023

Submersible Passengers Died in Implosion (VIDEO)

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We all know now. But this was the big breaking letdown for so many yesterday. I personally saw no hope of survival, and the more we saw the ...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

The Boomers in the Twilight Zone

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Following-up, " Three-Quarters of Generation Z 'Not Interested In Sports' ." From Andrew Sullivan, " How exactly are ...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

GRAPHIC: At Least 17 Dead in Soccer Melee at Mexico's Querétaro Estadio Corregidora Stadium (PHOTOS)

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This tweet is particular gruesome. It's a foaming mob, kicking people to death, stripping off their clothes. Here, " The riot at th...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

Deadly Devastation: More Than 70 Killed in 'One of the Toughest' Tornado Events in Kentucky History (VIDEO)

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Terrible. Just biblical destruction and death.  Watch the most dramatic images here .  Story from the Lexington Herald-Leader , " ‘One ...
Thursday, December 6, 2018

Former President George W. Bush Overcome by Emotion During His Eulogy for His Father, George H.W. Bush (VIDEO)

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I know a lot of conservatives dislike George W. Bush, but I love him. I wish I could meet him. He's my favorite president. I love Trump ...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Anthony Bourdain Heartbroken After Split from Asia Argento?

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I know, from having my heart broken too many times, if there's one sure thing to drive a man over the cliff it's the rejection of a ...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Anthony Bourdain Has Died

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Today's a sad day. Charles Krauthammer released a statement saying he's got just weeks to live. He's been recovering from a succ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Kirsten Powers Deleted Tweet Shaming Hugh Hefner Moments After Announcement of His Death

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Sometimes you just need to chill on those hot takes. Kirsten Powers wisely deleted this tweet about Hugh Hefner. pic.twitter.com/NFr7bDB1VB...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

'Dying together was their deepest wish...'

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Maybe if it truly was "their deepest wish"? Maybe if there were young, legally-informed family members around to guard against mal...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying

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Lawrence Meyers cited her in my previous entry . At Amazon, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Docto...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Four-Year-Old Minnesota Boy Accidentally Hangs Himself (VIDEO)

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Just devastating. At CNN:
Saturday, January 31, 2015

Israel Yinon, Renowned Conductor, Dies After Collapsing Onstage in Lucerne, Switzerland

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You never know when you're going to go. In this case, at least he died with his conducting boots on, doing what he loved to do. RIP. ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Physician-Assisted Suicide is Receiving Fresh Support, But Remains as Open to Abuse as Ever

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It's a terrible, terrible policy. European countries put old people to death simply for being lonely, while calling it "compassio...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Heart-Wrenching First-Hand Report on the D.C. Metro Fire

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Someone dying right before your eyes, you offer help. But sadly it's too late. At the Washington Post, " Metro rider who helped d...
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Joan Rivers Talks to Her Daughter Melissa Before Surgery

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Video, from 2011, " Joan Rivers Moments Before Surgery - No Makeup ." Via Ann Althouse, " 'I don’t want some rabbi ramb...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Robin Williams Oscar Acceptance Speech for 'Good Will Hunting'

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I think the whole world is hurting this morning: PREVIOUSLY : " Robin Williams Dead at 63 ."
Saturday, August 2, 2014

5-Year Old Has Meltdown When She Learns Her Baby Brother's Going to Grow Up

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I think this clip caught some viral action earlier in the week.
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Irony: No Funeral for Hate-Preaching, Funeral-Protesting Westboro Church Founder Fred Phelps

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I despise Westboro Baptist. Their funeral protests against America's service personnel are probably the most evil form of free speech th...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Sherwin Nuland, the 'How We Die' Guy, Has Died

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We all gotta go sometime, and it's rarely dignified. Frankly, this guy predicted his own undignified demise. Kind of depressing, actua...
Monday, February 10, 2014

'As I grow older, I think more and more about death and what comes next...'

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Saberpoint ruminates on life's meaning as one gets long in the tooth: " A Rainy Day, a Good Cigar, God and the Near Death Experienc...