Stern but lovable news show host John McLaughlin has died at the age of 89. He hosted his iconic, low-fi political talk show for 34 years. Now he is presiding over Pat Buchanan- Eleanor Clift shoutfests in heaven. “Bye BYE,” John.
Here Are a Couple Good Merle Haggard Songs
Merle Haggard, one of the finest singers (and songwriters) in American popular music history, died today, on his 79th birthday. Here are a couple good songs.
Garry Shandling, Comedy Genius, Is Dead
Actor and comedian Garry Shandling died Thursday in Los Angeles. Shandling, 66, was among the most influential figures in modern American comedy and television, thanks to two brilliant shows he co-created and starred in in the 1980s and 1990s.
Speed metal legend Lemmy Kilmister is dead at 70. “Everyone thinks that becoming an older guy is easy, but you never consider it fully,” he told Classic Rock magazine earlier this month. “It comes as quite a shock. But the thing is, I don’t want to give in to it.”
Ahmed Chalabi Now Convincing Christopher Hitchens That He Will Be Iraq's George Washington In Hell
Ahmed Chalabi, a con artist who spent a decade convincing America’s foreign policy establishment to topple a dictator so the Chalabi family could resume extracting their home nation’s wealth, died of a heart attack today, about 15 years too late. If you haven’t read it in a while (or at all), now is a good time to …
Stuart Scott, Pioneering ESPN Anchor, Dead at 49
Longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott died this morning at the age of 49 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the network reports.
After 23 Years in Prison, Innocent Man Dies a Year After Exoneration
In February of 2013, William Lopez was released from prison after serving 23 years for murder. In fact, he was innocent. He was exonerated. Now he's dead.
Veteran foreign correspondent, well-loved war reporter, and author of the extraordinary Iraq War book Black Hearts Jim Frederick died suddenly last week of a heart attack in Oakland, California. He was 42 years old.
"God Hates Fags" Preacher Fred Phelps Is Dead
Unstable cult leader Fred Phelps, the man behind the "GOD HATES FAGS" "protests," has died. Go make a donation to Human Rights Watch in his memory.
Left-wing British politician Tony Benn, a lord who rejected his title to take his seat in the House of Commons, died on Friday at age 88. Here he is on Margaret Thatcher's legacy.
7 Real-Life Comedy Pranks Inspired By Harold Ramis Movies
Harold Ramis wrote and/or directed the greatest American movies of my generation, a generation that was smarter than it should've been and doomed to professional mediocrity. The only sane solution was to try to have a little fun in the process of being disappointed by everything.
Breaking: Ariel Sharon Still Dead
Eight years after falling into a permanent vegetative state, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stopped breathing this morning at Sheba Medical Centre in Jerusalem. The former IDF general and politician, nicknamed "the Butcher of Beirut" for his role in the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres of Palestinian…
The Poet and Activist Amiri Baraka Has Died
Amiri Baraka, poet, playwright, essayist and critic, has died at age 79 in Newark, New Jersey. He was hospitalized in December for an unknown illness.
Phil Everly, the Younger Half of the Everly Brothers, Is Dead at 74
He's the one on the left. He died of pulmonary disease in Burbank, survived by his brother Don, wife Patti, two children, and—astonishingly—his mother. RIP Phil Everly.
The World Finally Ends for Infamous Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping
Harold Camping, the infamous evangelical minister and doomsayer who used millions of his followers' dollars to promote a doomsday vision that failed to come to pass, has finally met his maker at the age of 92.
Ray Price Is Not Dead Yet
Ray Price, one of the great voices and storytellers of the Golden Age of country music, almost died over the weekend. His son, Clifton Ray Price, certainly believed that his father—who is 87 years old and is most certainly, and inevitably, dying of cancer—had passed away on Saturday. But after Price's wife angrily…
William Weaver, the Italian translator who rendered Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco into English, has died at 90. If your obituary can include this sentence it's fair to say you led a good life: "Midway through our meal of pasta with lemon and cream sauce, Muriel Spark walked in with a basketful of forest mushrooms[.]"
Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic's film critic for half a century, died early Wednesday at age 97. Kauffman's last piece for the magazine was published in August.
Marshall Berman, philosopher and author of the great study of modernism All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, died yesterday in New York. He was 73. Here's his 2011 introduction to The Communist Manifesto.
“He was a wonderful boss. I lived with him for five years. We were the closest people who worked with him ... we were always there. Hitler was never without us day and night.” — Rochus Misch, former bodyguard of Adolf Hitler, is dead at 96.
