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Death of the original Mousketeer

Bob Collins April 8, 2013, 12:15 PM Apr 8, 2013

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Be nice around your elders today. A piece of their childhood just got ripped away.

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The legend of ‘Pepper’ Paire-Davis

Bob Collins February 4, 2013, 1:35 PM Feb 4, 2013

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It’s enough to make a baseball fan weep.

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When your childhood hero dies

Bob Collins January 10, 2013, 10:38 AM Jan 10, 2013

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Rex Trailer died last night and Minnesotans probably don’t know who he was. But every kid in America had a Rex Trailer in his/her life.

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So long, Heaven

Bob Collins January 3, 2013, 12:01 PM Jan 3, 2013

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The end of the Field of Dreams is at hand.

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Death of a vet

Bob Collins December 17, 2012, 5:05 PM Dec 17, 2012

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Sen. Daniel Inouye has died.

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The Keillor question

Bob Collins December 13, 2012, 11:42 AM Dec 13, 2012

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Keillor again avoids the question of retirement.

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End of a ping pong icon

Bob Collins December 10, 2012, 2:19 PM Dec 10, 2012

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There are worse ways to spend a life than playing ping pong.

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On Brubeck

Bob Collins December 5, 2012, 10:47 AM Dec 5, 2012

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Dave Brubeck has died. The jazz pianist was 91.

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It was 35 years ago…

Bob Collins November 30, 2012, 3:06 PM Nov 30, 2012

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Thirty-five years ago today, Eric Sevareid retired.

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Loss of an Airman

Bob Collins November 9, 2012, 10:53 AM Nov 9, 2012

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One of the 33 original Tuskegee pilots has died.

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Who doesn’t like Big Bird?

Bob Collins October 8, 2012, 10:49 AM Oct 8, 2012

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A new poll shows Big Bird may have some image problems.

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Turn on the lights, the party’s over

Bob Collins September 27, 2012, 12:03 PM Sep 27, 2012

It’s last call for the Cottage View Drive-In in Cottage Grove tonight.

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Farewell to the Coke bottle

Bob Collins August 30, 2012, 1:40 PM Aug 30, 2012

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A Winona bottler, the last to put Coke in 6 oz., bottles, gives up.

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A farewell to ‘Oats’ Legrand

Bob Collins August 29, 2012, 10:26 AM Aug 29, 2012

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He broadcast more than 4,000 football games and Sports Illustrated once referred to him as ‘the voice of small town America.’

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Phyllis Diller, icon

Bob Collins August 20, 2012, 2:21 PM Aug 20, 2012

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She died today at 95.

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Death of the original Mousketeer

The legend of ‘Pepper’ Paire-Davis

When your childhood hero dies

So long, Heaven

Death of a vet

The Keillor question

End of a ping pong icon

On Brubeck

It was 35 years ago…

Loss of an Airman

Who doesn’t like Big Bird?

Turn on the lights, the party’s over

Farewell to the Coke bottle

A farewell to ‘Oats’ Legrand

Phyllis Diller, icon