Bob Collins
There aren’t many people who can legitimately be considered the greatest human, but Borlaug is one of them.
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Tag: Icons
Death of an artist
Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
If missing his sister’s funeral wasn’t an indication enough that Sen. Ted Kennedy’s brain tumor is about to claim his life, today’s letter to Massachusetts state officials is.
Return of the Red Tail
For one aging blogger, it wasn’t Cronkite who was the most memorable part of the CBS Evening News.
The nature of heroes
Robert McNamara’s war
The truth about Cronkite
“Who cares?” a follower on Twitter asked today, when the subject of the death of Ed McMahon came up. I guess I don’t have a great answer for it, although I do think there’s value in remembering the icons of mass media when it was really mass media. Like McMahon, the Milton Berles and Dinah Read more →
Harry Kalas died today. Like Herb Carneal before him, he was one of the last great baseball broadcasters.
End of the icon
They had a funeral for Bill Holm out in Minneota on Sunday. Then everyone went over to the Legion hall for lunch.