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Politics

Pat Robertson, Anti-Gaming Crusader And Horse Racing Enthusiast, Is Dead

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A black and white photo of a young Jim Brown, when he played for the Cleveland Browns. It shows Brown sitting on a bench, with fans off in the blurry distance.

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Jim Brown’s Legacies

Israel Daramola

Music

Tina Turner Did Nothing Nice And Easy

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Dan McQuade in front of a march madness basketball court

Dan McQuade

Ted Silary.com, with a very 1990s design.

High School Sports

Ted Silary Gave A Voice To High School Athletes

charismatic megafauna (they/them)

Sabrina Imbler

Hedgehog adult sitting amongst autumn leaves and Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria

Creaturefector

Thorvald, World’s Oldest European Hedgehog, Was Killed By Dog At Age 16

Ray Ratto

Richard Belzer during 55th Annual Writers Guild of America East Awards - Arrivals at The Pierre Hotel in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage)

Richard Belzer Was An Old Crank To The End

NEW ORLEANS - JULY 03: Musician David Jude Jolicoeur better known as Trugoy of De La Soul performs at the 2010 Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome on July 3, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Arts And Culture

We Are All Indebted To Trugoy The Dove Of De La Soul

Burt Bacharach, The Genius Who Got Punks To Admit Elevator Music Was Cool, Is Dead

David Roth

Photo of Tom Verlaine performing with Television during the 1970s.

Tom Verlaine, Out And Back

Barry Petchesky

(Original Caption) Chicago Black Hawk Bobby Hull skids to a stop on the ice.

Bobby Hull Was Not Complicated

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