by Jim Heath | Apr 19, 2021 | Headlines, Obit
Walter Mondale, who transformed the role of U.S. vice president while serving under Jimmy Carter and was the Democratic nominee for president in 1984, died today at 93. President Biden, who was mentored by Mondale through the years, said in 2015 that the former vice...
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Prince Philip, the love of Queen Elizabeth‘s life, has died. He was 99. Steadfast companions for seven decades, the Queen and Philip had the longest royal marriage in history — one that withstood war, family upheaval and a lifetime on the world stage. “It is...
by Jim Heath | Mar 30, 2021 | Headlines, Obit
G. Gordon Liddy, a former FBI agent who worked for the reelection committee for President Richard Nixon and an infamous figure in the Watergate scandal, has died at age 90. Liddy died Tuesday morning in Mt. Vernon, Virginia. According to his son, Liddy had a...
by Jim Heath | Mar 3, 2021 | History, Obit
Marie Tippit, the widow of the Dallas police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald about 45 minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. Tippit, 92, died today at a hospital in the East Texas city of Sulphur Springs after being diagnosed with...
by Jim Heath | Feb 17, 2021 | Entertainment, Headlines, Obit
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative media icon who for decades used his perch as the king of talk-radio to shape the politics of both the Republican Party and nation, died today after a battle with cancer. He was 70 years old. Limbaugh’s wife Kathryn made the...
