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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 10:52 pm
Probably mostly known in the Chicago area . . . John Callaway died unexpectedly today of a heart attack while in Racine, WI. He was 72.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:18 pm
I can just see their first meeting in Heaven: Johnny as Carmac the Magnificent and Ed as his usual sidekick having God rolling in the aisles. A Clean air, a virgin and a gas station open on Sunday. Q Name three things you won't find in Los Angeles. A Black and white and twenty feet tall. Q Describe Sister Mary Kong. A Bible belt. Q What holds up Pat Robertson's pants?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:18 pm
DR Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald has died at age 57. She wrote a memorable book (and there was a tv special too) about working at the South Pole (National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station) as the only doctor there and, while they were completely isolated, discovered and diagnosed and then treated her own breast cancer, starting in winter of 1999. She had to train people to help with her treatment. She performed her own biopsy and had a machinist helping with her IV and test slides and a welder helped with her chemo. Earlier there had been air drops to help support her diagnosis and treatment and finally there was a risky rescue flight by the Air National Guard when the temps became "warm" enough 58 degrees below zero. She had more treatment in the US and the cancer went into remission until 2005. I read her book way back when it first came out.. sad outcome at an early age, but she seems to have made the most of her time. No link for now, read this on the NY Times Latest news Kindle blog.
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Kitt
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09-06-2000
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 3:38 pm
Aww I remember the first time round but I didn't know it had come back. I bet she did make the most of her time. Strong woman.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 4:06 pm
Oh, I am so sorry. I thought for sure she had beaten it completely. This is such sad news.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 9:00 pm
It is online now. An American doctor who treated herself for breast cancer while stranded at the south pole 10 years ago has died from the disease. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose one-woman battle against cancer was reported around the world, was the only doctor at the Amundsen-Scott south pole station in June 1999 when she found a lump on her breast. As the weather was too bad for a rescue, she performed a biopsy on herself with the help of staff and discovered that she had cancer. Trapped by freezing temperatures and blizzards, she was forced to consult specialists via satellite and conduct her own course of chemotherapy with drugs provided by an airdrop. Four months later, she was rescued by a ski-shod aeroplane operating outside official safety limits, and taken to New Zealand and then back to the US. She documented her ordeal in the best-selling book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, which was made into a TV movie. She had leapt at the chance to go to the south pole in 1998. Before noticing the lump, Nielsen told her family about life at the station and the need to do just about everything for herself – even performing emergency dental work. "She called herself Doc Holliday," her mother said when news of Nielsen's cancer first emerged a decade ago. "She felt like she was out on the prairie." Nielsen, who later married, spent the last decade speaking around the world about the cancer and how it changed her life, and also worked as a roving ER doctor in hospitals across the north-eastern US. Her husband, Thomas FitzGerald, said she died from cancer yesterday at their home in Southwick, Massachusetts. Her cancer had returned in August 2005. She was 57. "She fought bravely, she was able to make the best of what life and circumstance gave her, and she had the most resilience I have ever seen in anyone," Mr FitzGerald said. "She fought hard and she fought valiantly." The couple would have had their third anniversary next week. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/24/south-pole-cancer-doctor-dies
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 9:21 pm
That is sooo sad. I remember the story well and saw the movie also!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 9:23 pm
Thank you for the link - I have her book and am saddened to hear of her passing. She was an inspirational and strong woman!
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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002
| Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 11:17 pm

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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 5:48 am
What a truly courageous woman! She lived an amazing life. It's sad that she died.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:56 am
Farah Fawcett has died. So sad.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:58 am
A CBS newsbreak just announced that Farrah Fawcett has passed away. Another courageous lady.....may she rest in peace.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:58 am
I saw the documentary of Farrah Fawcett made by her friend. It was so well done. So sad that she passed away!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 10:09 am
A peaceful rest at last for a strong lady who fought the good fight. So long beautiful Farrah.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 11:29 am
I just saw this on NY Times Kindle blog.. Sounds like she and Ryan didn't manage to get married. I think his interview with Barbara Walters will be on 20/20 tonight, unless they pull it for an update. She was 62.
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Erniesgirl
Member
06-26-2006
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 2:59 pm
Michael Jackson has died too.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:02 pm
What an awful day. Two icons that were such a big part of our lives. I wish peace to their families and loved ones.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:03 pm
TMZ: Michael Jackson Dead at 50 PopEater posted: ONE MINUTE AGOcomments: 38filed under: Music News, Out SickPrintShareText SizeAAASkip over this content X17Online.comTMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died at age 50. According to the site, the pop legend suffered a cardiac arrest this afternoon and medics were unable to revive him. What We Know: Jackson was picked up this afternoon at his rented home in Bel Air around 12:26 p.m. where medics had to administer CPR before transporting him to UCLA hospital. Capt. Steve Ruda of the Los Angeles Fire Dept. told the LA Times that Jackson was not breathing when help arrived at the house, which is about a two minute drive from the hospital. Earlier, a Jackson family member told TMZ Michael is in "really bad shape." Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the musical clan, also told media outlets his son was "not doing well." Story Developing ... http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-jackson-dead-at-50/5444 less than three hours since he was reportedly taken away by ambulance and they said he wasn't breathing.. sounds like there was nothing to be done.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:08 pm
Another on the actual TMZ site Michael Jackson Dies Posted Jun 25th 2009 5:20PM by TMZ Staff We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50. Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive. We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911. La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead. Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II. === Just recently he'd been seen with his kids all without face masks, I thought things were normalizing a bit. Now will their actual mother step in for them?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:09 pm
Holy cow. He was such a tremendously talented musician and dancer, yet so troubled. I don't think he ever had a childhood, and that's been his albatross his whole life. I wish him peace.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:10 pm
We seem to have two threads about this...I am seeing NOTHING on television that says he has died. Just want to put that on here, too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:17 pm
So far, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, local LA stations have various reports, hospitalized, "in a coma", rushed to hospital..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:20 pm
Beek.. turn on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, KCAL9 news.. all covering it byt not saying he has passed. All over Twitter of course, even people like Andy Roddick tweeting from Wimbledon And often the same info does end up in celebrity news and passings.. Could be there is still hope.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:23 pm
Sea...I am flipping between CNN, FOX, MSNBC and HLN. None have confirmed death. CNN is now reporting coma. And huge crowds gathering at the hospital.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:24 pm
Guess the key is how LONG he was in cardiac arrest and if that is the caue of the coma.. not a good thing.
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