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Lilac Season
OBITS
ARTS & MEDIA
RETROSPECTIVES
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DIED ON THE
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THE LAST OF AFRICA'S BIG MEN

by Michael Schaffer •  • June 30, 2009 • Tags: Africa, Leaders, Colonialism, France
The death of Gabon’s president may signal the end of a sorry trend.

YOU'RE KILLING ME

by Mike Jensen •  • June 29, 2009 • Tags: Health, Football, Heart, Science
Being a sports fan, a new study finds, really tugs at the old heartstrings.  

BILLY MAYS, TV PITCHMAN, DIES AT 50

by Krishna Andavolu •  • June 29, 2009 • Tags: TV, Salesmen, Celebrity, Internet
Mays' emergence as the hirsute Mr. Clean of the 21st century couldn’t have happened without the Internet.

GRIM READER: THIS WEEK IN DEATH 6/26/09

by Michael Schaffer •  • June 26, 2009 • Tags: Obits, Newspapers, Journalism, Writing
The ongoing upheaval in Iran this month raises major questions about news in the age of social networking. With most foreign reporters banned from filing stories, much of what we know about the protests against the clerical regime comes via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. How much of the reporting represents the wishful thinking of democracy activists? Just who is qualified to separate rumor from fact?

THE DEATH OF THE YEAR

by Krishna Andavolu •  • June 26, 2009 • Tags: Michael Jackson, Editorials, music, legends
"Where were you when Michael died?"

GRIM READER READS ON, MICHAEL JACKSON: A SPECIAL EDITION

by Michael Schaffer •  • June 26, 2009 • Tags: NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALISM, WRITING, OBITS
Grim Reader learned about Michael Jackson’s death, oddly enough, when he was visiting a blog that has been offering more or less nonstop coverage of the tumult in Iran. “So,” Andrew Sullivan joked, “cable coverage of Iran is now over.”