May 2013
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Obit of the Day: William Shatner’s Wife at “20,000 Feet” On October 11, 1963 Bob Wilson and his wife Julia were flying home. Mr. Wilson had just been released from the hospital where he recovered from a nervous breakdown. Although there was some heavy weather on the flight path the trip home was supposed to go smoothly. And then it didn’t. Mr. Wilson claimed to see a man...
May 20th
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Thoughts on the Yahoo! Thing
edwardspoonhands: First, I love Tumblr and want to keep loving it. And yes, it is immediately terrifying to hear that Yahoo (which, from a lot of our perspectives, is a laughably backwards and culturally irrelevant company) is going to own Tumblr. I sympathize.  But there are a number of circumstances in which this will not be a disaster. Let’s think: WHY TO NOT BE TERRIFIED David Karp is...
May 20th
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May 17th
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Obit of the Day: From Quiz Show to The Tonight Show Before Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, and hundreds of other radio and television psychologists there was Dr. Joyce Brothers. Dr. Brothers was the first of a new breed of popular psychologist who was also a media icon. Dr. Brothers, who held a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University, would become the face of her field for generations of television...
May 14th
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May 10th
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Friday Morning, 5/10/13, 8-10am CST
morningamp: Instead of Brian Babylon, Jill Hopkins is here from 8-10, Fawzia Mirza from 10-11. Obits of the Week: Josh Eisenberg kicks every Friday off with some carefree cheer and news of recent deaths. Jared Logan: Jared Logan is telling jokes while standing up on a stage at Zanies in Old Town all weekend long. Hip-Hop: Gabe Mendoza review Talib Kweli’s newest, Prisoner of Conscious. New...
May 10th
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Obit of the Day: The 2nd Greatest Obituary Ever...
There must be something in the water in Mississippi that requires children to write endearing, yet comedic, obituaries of their parents. In March 2013 it was Harry Weathersby Stamps and now, two months later we present the obituary of Antonia “Toni” Larroux in its entirety: Waffle House lost a loyal customer on April 30, 2013. Antonia W. “Toni” Larroux died after a battle...
May 6th
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“We’re not your average radio station, and we bridge the the gap between urban...”
–  Our own darling Vivian Mikhail, long time intern wrangler and associate producer. It doesn’t take much to support Vocalo and become a team member. Any amount helps and you can pitch in at vocalo.org/donate. (via morningamp) This is the show on which Obit of the Day appears as an occasional...
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April 2013
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“A month after her passing, I still miss my friend deeply. But I like thinking...”
– Roy J. Harris Jr., writing on Poynter about his efforts to get obituaries published for his friend Martyl Schweig Lansdorf, the artist who created the Doomsday Clock.  (via poynterinstitute) OOTD was all. over. that.
Apr 26th
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Obit of the Day: Oh!-bituaries
Obit of the Day’s weekly addendum of interesting people who have died but were not featured on the site: Alan Arbus - Played the Army psychiatrist Sidney Freeman on the television show M*A*S*H (LA Times) Shakuntala Devi - She multiplied 7,686,369,774,870 and 2,465,099,745,779 in her head in 62 seconds. Faster than a computer she was competing against. (NY Times) Storm Thorgerson -...
Apr 26th
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Friday Morning AMp, 4/26/13, 8-10am CST
morningamp: Obits of the Week: Be they infamous, obscure, short, or long, historian Josh Eisenberg always has some amazingly lived lives up his sleeve. This week he remembers two great musicians who passed away: folk legend Richie Havens and Australian one-hit wonder Chrissy Amphlett. The Chicago Mixtape:  Every week, Casey Meehan compiles a digital mixtape featuring music by local bands that...
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Chicago Fire Tour with Obit of the Day →
Only FIVE TICKETS LEFT for the Chicago Family Trolley Tour of the Great Chicago Fire. I’m the tour guide (Josh Eisenberg). It will be awesome. Click on the link to buy your tickets $20 adults/$10 children. Great for anyone Kindergarten or older. And don’t forget at the time of fire Chicago had some roads made of wooden blocks dipped in tar. Yes, roads made of firestarter. History...
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Obit of the Day: Choked by Vader Richard LeParmentier (also known as Richard Parmentier) seemed to enjoy his fame from his two minutes of screen time in Star Wars. Mr. LeParmentier portrayed General Motti, who unwisely decided to criticize Darth Vader for his “sad devotion to that ancient religion” (“The Force”) and was choked from afar for his insolence. Note: According...
Apr 17th
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2nd Boston Marathon bombing victim identified:... →
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