Alexis Herman was a weak Secretary of Labor. She wasn't really a labor person at all outside of a brief period in the Carter administration, but rather a Democratic insider.
Mario Vargas Llosa had truly horrific politics in the second half of his life and was basically a fascist by the end. But he also is one of the greatest.
I am not saying Vincent was a saint as baseball commissioner, but Vincent absolutely loved the game of baseball and wanted to see it grow and the owners fired him.
Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Awards 2009 in Vienna, Austria Absolute stone cold legend. Also, she sang the best version of "Working Class Hero" ever recorded, which wasn't something.
The last member of The Band is gone. Truly the end of an era of rock and roll. Everyone is required to listen to his work on "Chest Fever" on.
I was never the biggest Lynch fan in the world, but he's obviously a gigantic figure in the history of film and I am sure many of you will have.
Portrait of MEP Jean-Marie LE PEN I don't have an obituary and I wish I had thought of writing one on him, but I think we should all be happy.
One of the most important American writers and activists of the last half-century is gone. Here is perhaps her most famous poem, the 1968 "Ego-Tripping": I was born in the.
