Salon Blogs
All 63 hypertext enjambment-style GoogObits posts originally published on the Salon Blog I maintained from October 2002 through November 2003.
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GoogObits: Fantastik (James Marshall Wiley: Fantastik developer, 75)
Fantastik James Marshall Wiley: Fantastik developer, 75 Associated Press TULSA, Okla. [^] James Marshall Wiley, the developer of Fantastik household cleaner, has died. He was 75.The family didn’t release a cause of death. Born March 29, 1928, in Tulsa, Mr. Wiley attended Central High School and joined the Army as a paratrooper after leaving school. In the 1960s, he developed Fantastik in a bathtub in his home. Mr.…
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GoogObits: Coin (Richard Wollheim, Philosopher, Dies at 80)
I dream of coining a term that has currency throughout the world. A word or phrase that spills from lips and organizes thoughts in minds. God bless Richard Wollheim, coiner of minimalism.
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GoogObits: Colonialism With a French Accent (Moktar Ould Daddah, 78, Who Led Mauritania to Independence in 1961, Dies)
It’s easy to forget France’s colonial past. Let’s not.
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GoogObits: Otto Günsche, 86, Dies; Helped to Burn Hitler’s Body
BERLIN, Oct. 13 (AP) [~] Otto Günsche, an aide to Hitler who took part in burning the Nazi dictator’s body to keep it from the advancing Soviets in the final days of World War II, died on Oct. 2 in Lohmar, near Bonn. He was 86.
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GoogObits: Elisabeta Rizea, 91, a Defiant Romanian, Dies
In case you were wondering what it takes to have the world “defiant” appear in the headline of your obituary, I present Elisabeta Rizea. There is much work to do.