Thursday, February 1, 2007
The second tribute I posted in this blog was to the Columbia crew; the Columbia disintegrated over Texas during reentry in 2003, very near the time when Blogit (then known as The Blogging Network) first opened its doors to the general paying public. (It had apparently been in beta testing for a few... Sign in to see full entry.
Richard Kelley
The name Richard Kelley may not be familiar to the average American, but he was the stepfather of former American President Bill Clinton. He died on January 31, 2007, at age 91. Apparently, his death was due to complications of cancer. Kelley married Bill Clinton's mother, Virginia, in 1982. It was... Sign in to see full entry.
Molly Ivins
Journalist Molly Ivins died at age 62, after a long struggle with breast cancer. Ivins, an unabashed liberal, moved from California to Houston as a youngster. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, Ivins was given a 70% chance of surviving five years without a recurrence of the cancer, but it... Sign in to see full entry.