Rest in Peace: Mikhail Kalashnikov ( Age 94 )

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, has died, from the BBC:

The inventor of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died aged 94, Russian officials say.

The automatic rifle he designed became one of the world’s most

Oh Joy! An obituary that you can feel good about, from Today:

She was a winner, a relentless competitor, and as befits her name, a pleasure to be around. Joy Johnson, 86, who ran her 25th New York City

Deanna Durbin has taken the Low Road, video:

From the Mail (UK)

Martin Richard, 8, who was waiting at the finish line with his father, mother and siblings, was among those killed when the two bombs detonated at the crowded sports event. His mother has undergone

May be the most loved person of her generation,  myself included, Annette Funicello has died.  More from Ann Althouse.

Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady has passed, more from Nice Deb.

Leaders like Thatcher are a rare breed

Hugo Chavez: Dead:

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again, defeating a coup attempt,

From Fox News:

Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday.

Ladies and gentlemen, radial Islam is at war with us:

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist

An American hero has pass.   Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye dead at age eighty-eight.   Citation via Halls of Heros:

Second Lieutenant Daniel K. Inouye distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 21 April 1945, in the vicinity of San

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg|Nov argue the case that Larry Hagman helped save Rumania from communism, from Reason:

The death of actor Larry Hagman will no doubt bring many to write about his remarkable television career that

An Eulogy for two fallen American heroes:

A short distance from the American compound, two Americans were sleeping. They were in Libya as independent contractors working an assignment totally unrelated to our embassy. They also happened to be former Navy

An American hero has passed.   First Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, George McGovern,  veteran of thirty five combat missions, has dies at the age of ninety,  from Wikipedia:

Starting on November 11, 1944, McGovern flew 35 missions over

The first man to walk on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, has passed at age 92, from ABC News: (no link)

Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became first to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11, has

From Sister Toldjah:

A beloved American actor has passed away.

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Mayberry’s not the only town mourning the loss of “Sheriff Taylor” this morning.

A great actor, and former American icon.

Final transfer to the infantry approved.