Comments on: 10 People We Lost in 2008 (Who Are Worth Remembering)

By: David H.

David H. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:56:00 +0000

Thanks for these great mini-bios. It’ll be a sad day indeed when we lose the world’s oldest Twitterer.

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:49:00 +0000

Del Martin’s passing was widely publicized in the Bay Area. It’s not mentioned above, but San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom officiated the ceremony himself; it was the only one he did. When she died he ordered the flag at city hall and those on Castro and Market streets be flown at half-mast. It’s a very touching story, and I always get choked up thinking about how she fianlly was able to wed her love of over 50 years before she died.

We WILL get everything straightened out in our state – the courts and legistlature have already found that the amendment is probably unconstitutional, and that the proper procedures were not followed when passing prop 8. Even our attorney general, who is against gay marriage, has admitted that the amendment is discriminatory and wrong, and should be overturned.

By: Lisa-Skye

Lisa-Skye — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:24:00 +0000

Mmm, there were a few that I didn’t include because their deaths were untimely and/or a bit tragic… figured I better not get too dark (though they did cut the one I had about the Spam King who killed his family).

Funny coincidence we’re both Aussies, on two fairly US-centric sites!

By: Mark Juddery

Mark Juddery — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Morbid minds, Lisa-Skye? Perhaps… but I don’t think so. Happily, everyone on the above list made it to 80… and most of the notables on your own list, with a couple of exceptions, also lived full lives (which is why they’re worth celebrating). It might be worth noting, however, that we’re both Aussies. That would possibly help to explain why Olive Riley is one of the few people on both lists.

By: Lisa-Skye

Lisa-Skye — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0000

I did the article for Cracked and was alerted to thissun. People loooove ripping off Cracked, but here it just looks like it was a case of ‘great minds’ wrapping up the year (or morbid minds, Mark?), since the overlapping two have different info.

You can’t believe you missed Dr SpaghettiOs? *I* can’t believe I missed Del Martin! I followed their story when they got married, how sad that she died (but at least it was before prop 8 got in).

By: Mark Juddery

Mark Juddery — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Carl, I wasn’t aware of the cracked.com story, so thanks for the heads-up. Very interesting. Similar idea, but only two people appeared in both lists. (The inventor of SpaghettiO’s? How could I have missed it?)

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:23:00 +0000

Carl — I read the Cracked list, too, but there was hardly any overlap. The old blogger lady and the McMuffin guy were the only two I noticed. (You guys don’t allow links, but I think if you click on my name, you can read theirs. Some good ones!)

By: Whitney

Whitney — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Irena Sandler losing to Al Gore is very upsetting. I hope he feels incredibly guilty and unworthy.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:58:00 +0000

So did you guys steal this from cracked.com or did they steal it from you. It’s almost the exact same, only they had 15 people.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Utah Phillips died in May. I’ve yet to see on any notable deaths in 2008 list.