We lost two queens this year.

“The enemy of culture is consumption.”
-Vivienne Westwood
#punk #viviennewestwood #2022Year #2022deaths #fashion #fashionart #punkrock

My grandfather, 1912-1991, had such a crush on Barbara Walters and it irritated my grandmother so much.

My grandmother, 1908-1995, had such a crush on Dan Rather and that irritated him so much.

It was the ABC VS CBS News battle in our home.

I always got a tickle out of that.

#BarbaraWalters #RIP #2022Deaths #CelebrityDeaths #News #BreakingNews

Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies at 93

#BarbaraWalters #RIP #2022Deaths #CelebrityDeaths #News #BreakingNews

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/barbara-walters-trailblazing-tv-icon-dies-93/story?id=41435083

#Cincinnati native Louis Orr dies at 64 after battle with pancreatic cancer

Louis Orr, a Cincinnati native who became a star forward at #Syracuse and played eight NBA seasons before going into a lengthy career in coaching, has died. He was 64

Orr was selected in the First Round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the #Indiana #Pacers.

#NBA #CelebrityDeaths #2022Deaths #2022CelebrityDeaths #RIP #RIPLouisOrr #NBAdraft #LouisOrr

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/the-greatest-man-ive-had-the-pleasure-to-know-cincinnati-native-louis-orr-dies-at-64

Michael Gerson, #American #journalist (The Washington Post) and #speechwriter, White House Director of Speechwriting (2001–2006), dies from complications from #KidneyCancer, after 9 year battle.

He helped write the inaugural address for the second inauguration of George W. Bush, which called for neo-conservative intervention and nation-building around the world to effect the spread of democracy to third world countries.

He was 58 years old.
#2022Deaths #USPOL #Cancer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gerson?wprov=sfla1

Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman; March 1, 1926 – November 15, 2022) passed away at the age of 96.

He was a French-American actor, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, singer, author, artist, and lecturer.

He is best known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Louis LeBeau.

#actor #Holocaust #2022Deaths

Budd Friedman, American comedian and producer, founder of The Improv, passes away at the age on 90
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Friedman

#Comedy #StandUp #Improv #RIP #2022Deaths #comedian

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"I got an A in philosophy because I proved my professor didn't exist."

R.i.P. Judy Tenuta
(11/07/1956 – 10/06/2022)
US accordion-wielding comic
#2022Deaths

"I got an A in philosophy because I proved my professor didn't exist."

R.i.P. Judy Tenuta
(11/07/1956 – 10/06/2022)
US accordion-wielding comic
#2022Deaths