William-MacKaye-Obituary

William Ross MacKaye

Washington, District of Columbia

1934 - 2023

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August 21, 2023
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Washington, District of Columbia

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MacKaye William Ross MacKaye Reporter, Journalist, Editor Born June 1, 1934 in New York City, died August 21, 2023 at Yale New Haven Hospital after suffering a fall in his summer home in Guilford, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. The only child of writers Milton "Mac" MacKaye and Dorothy Cameron...

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Bill MacKaye was a friend when I most needed a friend. May he thrive in the presence of the Most High. Bon Voyage, lovely man

Bill and I crossed paths from time to time, and it was evident that he was a true gentleman and scholar of the old school, one open to all of life´s experiences. As Shakepeare´s Hamlet said of his father: "He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again." Rest in peace, dear Bill.

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Bill, thank you for your guidance and friendship across the many years we have known each other. God bless you, keep you forever and forever.