Knowing that a person died doing what they loved gives us comfort.
Alana Baranick
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Richard L. “Swede” Artley and 31 of his fellow USS Oklahoma crewmen were trapped inside the hull for almost 36 hours before being rescued due to the Japanese attack on …
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L. Rodger Currie was one of the youngest Marine Corps dive bomber pilots in World War II and became one of the oldest recipients of the Carnegie Medal for Heroism.
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JFK and other real-life PT boat veterans…
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The obituary for Wilbur Eggleston in the Ashland Citizen-Times offers a historic look at racial integration in North Carolina and Eggleston’s role in its progress. While working as a cab …
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For decades Alana Baranick brought the recently deceased back to life on the page as an obituary writer for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and other newspapers. “I actually thought …
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NFL veteran Chris Draft and his wife Keasha shared a powerful love. It lives on even after her death at age 38, just a month after their wedding.
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Reach to Recovery volunteer Marlene Parent gave lots of hugs, whether you wanted them or not…
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N. Keith Bradley’s supple voice brought crowds to their feet and inspired bidders at farms, country clubs, and county fairs.
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First man on the moon Neil Armstrong routinely credited the thousands of scientists, technicians, and others who made his historic flight possible.
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