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Here is a list of content tagged “death” on MarkCz.com.



Another Week: Number 98

Another Week: Number 98

Buy AirPods, people. Plus: ‘Cool Hand Luke’ (1967), ‘So Rugged and Mountainous,’ by Will Bagley, Election 2024: America’s cancer is back, ‘The Year of Magical Thinking,’ by Joan Didion.

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Another Week: Number 55

Another Week: Number 55

A ‘newer normal’ every day as Amy says she’s dying. ‘Lake of the Shining Arrow: A History of Brown’s Lake,’ by Carol DeMarco, ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ (2016)

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Another Week: Number 12

Another Week: Number 12

Woman finds husband’s mummified remains, ‘The Consultant,’ ‘Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano,’ the best tortilla chips are Donkey Chips, COVID lockdown + 3 years, Jackson Browne and David Lindley.

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Another Week: Number 8

Another Week: Number 8

A death in my family, Super Bowl LVII, ‘Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark,’ Mike Pence fights a subpoena, ‘Nate Bargatze: Hello World,’ Bing + ChatGPT = HAL 9000?

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Messages through the wall, heard on radio

Messages through the wall, heard on radio

You have probably heard the story of how, as a POW during the Vietnam War, Sen. John McCain tapped messages through his prison wall to his fellow American prisoner, Ernest Brace. The conversation started with McCain tapping out "Shave and a haircut," and Brace...

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Dry Bones song: Ezekiel cried, ‘Dem dry bones!’

Dry Bones song: Ezekiel cried, ‘Dem dry bones!’

Dry Bones, the video above by Dan DiFelice, is something that showed up in my Vimeo inbox the other day and caught my eye. It does not use the Dry Bones song.However, both this short film and the Dry Bones song share the same inspiration: the Old Testament's Book of...

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Michael Jackson, ‘Billie Jean’: How to create an icon

Michael Jackson, ‘Billie Jean’: How to create an icon

It has been one day since the world learned that Michael Jackson is dead. First there was a brief report on MSNBC that Jackson had been rushed to the hospital, then I glanced at Facebook and saw that Tim Cuprisin had posted the big TMZ.com scoop, and eventually the...

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‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007 movie, Javier Bardem)

‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007 movie, Javier Bardem)

We have recently endured an insufferable procession of godawful movies. They show up here roughly a year after being added to our Netflix queue, so it's sometimes hard to remember who to blame for muck like Never Been Thawed or Love Actually or Dreamland — or The...

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Terry Armour, 1961-2007

Terry Armour, 1961-2007

I'm sure everyone in the Steve Dahl Show family is stunned and saddened tonight as Amy and I were upon learning that Terry Armour has died from an apparent heart attack at the Chicago Tribune offices. Terry was an endless source of fun and humor at the remote...

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Military casualties: Sacrificed lives

Last night on MSNBC'S Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was named Worst Person in the World. He was recognized by Olbermann for this quote about American military casualties: Nobody is happy about losing lives but remember these...

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Witch hunt victims memorial, Idstein, Germany

Witch hunt victims memorial, Idstein, Germany

Idstein, Germany — Marble plaque listing the names of the victims of the witch hunts conducted by John, Count of Nassau-Idstein between February 3, 1676, and March 31, 1677. A total of 31 women and 8 men were executed for...

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Virgin Mary with deer

Virgin Mary with deer

Waterford, Wisconsin — A Virgin Mary statue and a resting deer figurine decorate a headstone in Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery.

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