Famous Obituaries

Andrew Wyeth, the artists who painted "Christina's World" died yesterday at age 91.

To add a bit more to Ron's------1923--2009.....

Dramatist and author Sir John Mortimer, who created enduring character Rumpole of the Bailey, has died aged 85 after a long illness.

Sir John, who began working as a barrister in the 1940s, went on to become one of the most prolific writers of books and screenplays.

Sir John, whose daughter is actress Emily Mortimer, was knighted in 1998.

Sadly, I do not know who Sir John Mortimer is.

I am going to get my head out of the sand now!

I don't think I'll ever forget my great aunt's last little tidbit of advice to me, and she was in an way well associated with the more prestigeous in the world, her chapter of the Eastern Star took care of our President's home while he was in Washington DC...and that's when you learn things said are not always what they really are also, though it took years later to come out into the light of the truth. But anyway, she never had an color TV set, I knew she travelled the world extensively though...but while down there, I mentioned to her something about it...because I mean everyone has one these days, and she looked at me and said, "why would anyone want to sit and watch the news when you could be part of those making it?".so casually..I figure'd with her social schedule otherwise she was probably never home to watch anything but the news...as her social club paid for her apartment also. Sent over an "driver" to cart us around while we visited different areas, and she took us to an "theater in the round", and comedy.We were dressed "nice" but imagine my surprise when she asked if she could take her two vsiting neices to the theater (which was soldout) an the lady said, let me see what we can do for you, and in some time out came four people dressed in fur coats and tuxes and said they didnt'want to see this right now anyway, to take thier seats for them...which were probably some for the best seats in the house. I really quite missed her when she passed on, by then we use to write each other an have "chats" about traveling, it was because of her that I got into the genealogy work.She asked me one time what I'd like like to do if I could do anything I wanted and I told her computers, now this was back in the 60's ..so for an solid week flyers from every comptuer school here in the USA arrived at my door. I cried my eyes out when seh was gone in my life. She's come to me an couple of times though  from the other side to help me "Nurse" my son when he was drasically ill. She told me then that there would have to be an "doctor" in our family always, from some family connection of the past. I saw her in "visonary" standing with her "aide" in front of huge water fountains back then on the other side. Oh, well, so goes I guess. Since he's grown up I don't see much of her now ..though she may still be there if I really need her perhaps. Her younger years was in being an nurse for an specialty hosptial...then she sponsored an children's hosptial also through the Eastern Star. Both my sister and I were working in the medical field at the time also. I think we have four generations of such in the family now.