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Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist and ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ Co-Writer, Dies at 76 (msn.com)
Keith Reid, lyricist for the British group Procol Harum and co-writer of the iconic 1960s hit “Whiter Shade of Pale,” died on March 23 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on the band’s . He was 76.
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 It's pretty unnerving seeing all these people about my age (70) shuffling off this mortal coil.
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Judy Farrell, the actress most noted for her role as Nurse Able on the television comedy series M*A*S*H. She was also the wife of M*A*S*H actor Mike Farrell who played Captain B.J. Hunnicutt.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Klaus Teuber, Creator of board game Settlers of Catan.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Bokito, a German-born Dutch gorilla best known for his escapades when he would escape his enclosure and wreak havoc but usually because he was provoked by humans. He was only 27.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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(April 6, 2023 at 3:17 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Bokito, a German-born Dutch gorilla best known for his escapades when he would escape his enclosure and wreak havoc but usually because he was provoked by humans. He was only 27.
27?....nooooo, not another one! 
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(April 6, 2023 at 5:48 am)Deesse23 Wrote: 27?....nooooo, not another one!
Hey, he left 10 kids behind who will have to grow up without a dad. Interestingly, Bokito was also abandoned by his parents, and thus raised by humans in a German zoo who pampered him too much, even taking him to a pizza parlor which may have resulted in him breaking into a restaurant when he was an adult.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Benjamin Ferencz, last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46 that convicted Nazis for war crimes and genocide. He was 103.
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Al Jaffee, longtime Mad Magazine contributor.
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(April 10, 2023 at 9:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Al Jaffee, longtime Mad Magazine contributor.
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102 is a helluva run.
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