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Ken Starr, the prosecutor on the Clinton Whitewater investigation, has died at 76

As independent counsel, Starr and his investigations loomed over much of the Clinton presidency. His 1998 report about Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky helped lead to the president's impeachment.
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Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.
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Glad to see Starr's utter failures at Baylor get treated with the weight it deserves in that NPR obit. CNN's led with a "good Christian"/"public servant" puff-piece quote from Baylor's current president—not under a heading foreshadowing the heavy subject matter to come or anything. I woke up mad about this. You, journalistic outlet, are not Baylor's PR department. Apologizing or glossing over the garbage actions of bad men is not your job.

Dr. Livingstone kinda has to be nice in situations like this. I'm sure no one at Baylor is too happy to hear BU's big recentish rape scandal back in the news, either, and she's got to say something nice lest she stir that pot further and draw out the pain. I finally feel like BU's doing better on that front, but that was after years of feeling deeply, deeply angry that I paid way too much (and am still paying way too much, as the public student loan forgiveness hardly makes a dent) for bad men in positions of authority to make bank and shove the real, horrifying pain of fellow students under the rug in the name of chasing sports titles and the donations that usually follow.

Baylor's no stranger to athletic scandals, or scandals in general. I knew that going there, but the school kept its good reputation despite it all and I figured coming out of a major men's basketball scandal circa 2004ish, they'd have learned how not to screw up on a big, horrifying scale for a while. Nope! And Ken Starr helped brush it all under the rug. That's his legacy to Baylor folks, and it does a profound disservice to everyone reading an obit to lead with the obligatory boilerplate statement instead of his actual impact there.
 
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Really stretching the "notable" here, but I loved this movie back in the day. I was actually on the waiting list to work at the same cemetery where the documentary's subject worked. This guy, I met in an aisle in a Milwaukee-area Best Buy, and taught him the difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW. He signed a random receipt I had in my pocket, which I've since stuck on my DVD case for the movie. He was super shocked anyone would have asked him for an autograph (the movie came out in 1999, and this would have been some time between then and the summer of 2001).

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Mike Schank, Subject of Documentary ‘American Movie’ and Musician, Dies at 56

Mike Schank, 'American Movie' documentary subject and musician, has died.
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An extraordinary life:

Red Bull founder and F1 team owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies aged 78​

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Red Bull founder and F1 team owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies aged 78

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Dietrich Mateschitz obituary: Red Bull co-founder dies aged 78

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Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies, aged 78, after long-term illness

Team principal Christian Horner has hailed the founder of the energy drinks company as ‘an incredible man who loved Formula One’
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Jerry Lee Lewis has died at age 87

The iconic rock 'n' roll pioneer and last living member of the "Million-Dollar Quartet" — whose meteoric rise collapsed almost as quickly as he ascended, thanks to scandal — has died at age 87.
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Kevin Conroy, voice of Batman for the last 31 years in various animated series, movies, and games.
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Kevin Conroy, who died at 66, was maybe the greatest performer of Batman ever

Glen Weldon says actor Kevin Conroy, the voice of the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series and other projects, kept his portrayal cool, wry, and unforced.
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Gallagher
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Gallagher, Comedian Known for Smashing Watermelons, Dies at 76

Gallagher, the inventive prop comedian known for smashing watermelons as part of his act, died Friday of organ failure, his former manager Craig Marquardo confirmed to Variety. He was 76. Gallagher…
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Mehran Karimi Nasseri

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri: Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who inspired Steven Spielberg's The Terminal, died in Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Mr Nasseri returned to the airport a few weeks ago, where he lived until he died, an airport official said.
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How bad was the the hostel he lived in? I’m perhaps also a bit confused why he didn’t find a small house to live in with the money he made from having s movie made of him.


Strange now to think that I watched The Terminal via a rented movie from Hollywood Video. That feels like a different life almost…
 
I've not read anything about him (never even saw the movie), other than a single post somewhere that mentioned he had mental health issues. No idea if that's the reality or not, but it would certainly explain some things.
 
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