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In loving memory of the many famous figures gone too soon this year

People we've lost in 2022

Pittsburgh Steelers great Franco Harris, who was arguably best known for one of the most iconic plays in NFL history -- dubbed the "Immaculate Reception" -- has died at the age of 72, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday, December 21. Harris died overnight, the Hall of Fame said, citing his family. The cause of his death hasn't been announced. Jason Cohn/Reuters

Updated 10:45 AM EST, Thu December 22, 2022

Here are some of the most famous people who have died in 2022.

May their memories be a blessing to us all

Ronnie Hillman, a Super Bowl-winning running back for the Denver Broncos, died on Wednesday, December 21, according to a post from his family on his Instagram page. In August, Hillman was diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 31.George Gojkovich/Getty Images

Terry Hall, lead singer of the English 2 tone and ska revival band The Specials, has died, according to a Monday, December 19, statement from the band on social media. Mark Holloway/Redferns/Getty Images

Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning senior investigative correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday, December 17, after a long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60. Jeremy Freeman/CNN

Billie Moore, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who was head coach of the first US women's Olympic basketball team, died Wednesday, December 14, at the age of 79. Moore was also the first head coach to lead two schools to national championships in women's basketball. John G. Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the amiable DJ for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and a dancer who rose to fame on "So You Think You Can Dance," died at the age of 40, his wife confirmed in a statement on December 14. No further information was provided regarding the cause of his death. Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA/AP

Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach died from heart condition complications, the university announced on Tuesday, December 13. He was 61.Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silasdied at the of age 79 on December 11. Silas was a three-time NBA champion in his 16 seasons as a player.George Gojkovich/Getty Images

Prominent American journalist Grant Wahl died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. He was 49 years old. Wahl died after collapsing during the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands on December 9. His wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, said he died of an aortic aneurysm that ruptured. Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire/AP

Actress Kirstie Alley, who starred in "Cheers" and "Veronica's Closet," died after a brief battle with cancer, her children announced on social media on December 5. She was 71. TriStar Pictures/Everett Collection

Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, died at the age of 91, the IMG Academy confirmed on December 5. James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP

Bob McGrath, an original cast member of the beloved children's program "Sesame Street," died on December 4, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop. He was 90. Zach Hyman/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Broadway actor Quentin Oliver Lee died at the age of 34 on December 2, six months after Lee said he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. His Broadway credits include "Prince of Broadway" and "Caroline, or Change." He also played the title role in the touring company of "The Phantom of the Opera." Walter McBride/WireImage/Getty Images

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of prominent feminist publication Ms. Magazine, died on December 1 at the age of 84. Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union/AP

Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry died December 1 at the age of 84. The famed spitball-throwing pitcher won 314 games over his 22-year career. Robert H. Houston/AP

Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits, died November 30 following a brief illness, according to her family. She was 79. Paul Natkin/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Brad William Henke, a veteran character actor known for his work on "Orange Is the New Black" and other series, died on November 29, according to his agent and manager. He was 56. Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Academy Award winner Irene Cara, best known for singing the theme songs for "Fame" and "Flashdance," died at age 63, according to a statement from her publicist on November 26. Harry Langdon/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Cecilia "Cissy" Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, died on November 22, the court's public information office announced. She was 94. Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post/Getty Images

John Y. Brown Jr., a former governor of Kentucky, died at age 88, according to his daughter, CNN anchor Pamela Brown, who announced his passing on November 22. Brown helped build Kentucky Fried Chicken into a fast-food juggernaut. He would go on to leverage his name recognition in the state into a successful bid for governor, leading the state from 1979 to 1983. John Duricka/AP

Actor Jason David Frank, best known for starring in the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV franchise, died at the age of 49, according to multiple reports citing his representative on November 20. Frank played Green Ranger Tommy Oliver in the popular 1990s series and took on various roles in subsequent Power Rangers projects. Saban Entertainment/Everett Collection

Actor and singer Robert Clary, who survived 31 months in Nazi concentration camps but later co-starred in "Hogan's Heroes," the US sitcom set in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, died on November 16. He was 96. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Nicki Aycox, who played Meg Masters on the CW series "Supernatural," died November 16 at the age of 47. A cause of death was not disclosed, but Aycox revealed in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with leukemia. Cintel Films/courtesy Everett Collection

John Aniston, a veteran actor known for his work on the daytime drama "Days of Our Lives," has died, his daughter, actress Jennifer Aniston, shared on November 14. He was 89. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Comedian Gallagher, best known for his watermelon-smashing comedy routine and many popular specials in the 1980s, died on November 11, according his manager Craig Marquardo. He was 76. Bill Johnson/Denver Post/Getty Images

Kevin Conroy, the man behind the gravelly bass voice of Batman and who popularized that unmistakable growl that separated Bruce Wayne from the Caped Crusader, died on November 10, according to his representative Gary Miereanu. Conroy, 66, died shortly after he was diagnosed with cancer, Miereanu said. Jesse Grant/WireImage for Wonderful World of Animation Art Gallery/Getty Images

Leslie Phillips, the British actor who starred in the Carry On movie franchise and later voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, died on November 8. He was 98.Jeremy Grayson/Radio Times/Getty Images

Jeff Cook, one of the original members of the country band Alabama, died on November 7, according to the group's representative, Don Murry Grubbs. Cook, 73, was a guitarist and co-founder of the band. He also played fiddle and other musical instruments. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Coy Gibbs, co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, son of team patriarch Joe Gibbs and father of NASCAR driver Ty Gibbs, died at the age of 49, the racing team announced on November 6. The cause of his death was not released. Nigel Kinrade/AP

Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, died, a source close to the family told CNN on November 5. He was 34. Authorities gave no information about a possible cause of death. Ben Gabbe/WireImage/Getty Images

Hall of Fame football player Ray Guy, considered by many to be the greatest punter of all time, died November 3 at the age of 72. Focus On Sport/Getty Images

Atlanta rapper Takeoff of the group Migos was shot and killed in Houston early on November 1. He was 28. Jeff Hahne/Getty Images

Patrick Haggerty, a country singer considered to be one of the first openly gay country musicians to release a country record, died October 31 at the age of 78. Jim Bennett/Getty Images

Vince Dooley, who coached the Georgia Bulldogs to the 1980 national championship and won the most football games in school history, died at the age of 90, the university announced on October 28. Gene Blythe/AP

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, a prominent faith leader who led Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, died on October 28, the church said. He was 73. Marcus Yam/The New York Times/Redux

Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock 'n' roll with hits like "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" before marital scandal derailed his career, died at the age of 87, according to a statement from his representative, Zach Farnum, on October 28. David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images

Julie Powell, a bestselling author who chronicled her efforts to prepare every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking," which later inspired the movie "Julie & Julia," died October 26 at her home in New York. She was 49. Henny Ray Abrams/AP

Michael Kopsa, an actor who appeared on "X-Files" and "Fringe" among many other TV shows, died on October 23, according to his talent agent Jamie Levitt. Kopsa, who had been battling a brain tumor, was 66. 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection

Leslie Jordan, a beloved comedian and actor known for his work on the TV show "Will and Grace," died on October 24, a longtime staff member told CNN. He was 67. Fox Image Collection/Getty Images

Dietrich Mateschitz, owner and co-founder of the sports drink company Red Bull, died at the age of 79 after a serious illness, the company announced on October 22.Kerstin Joensson/AP

Robbie Coltrane, the actor who brought to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died on October 14, according to his agent, Scott Henderson. Coltrane was 72. Warner Bros/Everett Collection

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Bruce Sutter, who saved his career while popularizing the split-finger fastball, died at the age of 69, Major League Baseball announced on October 14. David Durochik via AP

Willie Spence, a singer who as a teen went viral with his rendition of Rihanna's hit "Diamonds" and was the runner-up on Season 19 on "American Idol, died at the age of 23, the show confirmed in a social media posting on October 12. The singer was killed in a car accident in Tennessee, according to CNN affiliate WSB, citing the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment/Getty Images

Angela Lansbury, who enjoyed an eclectic, award-winning movie and stage career in addition to becoming America's favorite TV sleuth in "Murder, She Wrote," died on October 11. She was 96. Casey Curry/Invision/AP

Eileen Ryan, a veteran actress and matriarch of the Hollywood family that includes actor Sean Penn, died on October 9, according to a statement shared by Penn's publicist. She was 94. E. Charbonneau/WireImage/Getty Images

Art Laboe, a legendary DJ and beloved Los Angeles personality, died October 7 after a short bout of pneumonia, his spokesperson confirmed to CNN. He was 97. Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Kim Jung Gi, an influential comic artist, died suddenly at the age of 47, according to his agent and his verified social media accounts on October 5. The acclaimed South Korean artist crafted sprawling, intricately detailed scenes with unbelievable speed, often before a live audience. He narrated as he worked, sharing his process with his rapt fans as he created a fully realized piece of art before their eyes. Romuald Meigneux/Sipa/Shutterstock

Loretta Lynn, the "Coal Miner's Daughter" whose gutsy lyrics and twangy, down-home vocals made her a queen of country music for seven decades, died October 4 at the age of 90. Rich Fury/Invision/AP

Former All-American basketball player Tiffany Jacksondied from breast cancer on October 4, according to the University of Texas at Austin. She was 37. Tim Clayton/Corbis/Getty Images

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress and activist who made history when she declined the best actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, died at the age of 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on October 3. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Charles Fuller, the acclaimed playwright best known for his Pulitzer winner, "A Soldier's Play," died at the age of 83, according to his younger son, David Fuller, speaking to the Hollywood Reporter on October 3. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images

Coolio, the '90s rapper who lit up the music charts with hits like "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died on September 28, according to his manager. He was 59. Des Willie/Redferns/Getty Images

Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, known for his collaborations with jazz legend John Coltrane throughout the 1960s, died on September 24. He was 81. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," died on September 23. She was 88.Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images

Maury Wills, a former star shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died September 19 at the age of 89, according to the team. Wills was part of the Dodgers' title-winning teams in 1959, 1963 and 1965. He was a seven-time All-Star, and in 1962 he was named the National League's Most Valuable Player. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Kalani David, a Hawaiian-born professional surfer and skateboarder, died after he suffered a seizure while surfing off the coast of Costa Rica on September 17, according to his father. He was 24. Ed Sloane/World Surf League/Getty Images

Ken Starr, a former US solicitor general who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s as the independent counsel who doggedly investigated President Bill Clinton during a series of political scandals, died of complications from surgery, according to a family statement on September 13. He was 76. Doug Mills/AP

Ramsey Lewis, a jazz star who found crossover success on the pop charts with songs like "The In Crowd," died September 12 at his home in Chicago, his manager Brett Steele announced. He was 87. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died September 8 at the age of 96. The Queen reigned for 70 years, celebrating her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year. She was 25 years old when she ascended to the throne in 1952. Tim Graham/Getty Images

Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died September 7 at the age of 82. Shaw was CNN's first chief anchor when the network launched in 1980, and he was with the network for more than 20 years. Alex Brandon/AP

Rapper Pat Stay died following a stabbing incident in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 4, according to regional police. He was 36. Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Country musician Luke Bell, who went missing in August, was found dead, according to officer Frank Magos from the Tucson Police Department. Bell was 32. Magos said an investigation was ongoing. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Tree Town Music Festival

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, died August 30 at the age of 91. He was credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War. David Longstreath/AP

Richard Roat, an actor who appeared in dozens of iconic television shows from the early '60s to the mid-2000s, died in August, according to an obituary from his family published in the Los Angeles Times. He was 89. Walt Disney Television/Getty Images

Charlbi Dean, an actress whose star had just begun to rise with a starring role in Palme d'Or winner "Triangle of Sadness," died August 29, a representative for the actress confirmed to CNN. She was 32. The representative confirmed reports that Dean died from unexpected and sudden illness but did not provide further details. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Robert "Bob" LuPone, the Tony and Emmy nominated actor arguably best known for his role in hit TV show "The Sopranos," died at the age of 76 on August 27.Diane Bondareff/Invision/The New School/Associated Press/FILE

Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl victory, died at the age of 87, his family and the Chiefs announced on August 24. David Durochik via AP

Joe E. Tata, who played Nat, the kindly owner of the Peach Pit on "Beverly Hills, 90210," died on August 24, according to his daughter. He was 85. Everett Collection

Photographer Tim Page, whose images and exploits from the Vietnam War made him a legendary figure of journalism in the 1960s, died on August 24, according to fellow journalist Ben Bohane. He was 78. Le Quang Nhat/EPA/Shutterstock

Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, died on August 20, according to the PGA Tour. He was 79. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Pete Carril, who coached the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team for 29 years, died on August 15, according to a statement from the Carril family released through Princeton Athletics. He was 92. Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS/Sipa USA

Anne Heche, an entrancing actor whose versatility powered an admirable career spanning four decades, died after being removed from life support on August 14. Heche's car crashed into a Los Angeles home and erupted into flames on August 5. She was 53. Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

Actress and director Denise Dowse, whose prolific career featured roles in "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Insecure" and "Ray," died on August 13, her family confirmed to CNN. She was 64. Greg Doherty/Getty Images

Hanae Mori, the first Asian fashion designer to break into the exclusive world of haute couture, died at the age of 96 on August 11. Mori's elegant creations were worn by high-profile figures from Hillary Clinton to Empress Masako. Susan Wood/Getty Images

Dean "Diz" Laird, the only known US Navy ace to shoot down both German and Japanese planes during World War II, died on August 10, his daughter said. He was 101.Andrea Laird

Motown legend Lamont Dozier, a songwriter who crafted hits for the Supremes and Marvin Gaye, among other icons, died at the age of 81, according to a statement from his son on August 9. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer whose breathy voice and wholesome beauty made her one of the biggest pop stars of the '70s and charmed generations of viewers in the blockbuster movie "Grease," died on August 8, according to a statement from her husband. She was 73. Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection

Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "TC" Calvin on the 1980s hit show "Magnum, P.I.," died on August 7, his daughter announced. He was 83. CBS/Getty Images

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake died of cancer on August 5, his office confirmed to CNN. He was 84.Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images

Judith Durham, an Australian folk music star and lead singer of The Seekers, died on August 5, according to a statement from her record label. She was 79. C Brandon/Redferns/Getty Images

Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully, the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers for more than six decades, died at the age of 94, the team announced on August 3. Mark J. Terrill/AP

Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos died July 31 at the age of 94. Ramos became a hero to many for defecting from the government of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., spurring the dictator's downfall during the 1986 popular uprising against his rule. Andy Hernandez/Sygma/Getty Images

NBA legend Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league, died on July 31, according to a family statement from his verified Twitter account. He was 88. In addition to his sporting achievements, Russell was one of sport's leading civil rights activists and marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. when he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. Dick Raphael/NBAE/Getty Images

Actress and singer Nichelle Nichols, best known for her groundbreaking portrayal of Lt. Nyota Uhura in "Star Trek: The Original Series," died July 30 at the age of 89, according to a statement from her son, Kyle Johnson. When "Star Trek" began in 1966, Nichols was a television rarity: a Black woman in a notable role on a prime-time television series. There had been African-American women on TV before, but they often played domestic workers and had small roles; Nichols' Uhura was an integral part of the multicultural "Star Trek" crew.CBS/Getty Images

Bernard Cribbins, a stage and screen actor who appeared on "Doctor Who" and narrated the British children's series "The Wombles," died at the age of 93, his talent agency confirmed on July 28. Cribbins' acting career spanned six decades, much of it spent in children's entertainment in the 1960s and '70s. Brian J Ritchie/Shutterstock

Tony Dow, an actor and director best known for portraying Wally Cleaver on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," died on July 27, according to his manager Frank Bilotta, citing Dow's son Christopher. Dow was 77.ABC/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images

James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist and creator of the Gaia theory, which hypothesizes Earth acts as a single living organism, died July 26 at the age of 103. Lovelock was an early advocate for climate action, and some of his ideas have shaped the way climate scientists and biologists think about the world's ecosystems today. Martina Salvi/Shutterstock

Paul Sorvino, an imposing actor whose roles ranged from the mob boss in "Goodfellas" to an early stint on the long-running cop drama "Law & Order," died on July 25, according to his publicist Roger Neal. He was 83. Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock

David Warner, an English actor who played villainous supporting characters with aplomb in films like "Titanic" and "Tron," died from a "cancer-related illness" on July 24. He was 80. Everett Collection

Claes Oldenburg, the pop artist who reimagined everyday objects like clothespins and spoons as mammoth sculptures, died on July 18, according to Pace Gallery in New York, which has represented the artist since 1960. He was 93. Archive Photos/Getty Images

Ivana Trump, a longtime businessperson and an ex-wife of former US President Donald Trump, died at the age of 73, the former President posted on Truth Social on July 14. Ivana Trump was the mother of Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot on July 8 while giving a speech on a street in Nara, Japan. Abe, 67, was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, holding office from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020 before resigning due to health reasons. Stefan Boness/Visum/Redux

Actor Tony Sirico, best known for playing henchman Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri on HBO's "The Sopranos," died at the age of 79, according to his manager Bob McGowan. Sirico's "Sopranos" co-star Michael Imperioli also shared the news on Instagram, saying Sirico died on July 8. Bobby Bank/Getty Images

Larry Storch, a television actor best known for his role in the '60s sitcom "F Troop," died on June 7, according to a statement shared by his family on Facebook. He was 99.ABC/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images

James Caan, the veteran screen actor known for his work in such films as "The Godfather," "Misery" and "Elf," died on July 6, his family said in a statement on his verified Twitter account. He was 82. CBS/Getty Images

Director Peter Brook, whose ground-breaking stage productions transformed 20th-century theater, died on July 2, according to his publisher, Nick Hern Books. He was 97. Daniel Simon/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

Sam Gilliam, the first Black artist to represent the US pavilion at the Venice Biennale, died on June 25, according to the David Kordansky Gallery. He was 88.Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Mary Mara, an actress known for roles on "ER" and "Ray Donovan," died in late June, her manager, Craig Dorfman, said in a statement to CNN. She was 61. A preliminary investigation suggested that she drowned while swimming, police said. Matthew Simmons/WireImage/Getty Images

Former San Francisco 49ers halfback Hugh McElhennydied at the age of 93, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced on June 23. Clarence Hamm/AP

Tony Siragusa, a key part of the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl-winning team in 2001, died unexpectedly on June 22, according to a statement from the team. He was 55. Jeff Zelevansky/AP

Former NBA player Caleb Swanigan died at the age of 25 on June 20, his college basketball team Purdue announced. The Allen County coroner's office confirmed to CNN that he had died of natural causes. Swanigan made 75 appearances and four starts during his three seasons in the NBA. Craig Mitchelldyer/USA Today Sports/Reuters

Former political analyst Mark Shields, who was best known for his work on CNN's "Capital Gang" and "PBS NewsHour," died June 18 at the age of 85. Valerie Plesch/The New York Times/Redux

Jim Seals, one half of 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, died at the age of 80, his family announced on June 7. Seals is seen here at right with musical partner Darrell "Dash" Crofts. They were known for hits such as "Summer Breeze," "Diamond Girl" and "Get Closer."Michael Putland/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Alec John Such, a founding member and original bass player of the band Bon Jovi, died at the age of 70, according to a tweet from the group on June 5. Ian Dickson/Redferns/Getty Images

Former NFL running back Marion Barber III, who spent most of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, died at the age of 38, the team said on June 1. No cause of death was provided. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

Jeff Gladney, a cornerback for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, died in a car crash on May 30, according to the team's official website. He was 25. Gladney signed with the Cardinals this year after playing his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

Musician Ronnie Hawkins died on May 29, according to a post on The Band's verified Facebook page. He was 87.Boris Spremo/Toronto Star/Getty Images

Ray Liotta, the actor known for his roles in "Field of Dreams" and the Martin Scorsese mob classic "Goodfellas," died at the age of 67, it was reported on May 26. Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock

Andy Fletcher, a keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, died on May 26, the band announced on their official social media channels. He was 60 years old. Andre Havergo/Geisler-Fotopress/picture-alliance/dpa/AP

Marnie Schulenburg, a soap opera actress who documented her journey from becoming a new mother to a cancer patient, died on May 17 after battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, according to her representative. Schulenburg was 37. Robert Voets/CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images

John Aylward, a veteran film and television actor for more than three decades, died on May 16, according to his longtime agent and friend, Mitchell K. Stubbs. Aylward, a Seattle native, was best known for playing the stern but fair Dr. Donald Anspaugh on NBC's "ER" and Barry Goodwin on "The West Wing." He was 75. Mitch Haddad/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images

Atlanta-based rapper Lil Keed died May 13, according to a tweet from his record label, Young Stoner Life. He was 24. Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images

Bob Lanier, a Hall of Fame basketball player who was an eight-time NBA All-Star, died May 10, the NBA said. He was 73. Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

Fred Ward, a veteran character actor in film and television, died on May 8, according to his publicist. Ward was known for his work in "The Right Stuff," "Short Cuts" and numerous other films. He was 79.Moviestore/Shutterstock

Kelly Meafua, a Samoan rugby star who played for the French rugby club US Montauban, died May 7, after falling from a bridge in France. He was 32. Baptiste Fernandez/Icon Sport/Getty Images

Country singer Mickey Gilley, best known as the pioneer of the "urban cowboy" style, died May 7, his publicist Zach Farnum said. He was 86. Gilley had 17 No. 1 country records, starting with "Room Full of Roses" in 1974. Everett/Shutterstock

Mike Hagerty, a character actor known for his roles in shows like "Friends" and films like "Overboard," died at the age of 67, according to his family on May 5. Through the years, Hagerty amassed a long list of TV guest roles, primarily in comedies, but also in dramas such as "ER" and "Deadwood." HBO/Everett Collection

Country music legend Naomi Judd — one half of the duo The Judds — died at the age of 76, her daughter Ashley announced on April 30. Naomi and her daughter Wynonna began singing together as a professional act in the early 1980s, eventually producing a string of major hits, including "Mama He's Crazy" and "Love Can Build a Bridge." Josh Anderson/AP

Andrew Woolfolk, a longtime member of the band Earth, Wind & Fire whose sweet signature instrument made songs like "September" impossible not to dance to, died on April 25, group member Philip Bailey announced. Woolfolk was 71. Solomon NJie/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Johnnie Jones Sr., a decorated World War II veteran and pioneering civil rights lawyer, died at the age of 102, according to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs on April 25. Gerald Herbert/AP

Former US Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the longest-serving Republican senator in US history, died April 23 at the age of 88. Hatch served in the chamber for 42 years, from 1977 to 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur died at age 70, the Montreal Canadiens announced on April 22. Lafleur, nicknamed "The Flower," was a five-time Stanley Cup champion with the Canadiens. He scored 560 goals and had 793 assists during his NHL career. Focus On Sport/Getty Images

Robert Morse, a Broadway star best known to TV viewers as "Mad Men" boss Bertram Cooper, died April 20 at the age of 90. Appearing on Broadway since the mid-1950s, Morse originated the role of the enterprising J. Pierrepont Finch in 1961's "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," winning a Tony Award for his performance. Jaimie Trueblood/AMC

Adelia "Dede" Robertson, wife of televangelist Pat Robertson and founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network, died April 19 at the age of 94.Ron Edmonds/AP

DJ Kay Slay, an influential member of the New York hip-hop scene whose raucous mixtapes became legendary, died from Covid-19 complications, his family confirmed in a statement on April 18. He was 55. Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, had been a star since the early 1990s, when mixtapes he produced featured up-and-comers and superstar rappers like Jay-Z and, later, Eminem. Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images

Arthur Rupe, a record producer and 2011 inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, died on April 15, according to a statement from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. He was 104. Rupe is credited with launching the career of Little Richard and helped make R&B a mainstream genre of music, according to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Liz Sheridan, a veteran stage and screen actress who played Jerry Seinfeld's mother, Helen, on "Seinfeld," died on April 15, her manager and friend Amanda Hendon confirmed to CNN. She was 93. Castle Rock Entertainment/Everett Collection

Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy died at the age of 65, the New York Islanders announced on April 15. Bossy, a four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Islanders, is the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 573 goals. Focus On Sport/Getty Images

Former Colombia soccer captain Freddy Rincón died on April 14 after being involved in a car crash in Cali, Colombia, the hospital treating him said in a statement. Rincón, 55, played in three World Cups and scored 17 goals in 84 games for Colombia. Imago/Zuma

Star bodybuilder Cedric McMillan, seen here being interviewed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, died at the age of 44, his sponsor confirmed on April 12. McMillan won multiple titles during his career, including the 2017 Arnold Classic. No further details were released about his death. Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

Shirley Spork, a trailblazing figure for women's golf who was one of the founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, died at the age of 94, the organization said on April 12. Aaron Doster/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

Gilbert Gottfried, a comedian and actor with a distinctly memorable voice, died after a long illness, his family announced on April 12. He was 67. Dan Steinberg/AP

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was struck and killed by a dump truck on April 9 while trying to cross a highway on foot in South Florida, police said. Haskins, 24, had played for Ohio State and was a Heisman Trophy finalist. Jason Pohuski/CSM/Shutterstock

Bobby Rydell, a teen idol from the '60s known for songs like "Wild One" and his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film "Bye Bye Birdie," died on April 5, according to a statement released by his representatives. He was 79.Michael Levin/Corbis/Getty Images

Estelle Harris, the actress known for playing George Costanza's mother on "Seinfeld," died on April 2, her agent told CNN. She was 93. Kyle Boorman/Artisan Entertainment/Everett Collection

Tom Parker, a member of the British boy band The Wanted, died at the age of 33, his wife and bandmates shared on March 30. In October 2020, Parker announced that he'd been diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain tumor. Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images

Paul Herman, an actor known for his roles in "The Sopranos," "Goodfellas" and "The Irishman," died March 29 at the age of 76. Charley Gallay/Vanity Fair/Getty Images

Taylor Hawkins, the golden-locked musician who for more than two decades was the drummer for Foo Fighters, died at the age of 50, the band said on March 25. The cause of death was not disclosed. Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state, died of cancer at age 84, her family announced in a statement on March 23. Albright was a central figure in President Bill Clinton's administration and helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War. Wally McNamee/Corbis Historical/Getty Images

Longtime NFL reporter John Clayton, who was known as "The Professor" because of his encyclopedic knowledge of the game, died March 18, according to ESPN, where he was an analyst, and Seattle Sports, where he hosted a radio show. Clayton was 67. James D. Smith/AP

US Rep. Don Young, an Alaska Republican and the longest-serving member of the current Congress, died March 18, according to a statement from his office. He was 88. Ash Adams/The New York Times/Redux

Former pro wrestler Scott Hall, a WWE Hall of Famer who reached stardom as "Razor Ramon" during the heyday of his career in the 1990s, died at the age of 63, the WWE said on March 14. George Pimentel/WireImage/Getty Images

Stephen Wilhite, the developer who created GIFs in the late '80s and transformed the way we communicate on the internet, died on March 14. His wife, Kathaleen, told CNN that he died from complications of Covid-19. He was 74. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for The Webby Awards

William Hurt, the Oscar-winning star of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "The Big Chill" and "Broadcast News," died on March 13, his son Will told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 71. Hurt played a variety of roles in classic 1980s films, including "Body Heat" and "Children of a Lesser God." Rich Fury/Invision/AP

Singer Traci Braxton, who also starred on the reality series "Braxton Family Values," died of esophageal cancer on March 12. She was 50. Paul Archuleta/Getty Images

Emilio Delgado, who played the Fix-It Shop owner Luis on "Sesame Street," died on March 10, according to his manager. He had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, in 2020, according to a report from TMZ, citing his wife. Delgado was 81. PBS/Everett Collection

Australian cricketer Shane Warne, widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, died March 4 at the age of 52, his management company confirmed to CNN. Warne was one of cricket's most lethal bowlers, with 708 Test wickets to his name. That's the most ever for an Australian and the second-most of all time. Robert Prezioso/Getty Images

Elsa Klensch, who was among the first to bring fashion to TV screens with CNN's "Style with Elsa Klensch" in the 1980s, died on March 4. She was 92. For two decades, Klensch gave CNN viewers a front-row seat to runways all over the world, including New York, London, Milan and Paris. Andrew Eccles/Turner

Actor Johnny Brown, who played building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," died on March 2, according to his daughter, Sharon Brown. He was 84. Mike Fanous/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

Sally Kellerman, the prolific Oscar-nominated actress who played Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan in the 1970 film "M*A*S*H," died on February 24, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which cited her son. She was 84. AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo/

Mark Lanegan, a leader within Seattle's grunge music scene and frontman of the influential group Screaming Trees, died February 22 at the age of 57, his family and friends confirmed on his verified Twitter account. Though he often downplayed his contributions to indie rock, the gravelly voiced Lanegan helped usher in a new era for the genre that saw many of his collaborators soar to international fame. Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images

Jamal Edwards, a music entrepreneur best known for founding media platform SBTV, died February 20 at the age of 31. His mother confirmed that her son died from a "sudden illness." Edwards got into the music scene at the age of 15 and was a pioneering figure in British rap and grime music. Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty Images

Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Taylor died at the age of 80, the Washington Commanders announced on February 19. Taylor retired in 1977 as the NFL's all-time leading receiver. His record of 649 receptions for 9,110 yards and 79 touchdowns would stand until 1984.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Indian singer and composer Bappi Lahiri, who lent his talent to Indian cinema for nearly 50 years, died February 15 at the age of 69, according to a statement from his doctor. Lahiri, who was fondly referred to as "India's Disco King," was known for his love of 1970s-inspired dance beats. His signature hits, including the 1982 smash "Disco Dancer" from the Bollywood movie of the same name, helped to infuse Indian cinema with a lively, more contemporary sound. Pramod Thakur/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

Ivan Reitman, a storied producer and director behind some of Hollywood's biggest comedies, died on February 13, according to the CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. He was 75. Reitman created some of the most enduring comedic films of the '80s and '90s, including 1984's "Ghostbusters," which he produced and directed.Marka/Alamy

Former Major League Baseball player Jeremy Giambidied at the age of 47, a few of his former teams announced on February 9. The cause of death was not released. John Cordes/AP

Singer Lata Mangeshkar, the "nightingale of India" who gave her voice to Indian movies for more than 70 years, died on February 6, according to her doctor. She was 92.Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times/Getty Images

Bill Fitch, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who won the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics in 1981, died February 2 at the age of 89. Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Italian cinema star Monica Vitti died February 2 at the age of 90, according to Italian politician and family friend Walter Veltroni. Vitti was well-known for her work with some of Italy and Europe's most influential filmmakers throughout the 1960s and 1970s. 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died on January 30, said her family and the New York Police Department, which is investigating her death. She was 30. Kryst was an attorney who sought to help reform America's justice system, and she was a fashion blogger and entertainment news correspondent. She was crowned Miss USA in 2019. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Actor Howard Hesseman, best known as the hard-rocking disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," died on January 29, according to his manager, Robbie Kass. Hesseman died from complications related to colon surgery, Kass told CNN. He was 81. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images

Legendary Mexican-Argentinian singer Diego Verdaguerdied at the age of 70, his family announced in a statement on January 28. Verdaguer first achieved international success in 1975, when his song "Volveré" ("I'll Be Back") became a hit in Mexico and went on to sell more than 5 million copies. Joselin Mota/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Actor Vachik Mangassarian, a character actor who appeared on "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Mentalist," died of Covid-19 complications, his manager told CNN on January 27. He was 78. Matt Carr/Getty Images

Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died on January 23, according to a family spokesman. He was 102. McGee successfully completed 409 air combat missions across three wars — World War II, Korea, and Vietnam — and he received numerous accolades throughout his career, including the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. Staff Sgt. James Richardson/US Army

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler, whose flamboyant creations transformed haute couture, died January 23 at the age of 73, according to a message posted to his official Instagram account. Richard Bord/WireImage/Getty Images

Clark Gillies, a Hall of Fame hockey player and four-time Stanley Cup winner with the New York Islanders, died on January 21, according to the National Hockey League. He was 67. Denis Brodeur/NHLI/Getty Images

Louie Anderson, an Emmy Award-winning actor who also spent part of his career as a stand-up comic and game-show host, died January 21 from complications related to cancer, his publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed to CNN. Anderson was 68. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images

Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life singer whose 1977 record "Bat Out of Hell" is one of the best-selling albums of all time, died January 20 at the age of 74, according to a statement from his family on his verified Facebook page. In pictures: Rock 'n' roll legend Meat Loaf Torsten Sukrow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP

André Leon Talley, the former longtime creative director for Vogue and a fashion icon in his own right, died January 18 at the age of 73, according to a statement on his official Instagram account. Talley was a pioneer in the fashion industry, a Black man in an often insular world dominated by White men and women.Pixelformula/Sipa/Shutterstock

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, best known for playing Hannibal Lecter in "Hannibal Rising," died after a skiing accident on January 18. He was 37. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images

Lusia "Lucy" Harris, a college basketball star during the 1970s and the first and only woman ever to be officially drafted by an NBA team, died on January 18, according to a statement from her family and Delta State University. She was 66. Harris led Delta State to three national championships from 1975-1977. John G. Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images

Steve Schapiro, an acclaimed photojournalist perhaps best known for his work documenting the civil rights movement, died January 15 at the age of 87. Schapiro was also known for his portraits of some of the world's biggest celebrities, including Muhammad Ali, David Bowie and Barbra Streisand. Bernd Wuestneck/DPA/AFP/Getty Images

Ralph Emery, a legendary radio and television personality in the world of country music, died January 15 at the age of 88, according to the Country Music Association. AFF-USA/Shutterstock

Ronnie Spector, the leader of pop group The Ronettes and the powerful central voice of hits like "Be My Baby" and "Baby I love You," died on January 12, her family announced in a statement on her website. She was 78.Tom Sheehan/Sony Music Archive/Getty Images

Clyde Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement, died on January 11, his wife Peggy Bellecourt told the Star Tribune. He was 85. Jim Wells/AP

Deon Lendore, an Olympic and world championship medalist from Trinidad and Tobago, died in a car accident in Texas on January 10. He was 29. Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images

Don Maynard, a Hall of Fame football player known for helping the New York Jets win Super Bowl III, died January 10 at the age of 86. At the time of his retirement in 1973, Maynard's career receptions (633) and yards receiving (11,834) were league records. He also amassed 10,000 yards receiving before any other pro player.Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Bob Saget, the comedian and actor who played wholesome patriarch Danny Tanner on the sitcom "Full House," was found dead in an Orlando hotel room on January 9, his family confirmed in a statement to CNN. He was 65. Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images

Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock music festival, died January 8 at the age of 77. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Award-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman died January 8 at the age of 93. Along with Alan Bergman, her husband and longtime collaborator, Bergman was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of her career and won three. One was for the song "The Way We Were," from the 1973 film that starred Barbra Streisand. Brian To/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star, died at the age of 94, it was reported on January 7. In pictures: Hollywood legend Sidney PoitierAP

Lani Guinier, a legal scholar and champion for voting rights who was once nominated to be assistant attorney general by then-President Bill Clinton, died on January 7, her cousin, Sherrie Russell-Brown, confirmed to CNN. She was 71. Lindsay Brice/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Peter Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of movies such as "The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon," died on January 6. He was 82. Damian Dovarganes/AP

College Football Hall of Famer Ross Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and a 10-year NFL veteran, died January 6 at the age of 67. Browner, a defensive lineman, started all four seasons at Notre Dame, winning national championships in 1973 and 1977 and setting several school records. Bettmann/Getty Images

South Korean actress Kim Mi-soo died at the age of 29, her agency, Landscape Entertainment, announced on January 5. The budding TV star and model appeared in the Disney+ series "Snowdrop" and Netflix's "Hellbound."Seokyong Lee/Penta Press/Shutterstock

Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died January 2 at the age of 77. Marion Kaplan/Alamy Stock Photo

Dan Reeves, a former NFL running back and head coach, died January 1 at the age of 77. Reeves coached 23 seasons in the NFL and was twice named Coach of the Year. George Gojkovich/Getty Images

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New York Times workers are going on strike for the first time in 52 years

The workers of the American newspaper New York Times have announced a 24-hour walkout program to demand a salary increase and various benefits. This walkout program will be held on Thursday local time. The New York Times is facing its first major strike since 1970. Quoting the company, BBC Online reported today that such a decision by the staff is very disappointing. But New York Times is ready to publish the magazine for the readers without any hassle. Labor discontent in the United States is on the rise due to rising costs of living. Just then, the New York Times union workers announced the strike. Union members say that despite challenges in the media business, the organization is able to meet their demands. New York Times sports reporter Kevin Draper said, 'We are fortunate to work at one of the most profitable media outlets. The proposal made by the organization for the employees is a little better than what I got last time. More than 1,100 members of the union representing the New York News Guild have announced a 24-hour walkout today local time. Famous film critic Ao Scott is also among them. Last year my rent increased by 8 percent. So what will be the benefit if the company increases my salary by 2.8 percent. Andrea Zagata, Senior Staff Editor, New York Times At the end of last year, the New York Times employed about 5,000 staff, including more than 2,000 journalists. Kevin Draper said New York Times international workers are not unionized. The strike will not include staff covering World Cup football news. In 2017, the New York Times' dollar revenue decreased due to advertising from Google. Since then, the company has moved away from Google ads and relied on readers to become subscribers (subscriptions). At the end of last year, the New York Times employed about 5,000 staff, including more than 2,000 journalists. By the end of last year, the New York Times had hired about 5,000 staff, including more than 2,000 journalists. File photo: AFP Since the expiration of the previous contract in March 2021, the owners and workers have been at odds over salaries, wage increases, retirement and health care policies and work such as home offices. Last Tuesday, there was a discussion between them for about 12 hours. The company has agreed to increase the salary. The firm says guaranteed pay will increase by 3 percent in 2023-24. However, the company has rejected the claim of pension benefits. New York Times deputy managing editor Cliff Levy said in an e-mail message to employees last Tuesday, "The union was not satisfied with our proposal." So we want News Guild to join us to solve this issue. The union demanded that the starting salary of the job should be 65 thousand US dollars. And in 2023-24, the salary of the employees should be increased by 5.5 percent. However, the New York Times proposed salary hike is not commensurate with the cost of living. According to the union, the starting salary of the job should be 65 thousand US dollars. And in 2023-24, the salary of the employees should be increased by 5.5 percent. New York Times senior staff editor Andrea Zagata said, 'Last year my rent increased by 8 percent. So what will be the benefit if the company increases my salary by 2.8 percent. But the company is spending a huge amount on salaries of other executives, stock buybacks and dividends. News Guild-CWA President John Schleuse said that 6,500 media workers have become members of the union in the last 5 years. Workers at two smaller newspapers, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, recently went on an indefinite strike. John Schleuse also said he is optimistic that the New York Times' strong financial position will allow workers to meet demands for better benefits. Read the full article

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My view on the relationship between citizens and the New Zealand media, with politics, misinformation and the digital divide.

The point of view expressed in this article above by Mediawatch, aligns with my own views. I also believe that more needs to be done to reduce the amount of online misinformation that we are subjected to. My view is that the government needs to enforce greater regulations to reduce online harm. I agree with political journalist Tova O’Brien from Today FM when she says that “there is no minister or government agency specifically tasked with monitoring and dealing with the increasing threat posed by disinformation and misinformation. That should change,”. The article illustrates how for the first time, online outlets including social media could also be classed as ‘media service providers’ who are needed to abide by agreed standards. In my view, I think this move is long overdue. According to the Department of Internal Affairs they are reconsidering the role of the complaints bodies which uphold standards for mainstream media in New Zealand today: the Broadcasting Standards Authority, the Advertising Standards Authority, the Media Council and the Classification Office. The photo below shows that we are currently in the process of ‘public consultation on the proposed new framework”, the final drafts are only due to be taking place in July 2023 for the final content review regulations. I feel like it is about time that we start dealing with the increasing threat caused by disinformation and misinformation.

This makes me ponder the question of how well we are served by the media in New Zealand. Brett Edwards argues that if people are not well informed about what powerful institutions are doing, how can they operate as well-informed citizens in a democracy? I would have to agree with Edwards with his stance on New Zealand's political coverage being too focused on how the game of politics is played, and too little on the substance, and how that affects people's lives. Many people today find it hard to believe what new media originations report, they have a sense that journalists do not report the news accurately. Too often news reporting is sensationalist or repetitive, do we really need daily news reports on every single ram raid that happens? As Edwards states, “what is needed is a strong sense of leadership across all media organisations that puts quality public service journalism first, something that goes beyond clickbait and trying to see which stories get the most hits on the web”.

It was clear that the terrorist who carried out the Christchurch Mosque attack in March 2019 went to great lengths to make sure that his white supremacist ideology would reach far online. It was clear he had been inspired by racist conspiracy theories, and that he tried to inspire others in turn by posting terrorist manifestos online. I feel that things like this are extremely harmful when posted online. This article explains how the shooter who killed 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh had been radicalized on the social media site Gab, which advertised itself as the “free speech” alternative to Twitter. Dylann Roof killed nine people at the historically Black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, after he self-radicalized online. All these examples illustrate how quickly misinformation can progress to becoming a threat to democracy and cause devastating consequences for communities.

According to the classification office 79% of New Zealanders get news or information from social media, and most New Zealanders think social media users and corporations often spread false and misleading information intentionally. Unsurprisingly, the most common platform was Facebook (78% of social media users), followed by YouTube (45%), Facebook Messenger (36%) and Instagram (34%), Another article from RNZ explains how new research into the protests at the parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, has explored how social media created tensions and found that many local Facebook accounts spreading disinformation were the main cause. I would also have to agree with this as I personally came across a lot of misinformation on Facebook, especially to do with Covid-19 related information. Myllylahti and Treadwell argue that whether people trust the news is linked to political institutions and politicians - and increasingly to social media platforms. Since so many New Zealanders consume news on social media this argument aligns with my own views on the issue, I feel politics and social media already have major effects in a democratic society. The spread of misinformation is a cause for concern and has the potential to keep causing major problems for all citizens in the long term.

We might even ask what happens to the people who do not have social media accounts, or use the internet? I’m not one of those people but I’m sure there are still many people who don’t use the internet or social media. Would this cause them many disadvantages? Dijk defines the digital divide as a division between people who have access and use of digital media and those who do not. He argues that the digital divide is increasingly a problem for society. Today, many new highly skilled jobs require digital skills and so you cannot take advantage of skills without knowledge of the internet or computing. Social media is becoming increasingly important for communication and people may lose friends or mis invitations or special events because they don’t use social networking sites. This shows that avoiding the use of social media and the internet has the potential to cause major disadvantages. I personally am very reliant on social media and the internet in my life. It’s my source of income when I use Facebook marketplace for e-commerce. It serves me entertainment purposes, and it’s also one of my main modes of communication with friends and family so it is undoubtedly a big part of my life.

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“I think the attitude towards Crosby in America is worse than towards Ovechkin in Russia” - Sushinsky

“I think the attitude towards Crosby in America is worse than towards Ovechkin in Russia” – Sushinsky

Alexander Ovechkin / Photo: © REUTERS/Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Former Avangard President Maxim Sushinsky commented on a statement by American journalist Josh Yohe, who previously said that Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin would not be able to match Pittsburgh’s forward Sidney Crosby, even if he surpassed Wayne Gretzky’s record for goals in the NHL. “I don’t know who that is. Sports…

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single moments from the Trump presidency that would have defined/ended any other politician’s career

- saying he could “buy Greenland” - suggesting it was a good idea to nuke hurricanes - saying there would be fewer forest fires if we just got rid of all the leaves - asking Trudeau if Canada had tried to burn down the White House - autographing pictures of shooting victims - when he kept talking about how they drop bowling balls on cars to test them in japan and no one could figure out where he could have even gotten the idea - when he suggested Seoul should just move away from the North Korean border - introducing West Virginia’s governor as ‘the largest, most beautiful man’ - when he tweeted SEE YOU IN COURT! right after an appeals court ruled against him. like. yeah man. they just did. - the time he didn't know how to close an umbrella so he just dropped it and walked away - fighting with the Vietnam vets over whether napalm or agent orange is used in the Ride of the Valkyries scene in Apocalypse Now and then when they insisted it was napalm, Trump said they disagreed with him because they didn't like the movie (The line is famously, literally “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”) - using his position as the single most powerful person in the world to promote Goya canned beans - when he bragged about the crowd size at the hurricane shelter in coastal Texas (”what a turnout”) - signing Bibles. What. - thinking the F-22 is invisible to the naked eye - smiling and giving a thumbs up during a photo op with a baby orphaned by a mass shooting - putting a candy bar on a Minion’s head because he’s never interacted with a child before - when he interpreted some stray comment about transparency in the process to mean his border wall should literally be transparent, so passersby are not beaned by bundles of drugs and cans being thrown over the wall - the time he talked about having to flush his massive dumps 10 times and then immediately tried to blame the dumps on his supporters - the fake Sharpee’d hurricane map, which he did solely to not appear wrong on television - suggesting that federal employees working unpaid during the gov shutdown should just “do a work around” at the grocery store if they can’t pay for groceries - the fucking eclipse thing - the fucking three-pointers with paper towels to Puerto Rican hurricane victims - when he told thousands of Boy Scouts a story about his rich friend's fuckboat and then complained about Hilary for the remainder of the speech - when the called the CEO of Lockheed Martin “Marilyn Lockheed” (her last name is Hewson) which was objectively funnier than “Tim Apple” - when he picked an argument with Baltic world leaders because he thought the Baltics were the Balkans - the first time his team had a meeting in the cabinet room they couldn’t figure out how to turn on the lights and ended up just having the meeting in the dark - The time he said Andrew Jackson was "really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War, he said 'There's no reason for this.'" (Jackson died 16 years before the Civil War, and he owned 150 slaves.) - told a 7-year-old boy there was no Santa Claus on Christmas - the team of staffers whose only job was to tape back together documents he had torn up because he’s just THAT used to destroying evidence, because they couldn’t get him to stop ripping them up, but legally, the documents had to be archived - when he said the Continental Army took over the British airports during the Revolution - no sanctions on Russian soldiers killing American soldiers - “I take no responsibility for this pandemic.” - when touring the damage the Louisiana gulf coast after Hurricane Laura (just a few months ago!), he started giving first responders autographed pieces of paper, which he told them to sell on eBay for $10,000 - when he thought "clean coal" meant that the miners dug it out of the ground and physically cleaned it - the goddamn fast food catering - trying to trick the family of a teen killed by a US diplomat's wife who fled justice into meeting her, Ellen-style - pushing the Prime Minister of Montenegro out of the way to preen - that time he called into Fox & Friends and ranted for so long that they politely but firmly kicked him off - hiring an Obama impersonator solely to berate him - having a button installed on his desk that let him order Diet Coke on a whim. And sometimes using that button upwards of 13 times a day. - that time when a kid handed him a hat to sign, and he signed the hat, but instead of handing it back, he just threw it into the middle of the crowd - autographing the guestbook at the Holocaust memorial, with an added “had such a great time!” - when he zoned out and wondered where a woman's dead relatives were DIRECTLY after she had said her mother six brothers were killed. (Actual exchange: “They killed my mother, my six brothers...” “Where are they now?”) - sending 2,000 soldiers to the border to stop “the caravan,” having their pictures taken, and then recalling them all. - consoling a dead soldier’s family by saying “he knew what he was getting into.” - when he said no one could climb over the border wall because there would be no way down, and then belatedly remembered rope - when he congratulated the Great Lakes on their "record deepness" - calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” at an event meant to honor Navajo code talkers - “Shithole countries” - calling Baltimore “rat-infested” - tweeting “too bad!” right after Elijah Cummings’ house was broken into - calling the White House “a dump” a month into moving in, which led to first both him and Melania, and then just Melania by herself, staying in Trump Tower for almost 5 months, costing taxpayers around $100,000 a day - an entire quarter of his presidency spent on his own golf courses, costing taxpayers around $141,000,000, NOT counting the Secret Service detail (they were charged for rooms and golf carts, since these were Trump’s OWN golf courses) - using “Pocahontas” again to slur Elizabeth Warren while talking down to a Native American journalist - holding a rally in Pittsburgh and trying to woo the locals by ranting about how the statue of Joe Paterno, the accused pedophilia enabler who was coach of a rival sports team, should go back up - confusingly having bigger salt and pepper shakers than everyone else in his administration, because everything to him is a dick-measuring contest - when he said he would “run in and take care of” school shooters, to school shooting victims - appointing fucking DeVos, Miller, Pompeo, Mnuchin, Nunes - inciting a seditious white supremacist mob to make sure he’s president until he’s 85, resulting in 5 dead (for which I am constantly wondering...”really? FOR THIS GUY?”) - drafted a proposal to open 94% of previously protected American shorelines to offshore drilling - when he walked up the stairs to Air Force One with toilet paper stuck to his shoe - at least 44 times in March, April and early May in which he downplayed the threat of the virus calling it “very well under control” again and again - when somebody asked him his favorite book and he pointed at a bookshelf and said “there are some over there” - meeting with the goddamn MyPillow guy to discuss overturning election results and declaring martial law - impeached twice, was golfing both times the vote went through - 70 pardons for known criminals (including Bannon), 70 sentences commuted, just to be a spiteful little toad - when he blathered on about how much he loved the queen, the totally hacked her off - when Hope Hicks steamed his pants as he was wearing them - getting mad-pissed at White House kitchen staff because they couldn’t recreate McDonald’s and it was too late to order and I wonder how much I missed. I bet there’s a McSweeney’s article listing all of it.

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THIS IS THE LIVE STREAM OF THE GOING HOME SERVICE FOR LARHONDA LENNON REST IN PEACE.

#18ricco #pittsburgh #pittsburgh photographer #ricco jl martello #pittsburgh videographer #no days off #j.l. martello #pittsburgh photo journalist #pittsburgh producer #LARHONDA LENNON

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Sport24 spent the whole day with Kasterova and found out how the wife of the three-time Stanley Cup winner lives.

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Sunday afternoon. The film crew and I drive up to the Malkins' house at 11:00. Anna's morning begins with a workout. The gym is located on the first floor of the house, where we meet the heroine and her coach Igor Kim, the CrossFit champion. “I always try to start the day with a workout, sometimes more intense, sometimes less. Today I will show you the standard workout that I do on the day of the broadcast. It gives a boost of energy, good mood, " Anna begins.

First, warm up on a treadmill for ten minutes. Then there are jumps and squats, several types of "planks". “I train almost every day. I make myself indulgences: one or two days. To be honest, in Moscow I train less often and less intensively . "

An obligatory part of the program is work with dumbbells. With them, Anna lunges. This is followed by exercises with TRX loops and on the machine. “We work a lot on posture, gait, ” explains Kasterov between approaches. While the trainer puts “pancakes” on the barbell, Anna talks about working with “weights” and her diet.

- You can't pump your ass without weights. This is unrealistic. And it's not a fact with weights. All have their weak points. I was once asked on Instagram the question: "Is it possible to pump up the ass in two months?" No you can not.

- Nutrition is also very important. - Of course! You kill so much in the gym, work for the result ... Well, what kind of rolls and gingerbread can we talk about? Already somewhere you have to choose steamed fish, vegetables. For example, now I don't eat sweets at all. In general, I have a sweet tooth: I don't eat fruits, but I like milk chocolate, kinders. But over the past two months I have not eaten sweets at all.

After squats with a barbell of 30 kg, jumping with an elastic band. The workout has been running for forty minutes, so it's time to cool down and stretch. At this time, Evgeny and Nikita Malkin appear at the door, who have come to say goodbye to their mother. Dad is taking his son to hockey practice. “When it comes to hockey, Evgeny is mainly involved. He himself sees and understands what load the child needs, how many times a week he needs to do it, ”says Anna.

After training, Anna leaves to get ready. And in a few hours we go to the Suistudio store to meet with Match TV stylist Ruslan Shakurov and try on clothes for the television broadcast next week. On the way, we discussed with Kasterova her return to the big screen.

- The news of your return to Russian television excited the public. When did you receive an offer from Match TV and how long did you think about it? - Everything always happens spontaneously with me. As practice shows, if you prepare for some projects for a long time, then something will definitely happen. We knew a lot of guys from Match TV, including managers, chief editors, and sound engineers, and worked together at Russia-2. We basically kept in touch all this time. Before the anniversary of Match TV (November 1, 2020, the channel celebrated its fifth anniversary. - Ed.) I got a call from one of the channel's top managers and invited me to a festive broadcast with Dima Guberniev. I was just about to fly to Sochi on vacation. I was very inspired by this proposal, immediately changed tickets, returned earlier and came as a guest presenter. The broadcast went easily, even there were such reviews: “We understand that you had a five-year break, but you worked so well, it was obvious that you were comfortable. Professionalism is not lost. How do you think about working while Zhenya is in Russia? " We discussed everything with the management, including Tina (Kandelaki, general producer of Match TV. - Ed. ). By the way, she just charmed me. An incredibly smart, wise, amazing woman.

- When the season begins in the NHL, will you fly with Zhenya to America? “I don’t want to reveal all our secrets, all our agreements with Tina. We have a specific goal with her for the next year, to which we are moving. Perhaps I will periodically appear on the air. I will stay with Eugene in the USA, then I will return to Moscow for a month. All this does not exclude my possible journalistic activity in America.

- Before the first broadcasts after your return, were you very nervous? - No. Many thanks must be said to Dima Guberniev, who was able to relax me, create a comfortable atmosphere, and it was all “for fun”. The first broadcast was easy, there was no excitement. Another thing is when I was offered to return. Here I am already responsible, I am the one who broadcasts with the guests. Before the first broadcast, I was worried. But everything went well. I know how to cope with nerves, years of work and experience have not gone anywhere.

- Has it become difficult now to combine personal life and work? - In general, I spend a lot of time with my child. Of course, now it turns out less. But you have to think about yourself somehow. All these years I really missed work, broadcasts, these feelings. Fortunately, I have a very understanding family. First of all, my husband, who supported me incredibly strongly. Before each broadcast, he tunes me in, gives me parting words. He's happy for me. Understands that I will not stay in Moscow forever.

- From the outside one gets the impression that your life in recent years has been ideal. Husband with son, Miami, high income and the ability to buy whatever you want. Why did you decide to return to television and what did you miss? - In general, I was not born in some kind of golden cradle. In order to achieve some results in my career, I had to work hard. Actually, it hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, we are definitely lucky. We have a wonderful life filled with comfort. But understand that there are pros and cons everywhere. This does not mean that I wake up when I want and do what I want. Living with a professional athlete is also a certain job. A lot of time and attention is spent on Eugene. He is the head of the family, he is the main earner. We are all adjusting to it.

The desire to work never left me. By the way, many acquaintances said to me: “Nafig do you need this? You already have everything. Live, get high. " But, probably, I am so arranged that I cannot. There was a feeling that I had not completely done something, that I still want ethereal emotions, sensations. It's like a drug.

- You are constantly included in the ratings of the sexiest and most beautiful women in Russia. When you open these articles and news, what emotions do you feel? - It is very nice. Recently, a rating of Maxim magazine was compiled, at first the publication announced a list of girls who were included in it. By the way, they have a very cool editor-in-chief Alexander Malenkov, we have known each other for a long time. He has a cool editor who deals with Instagram. And they wrote that I am one of the few who does not appear in the media, but at the same time do not lose the love of the electorate. For me, this is also a pleasant moment. We come to Moscow for just a couple of months, but nevertheless, people do not forget. The guys from my fan group leave comments under the posts all the time. Naturally, this attention spurs.

As for all these ratings, I will not say that it gives me confidence. I am a very self-critical person, I will find a bunch of flaws and flaws in myself. But, apparently, it means that people cannot be fooled. I like it, it's cool. I really appreciate all this.

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- When you first moved to America to your Zhenya, how difficult was it to get used to your new life? Here you had a job, loved ones, and there is only him. - It was difficult, especially in the first year. A new country, people, a language that at that time was not at the same level as it is now. Naturally, there was a certain barrier. Zhenya was constantly on the road, plus pregnancy, no one canceled hormones. It was very hard, there was not enough work. I reflected very hard on this at the time.

- In the hockey world, it is often discussed that you spend more time in Miami, and Eugene in Pittsburgh. Doesn't he take offense? - It's all not true. I don't understand where it came from at all. I heard that from someone too. Miami just has more opportunities to take cool photos. And even then, if you look at my instagram, then there are photos from Miami and Pittsburgh approximately equally. But people are strange. If Zhenya leaves for three weeks, then, naturally, my child and I will fly to Miami. We, in fact, bought apartments there for this. Plus Nikita goes to an American school there, learns the language.

- Anastasia Ovechkina told me that if she and Sasha go to the shopping mall to buy groceries, they will recognize him everywhere and ask to be photographed. Do you and Zhenya have the same situation in the USA and Russia? - As far as Pittsburgh and Moscow are concerned, Zhenya is one hundred percent recognizable. Going out somewhere and not taking a picture with someone is unrealistic. He's so reliable. Now, maybe because of the coronavirus, he is somewhere afraid, after all, he is responsible for his family.

At first, his recognition was a problem for me. When we started dating, I understood who he was, but did not imagine the extent of his popularity. Going out somewhere to eat so that no one stares at you is really difficult. I don’t remember that. But now we already know certain places, we can sit in a separate room in the restaurant in order to calmly spend time alone or with a family.

- Is it unrealistic for you to go to Gorky Park with your family in good weather? - Get out this way we'll get out. But it will definitely not work out there quietly.

- Is the situation in America the same? - Yes.

- When you first started dating, was it difficult for you to get used to the fact that the schedule of the second person should be put first and your life should be adjusted to his schedule? - Now it's harder for me to talk about it, because I've already forgotten my feelings, whims. I'm used to being adjusted to me. But everything was smooth. Yes, and I fell in love, I wanted to please him, create a comfortable atmosphere so that everything in our family would be good. Everything was calm, harmonious, without any hysterics. There were, of course, small ones (laughs) .

- And you are still in a foreign country, alone. - Yes. Zhenya supported me. Sometimes, however, it seemed to me that he was not doing it enough. But then it passed, there was a complete mutual understanding.

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For a pleasant conversation, we quietly reach our destination. In the boutique, stylist Ruslan Shakurov is already waiting for us. He takes a tour of the store, shows him the bows he likes, and we go to the fitting room. For the broadcasts Ruslan picked up three pantsuits: bright yellow, beige and blue with stripes. By a collective decision, we choose the brightest - yellow. In it very soon Anna will appear on the air. At the exit from the store, she even admits: “I never thought I'd say this, but I'm really a little tired of shopping” (laughs) . We go to a nearby coffee shop to discuss some more interesting topics.

- The first question suggests itself. Are you a shopaholic at all? - Well, in general, like any normal girl, yes. I love it. Cheers up. It's always nice to pamper yourself.

- In quarantine, your husband posted a video of how he plays computer games. Do you mind? And does he not involve his son? - Absolutely all children play with gadgets: be it a phone, an iPad. Of course, there are limitations. But I cannot completely forbid. He still pays attention to his peers, to older guys who play. I try to offer alternatives, some interesting games. As for Zhenya, I am also calm. Each person has their own ways to relieve stress: someone needs to go for a drink, someone has a smoke, someone needs to play computer games. I don't see it going off scale. Plus, he communicates with many guys there, who, like him, play. Zhenya is not the only hockey player. If it relieves stress, for God's sake. This is not the worst thing that can be.

- You have repeatedly said that you have a difficult character, both of you and Zhenya are hot-tempered. How is it in your family after unsuccessful games? - I relatively recently caught up to the end what my husband experiences after unsuccessful matches. When around, perhaps, no one noticed his mistakes, but he knows to himself that he played badly. I had such a broadcast when I was left very unhappy with myself, but everyone around liked everything and no one said anything bad. I went out and was not at all, because I realized that I did not spend it as I could, and reflected on this for several more hours. Probably at that moment I compared myself to Zhenya and realized that it was difficult to find some words at that moment.

In general, my husband doesn't have many bad games. Zhenya always shows himself, in almost every game. But if the match was not very successful, I step aside, do not torment me with questions and conversations. We had dinner, he went to play a computer game or read a book. At such moments I try to just not go to him. A person needs to be alone, to come to his senses.

- You somehow teased each other in the comments of Instagram. Is it the same in life? - Constantly! This is our communication style. Of course, in some moments there is tenderness, warmth. But we often joke about each other, everything comes from his side. Moreover, Nikita is becoming more mature, and her husband begins to involve the child in his events. It's funny! In general, in our family you will not get bored.

#evgeni malkin #anna kasterova #off season 2020 #moscow #match tv #sport24

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caringforourplanet · 3 years

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Green Icon: First African woman to win Nobel Prize

By Sophia Martínez, Freelance journalist and writer

Male-predominant spaces are everywhere and this does not exclude the Nobel Prizes. Sure, we have certainly come a long way, but the context was very different from even ten years ago. In the year 2004, Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Prize award of Peace. The prize's motivation was “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”.

Photo from the Nobel Foundation Archive

As I mentioned before, she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize, and she was also the first female scholar from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya. Maathai was such a successful woman, and she played an active part in the struggle for democracy in Kenya. Maathai herself funded and led the Green Belt Movement in 1977. This was a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population. This campaign encouraged women to plant trees in their local environments and to think ecologically. The Green Belt Movement fortunately spread to other African countries, and contributed to the planting of over thirty million trees. “Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with the widespread African traditions”, said Maathai.

Wangari Maathai with her Nobel Medal and Diploma at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, Oslo City Hall, Norway. Copyright © Pressens Bild AB 2004, SE-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: +46-8-738 38 00 Photo: John McConnico

Importantly, Maathai’s mobilization of African women was not restricted in its vision to work for sustainable development; she saw tree-planting in a great perspective which included, but not limited to, democracy, women’s rights, and international solidarity. She was a true believer that hard work is worth it—“Initially, the work was difficult because, historically, our people have been persuaded into believing that because they are poor, they lack not only capital but also knowledge and skills to address the challenges. Instead, they are conditioned to believe that the solutions to their problems must come from outside”—.

Regarding her personal life, Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. Sadly, she passed away on the 25th of September 2011. She obtained multiple degrees; a degree in Biological Sciences from Mt. Scholastica College (1964); a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1966); and doctoral studies overseas. As if this wasn’t enough to show how awesome she was, she also had many important jobs and titles, such as chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Nairobi; she served at the National Council of Women of Kenya and at the Jane Goodall Institute; and chairman of the National Council of women of Kenya (1981-87), which, while she served this job, she introduced the idea of planting trees and develop it into an organization.

Wangari helped countless people throughout her life, and she is, and will always be, an extraordinary figure to admire. “Today, we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life support system. We are called to assist the earth to heal our woods, and in the process, heal our own. Indeed, to embrace the whole creations and all its diversity, beauty, and wonder.”

Sources: Wangari Maathai – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2021. Tue. 8 Jun 2021. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/facts/>

#green icons #strongwomen #womanpower #success #environment #treeplanting

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The “Swinging City Revolution”: Garner in the Land of the Rolling Stones

This post was written by Deanna Witkowski, pianist-composer, graduate student in Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and author of Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul (Liturgical Press, August 2021).

In May and June of 1966, Erroll Garner played in London for several weeks with his longtime triomates, bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Kelly Martin. Leslie (Les) Perrin and Associates, publicity firm for the Rolling Stones and other big name pop acts, served as Garner’s publicist for his English tour dates. In many photos from 1966-1970, Perrin is seen with the Stones, Frank Sinatra, and Joni Mitchell. Mitchell’s website includes a feature page on Perrin with this article from a tabloid-looking paper entitled “Weekend— Feb. 25-Mar. 3, 1970.”

On June 12, after Garner had already been in England for over two weeks, Glaser typed a letter to Perrin, chastising him for not contacting her with any press coverage of Garner’s tour dates thus far—or, for that matter, with any news at all. Dispensing with formal niceties, Glaser begins her correspondence using all capital letters: “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING RECEIVED FROM YOU (EXCEPT BRIEF CABLE THIS WEEK) since tour began. Our disappointment beyond expression. We needed reviews for Variety ad. Blew the space reservation since you didn’t send reviews.”

Image from folder “Correspondence from Leslie Perrin (Associated LTD. UK Bookers),” Erroll Garner Archive, 1942-2010, Box 1, Folder 119, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.

As in my earlier post on his 1959 date at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, Glaser’s letter shows the interdependence of multiple behind-the-scenes players in shaping Garner’s career. Glaser cannot move forward with future publicity needs until Perrin generates publicity for the current tour and communicates the results of that publicity with her.

Glaser pulls no punches in her critique of Perrin—and is compelled to fight these battles so that Garner can focus on his own labor: creating music. Two-thirds of the way through her letter, she writes, “I can only surmise that with the ‘swinging city revolution’ of London, as we keep reading, your office has become too busy to write us . . . Leslie—I don’t know how or why this tour is different—but your silence and the lack of any written word from [Jack] Higgins or Harold [Davison] leads me to conclude that your operations now have bigger-money projects, and that is that.”

The two other names that Glaser mentions, Jack Higgins and Harold Davison, are additional players in Garner’s British tour production and publicity. Both names appear on the final page of this program from June 11, 1966:

(Above) “Erroll Garner Souvenir Brochure London, November 6, 1966.” PicClick UK. Accessed April 5, 2021. https://picclick.co.uk/1966-Erroll-Garner-Souvenir-Brochure-London-11-06-1966-373506567730.html.

Davison is listed as being the concert presenter, with Higgins handling “promotion direction” and Dougie Tobutt handing “tour direction.”

Enclosed with her letter Glaser includes a marked-up copy of a document titled “Backgrounder to Erroll Garner,” a one-sheet apparently created by Perrin for local press reporters. Claiming to provide “a fact-a-phrase for journalists-in-a-hurry,” the document is a list of twelve bullet-point facts about Garner.

Image from folder “Correspondence from Leslie Perrin (Associated LTD. UK Bookers),” Erroll Garner Archive, 1942-2010, Box 1, Folder 1119, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.

In response to two of the points, Glaser pens handwritten corrections:

Where the one-sheet reads: “ERROLL was a classmate of Dodo Marmarosa, brilliant contemporary of Charlie Parker at the advent of the bop era.”

Glaser responds:

“Garner had nothing to do with the “bop” scene—“ and “Why do you keep repeating Parker in the Garner bio?’” The truth is that Garner was indeed a childhood friend of bop pianist Marmarosa, who recorded with Parker on numerous occasions. Garner recorded with Parker as well, but was not a bop pianist, while Marmarosa was closely identified with that musical style.

And where the sheet reads:

“GARNER was also an early associate of Ellington’s colleague Billy Strayhorn.”

Glaser simply writes: “False info.”

In her letter, she goes into further detail on each point, writing, “I don’t know where this junk about being a contemporary etc of Parker in bog (sic) reveolution (sic) days keeps cropping up from . . .out of context, it is totally misleading.” And to the second point: “Garner and Strayhorn friends—never associates or associated, in any music situation.”

Perrin did respond to Glaser. Although his reply is undated, it likely followed soon after, as he references recent British concert dates and signs off promising “more tomorrow.” Most importantly, he sends ten quotes on Garner’s appearances from press including Melody Maker, the Evening News, and New Musical Express. He only includes this material, however, after making a snide comment: “My dear Martha, It is a warm afternoon, the shadows are creeping across the desk, and I am asking myself, “Do you think that Martha came to the Albert Hall after all? Because the concert was at the Royal Festival Hall?”

Snide comment or not, Perrin produced the results that Glaser was asking for. This snapshot of two documents shows how sharp and direct she had to be in order to acquire the material she needed to continue her own work in moving Garner’s career forward.

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For additional listening:

Check out some of the the Garner albums included on the final page of the concert ad shown in the concert program shown above:

CBS ad: Concert by the Sea 1955 https://www.errollgarner.com/listen-new (scroll down)

The Most Happy Piano 1956

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(Above) Audio for “Full Moon and Empty Arms” off The Most Happy Piano by Erroll Garner, originally released in 1957 by Columbia Records.

EMI ad: A Night at the Movies 1965— original liner notes and audio samples at https://www.errollgarner.com/anightatthemovies-ors

Listen to the all-of-five-seconds “Newsreel Tag (Paramount on Parade)”

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(Above) Audio for “Newsreel Tag (Paramount on Parade)” off A Night at the Movies by Erroll Garner, re-relseased by Octave Records in 2019.

Works Cited:

Erroll Garner Archive, 1942-2010, AIS.2015.09, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.

Erroll Garner - Topic. “Full Moon and Empty Arms.” YouTube Video, 4:19. July 30, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxlVnUXJApY.

Erroll Garner - Topic. “Newsreel Tag (Paramount on Parade).” YouTube Video, 0:08. October 17, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0hqVABcPSk

prettyjohn888. “1966 Erroll Garner Souvenir Brochure London 11/06/1966 • £4.00.” PicClick UK. Accessed April 5, 2021. https://picclick.co.uk/1966-Erroll-Garner-Souvenir-Brochure-London-11-06-1966-373506567730.html.

#erroll garner tuesdays #jazz #touring #martha glaser #music business #erroll garner

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libertariantaoist · 4 years

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News Roundup 6/2/20

by Kyle Anzalone

George Floyd Protests

Police officers started a riot in Pittsburgh. [Link]

A SUV attempted to ram a line of police officers. Two officers were injured. [Link]

Police used gas, arrests, and military helicopters to breakup protests in DC. Video from yesterday shows cops attacking journalists. [Link]

The Supreme Court will hear cases involving qualified immunity. [Link]

Senator Schatz introduces an amendment to the NDAA that would end the program that transfers military equipment to police. [Link]

A man was killed at a protest in Louisville. Details remain unclear, and the police claim they were fired on then returned fire. [Link] Every police officer involved had their body cam turned off. [Link]

Tom Cotton calls on Trump to use the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to US cities. [Link]

Trump threatened to use the military to restore order. He is reported to be considering invoking the Insurrection Act. [Link]

CNN reports 200-250 soldiers will be deployed to DC as early as Monday night. [Link]

In a call with governors, Trump said that Joint Chiefs head Gen. Mark Milley was in charge of the protests. [Link]

Venezuela

Secretary of State Pompeo said the US is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of additional Venezuelan officials. The US has offered a reward for Maduro and other senior members of the Venezuelan government. [Link]

Israel

An unarmed, autistic Palestinian man was chased down and murdered by Israeli police. [Link]

Israel’s Defense Minister is beginning to prepare for annexation of major areas of the West Bank. [Link]

Iran

An Iranian man who was acquitted of crimes in the US has been deported to Iran. [Link]

Yemen

Coronavirus is exacerbating the crisis in Yemen. [Link]

#kyle anzalone #immersion news #libertarian institute #news roundup

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via Nafari Vanaski, posted 13 July 2020:

Then I saw my column after he “edited” it. It’s hard to put into words what it was like seeing at least a couple of weeks worth of research, interview time, and writing reduced to 16 inches of open-ended toothless musing about police discretion.

The few quotes that remained from the taxi driver — a man who hesitated for days before talking to me — were trimmed down and didn’t reflect the fear and anger at the police that he had mentioned to me. The quotes from Davenport? Gone.

My closing about the increasing frequency of situations of police going too far and about the long-lasting impact the incident had on all involved? Somewhere under a “delete” key in Pittsburgh. The paper didn’t even print the photos.

The worst part is that the column that ran is not something I would have written. It wasn’t me or my voice — and my readers noticed. Several of them emailed me after the column ran, asking especially about the ending and why it was so soft.

Something broke in me when George Floyd was killed. Given the protests worldwide, that is true for a lot of people. But maybe it hit Black journalists in a certain way. A few of us have been waylaid for trying to raise hard questions long before Floyd died at the hands of police. But when you think about it, the newsroom is the perfect place to shelter racism and white supremacy.

Racism is well-baked into all the institutions in our country, and journalists are told to remain objective. So any attempt to point out flaws in a racist system, especially by a Black reporter, is usually met with some sort of lecture, often from a White editor, about how important it is for news writers to remain neutral. Or met with the proverbial head being chopped off a story about the long-term consequences of police misconduct.

When I left journalism, I felt guilty, wondering if anyone will tell the stories some of us had been discouraged from. There’s a lot of great dialogue going on in newsrooms about how to make that happen, but I’m skeptical.

Right now in Pittsburgh, a Black reporter, Alexis Johnson, got taken off the protest beat after Floyd’s killing because of a joke she made on Twitter. And it was a great joke. And what she said was true. Yet her editors said she showed bias. See what I mean about objectivity as a cloak?

#pittsburgh pa #the way things work #news #nafari vanaski #black lives matter #white privilege #racism #the news business #the news industry #journalismism #medium #black journalists #america 2020

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a-room-of-my-own · 5 years

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Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times, writing that I had wanted to live “authentically as the woman that I have always been,” and had “effectively traded my white male privilege to become one of America’s most hated minorities.”

Three years ago, I decided that I was neither male nor female, but nonbinary—and made headlines after an Oregon judge agreed to let me identify as a third sex, not male or female.

Now, I want to live again as the man that I am.

I’m one of the lucky ones. Despite participating in medical transgenderism for six years, my body is still intact. Most people who desist from transgender identities after gender changes can’t say the same.

But that’s not to say I got off scot-free. My psyche is eternally scarred, and I’ve got a host of health issues from the grand medical experiment.

Here’s how things began.

After convincing myself that I was a woman during a severe mental health crisis, I visited a licensed nurse practitioner in early 2013 and asked for a hormone prescription. “If you don’t give me the drugs, I’ll buy them off the internet,” I threatened.

Although she’d never met me before, the nurse phoned in a prescription for 2 mg of oral estrogen and 200 mg of Spironolactone that very same day.

The nurse practitioner ignored that I have chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, having previously served in the military for almost 18 years. All of my doctors agree on that. Others believe that I have bipolar disorder and possibly borderline personality disorder.

I should have been stopped, but out-of-control, transgender activism had made the nurse practitioner too scared to say no.

I’d learned how to become a female from online medical documents at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital website.

After I began consuming the cross-sex hormones, I started therapy at a gender clinic in Pittsburgh so that I could get people to sign off on the transgender surgeries I planned to have.

All I needed to do was switch over my hormone operating fuel and get my penis turned into a vagina. Then I’d be the same as any other woman. That’s the fantasy the transgender community sold me. It’s the lie I bought into and believed.

Only one therapist tried to stop me from crawling into this smoking rabbit hole. When she did, I not only fired her, I filed a formal complaint against her. “She’s a gatekeeper,” the trans community said.

Professional stigmatisms against “conversion therapy” had made it impossible for the therapist to question my motives for wanting to change my sex.

The “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (Fifth Edition) says one of the traits of gender dysphoria is believing that you possess the stereotypical feelings of the opposite sex. I felt that about myself, but yet no therapist discussed it with me.

Two weeks hadn’t passed before I found a replacement therapist. The new one quickly affirmed my identity as a woman. I was back on the road to getting vaginoplasty.

There’s abundant online literature informing transgender people that their sex change isn’t real. But when a licensed medical doctor writes you a letter essentially stating that you were born in the wrong body and a government agency or court of law validates that delusion, you become damaged and confused. I certainly did.

Painful Roots

My trauma history resembles a ride down the Highway of Death during the first Gulf War.

As a child, I was sexually abused by a male relative. My parents severely beat me. At this point, I’ve been exposed to so much violence and had so many close calls that I don’t know how to explain why I’m still alive. Nor do I know how to mentally process some of the things I’ve seen and experienced.

Dr. Ray Blanchard has an unpopular theory that explains why someone like me may have been drawn to transgenderism. He claims there are two types of transgender women: homosexuals that are attracted to men, and men who are attracted to the thought or image of themselves as females.

It’s a tough thing to admit, but I belong to the latter group. We are classified as having autogynephilia.

After having watched pornography for years while in the Army and being married to a woman who resisted my demands to become the ideal female, I became that female instead. At least in my head.

While autogynephilia was my motivation to become a woman, gender stereotypes were my means of implementation. I believed wearing a long wig, dresses, heels, and makeup would make me a woman.

Feminists begged to differ on that. They rejected me for conforming to female stereotypes. But as a new member of the transgender community, I beat up on them too. The women who become men don’t fight the transgender community’s wars. The men in dresses do.

Medical Malpractice

The best thing that could have happened would have been for someone to order intensive therapy. That would have protected me from my inclination to cross-dress and my risky sexual transgressions, of which there were many.

Instead, quacks in the medical community hid me in the women’s bathroom with people’s wives and daughters. “Your gender identity is female,” these alleged professionals said.

The medical community is so afraid of the trans community that they’re now afraid to give someone Blanchard’s diagnosis. Trans men are winning in medicine, and they’ve won the battle for language.

Think of the word “transvestite.” They’ve succeeded in making it a vulgar word, even though it just means men dressing like women. People are no longer allowed to tell the truth about men like me. Everyone now has to call us transgender instead.

The diagnostic code in my records at the VA should read Transvestic Disorder (302.3). Instead, the novel theories of Judith Butler and Anne Fausto-Sterling have been used to cover up the truths written about by Blanchard, J. Michael Bailey, and Alice Dreger.

I confess to having been motivated by autogynephilia during all of this. Blanchard was right.

Trauma, hypersexuality owing to childhood sexual abuse, and autogynephilia are all supposed to be red flags for those involved in the medical arts of psychology, psychiatry, and physical medicine—yet nobody except for the one therapist in Pittsburgh ever tried to stop me from changing my sex. They just kept helping me to harm myself.

Escaping to ‘Nonbinary’

Three years into my gender change from male to female, I looked hard into the mirror one day. When I did, the facade of femininity and womanhood crumbled.

Despite having taken or been injected with every hormone and antiandrogen concoction in the VA’s medical arsenal, I didn’t look anything like a female. People on the street agreed. Their harsh stares reflected the reality behind my fraudulent existence as a woman. Biological sex is immutable.

It took three years for that reality to set in with me.

When the fantasy of being a woman came to an end, I asked two of my doctors to allow me to become nonbinary instead of female to bail me out. Both readily agreed.

After pumping me full of hormones—the equivalent of 20 birth control pills per day—they each wrote a sex change letter. The two weren’t just bailing me out. They were getting themselves off the hook for my failed sex change. One worked at the VA. The other worked at Oregon Health & Science University.

To escape the delusion of having become a woman, I did something completely unprecedented in American history. In 2016, I convinced an Oregon judge to declare my sex to be nonbinary—neither male nor female.

In my psychotic mind, I had restored the mythical third sex to North America. And I became the first legally recognized nonbinary person in the country.

Celebrity Status

The landmark court decision catapulted me to instant fame within the LGBT community. For 10 nonstop days afterward, the media didn’t let me sleep. Reporters hung out in my Facebook feed, journalists clung to my every word, and a Portland television station beamed my wife and I into living rooms in the United Kingdom.

Becoming a woman had gotten me into The New York Times. Convincing a judge that my sex was nonbinary got my photos and story into publications around the world.

Then, before the judge’s ink had even dried on my Oregon sex change court order, a Washington, D.C.-based LGBT legal aid organization contacted me. “We want to help you change your birth certificate,” they offered.

Within months, I scored another historic win after the Department of Vital Records issued me a brand new birth certificate from Washington, D.C., where I was born. A local group called Whitman-Walker Health had gotten my sex designation on my birth certificate switched to “unknown.” It was the first time in D.C. history a birth certificate had been printed with a sex marker other than male or female.

Another transgender legal aid organization jumped on the Jamie Shupe bandwagon, too. Lambda Legal used my nonbinary court order to help convince a Colorado federal judge to order the State Department to issue a passport with an X marker (meaning nonbinary) to a separate plaintiff named Dana Zzyym.

LGBT organizations helping me to screw up my life had become a common theme. During my prior sex change to female, the New York-based Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund had gotten my name legally changed. I didn’t like being named after the uncle who’d molested me. Instead of getting me therapy for that, they got me a new name.

A Pennsylvania judge didn’t question the name change, either. Wanting to help a transgender person, she had not only changed my name, but at my request she also sealed the court order, allowing me to skip out on a ton of debt I owed because of a failed home purchase and begin my new life as a woman. Instead of merging my file, two of the three credit bureaus issued me a brand new line of credit.

Walking Away From Fiction

It wasn’t until I came out against the sterilization and mutilation of gender-confused children and transgender military service members in 2017 that LGBT organizations stopped helping me. Most of the media retreated with them.

Overnight, I went from being a liberal media darling to a conservative pariah.

Both groups quickly began to realize that the transgender community had a runaway on their hands. Their solution was to completely ignore me and what my story had become. They also stopped acknowledging that I was behind the nonbinary option that now exists in 11 states.

The truth is that my sex change to nonbinary was a medical and scientific fraud.

Consider the fact that before the historic court hearing occurred, my lawyer informed me that the judge had a transgender child.

Sure enough, the morning of my brief court hearing, the judge didn’t ask me a single question. Nor did this officer of the court demand to see any medical evidence alleging that I was born something magical. Within minutes, the judge just signed off on the court order.

I do not have any disorders of sexual development. All of my sexual confusion was in my head. I should have been treated. Instead, at every step, doctors, judges, and advocacy groups indulged my fiction.

The carnage that came from my court victory is just as precedent-setting as the decision itself. The judge’s order led to millions of taxpayer dollars being spent to put an X marker on driver’s licenses in 11 states so far. You can now become male, female, or nonbinary in all of them.

In my opinion, the judge in my case should have recused herself. In doing so, she would have spared me the ordeal still yet to come. She also would have saved me from having to bear the weight of the big secret behind my win.

I now believe that she wasn’t just validating my transgender identity. She was advancing her child’s transgender identity, too.

A sensible magistrate would have politely told me no and refused to sign such an outlandish legal request. “Gender is just a concept. Biological sex defines all of us,” that person would have said.

In January 2019, unable to advance the fraud for another single day, I reclaimed my male birth sex. The weight of the lie on my conscience was heavier than the value of the fame I’d gained from participating in this elaborate swindle.

Two fake gender identities couldn’t hide the truth of my biological reality. There is no third gender or third sex. Like me, intersex people are either male or female. Their condition is the result of a disorder of sexual development, and they need help and compassion.

I played my part in pushing forward this grand illusion. I’m not the victim here. My wife, daughter, and the American taxpayers are—they are the real victims.

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