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One of my favourite

writers when I was doing my Master’s degree was Vine Deloria Jr., whose writings taught me many things about Indian identity and politics that were essential for my academic and personal development. I learned this morning that Vine Deloria died on Sunday in Golden, CO. Yet another truly original voice that shall be heard no more.

The news is out tonight

that Peter Drucker has died. Drucker was clearly one of the 20 or so most influential people (in North America at least) of the last hundred years, and he lived to the grand old age of 95.

I neglected to mention an important passing

earlier this week: last Sunday, Scott Young died in Kingston, ON. Young was best known in the last years of his life as the father of Neil Young, which Scott immortalized in the great Neil and Me. But people of a different generation in Canada knew Scott Young as an icon in his own right, a great general subject journalist and an even greater sports writer. In Canada we’ve missed his contributions since he gave up reporting in the 80s, and at this stage we need more like him, not fewer.

Sad news today:

it seems that St Jude (Jude Milhon) has died of cancer. Read more over at magdalensez, Tiffany Lee Brown’s weblog-plus.

Whoa:

User Not Found. “Dealing with the death of online friends.”

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