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Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of "Sesame Street" has died at the age of 93.
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/11513116 ... vil-rights

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Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:01 pm

David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash/Young is dead at 81.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/dav ... 235495467/

Another famous person I never heard of Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress, dead at 95 Lollobrigida's industry rival was another Italian actress, Sophia Loren https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gina-lollobrigida-italian-actress-dead-95 I just remember Lola Brickada from The Flintstones. https://w...

R.I.P. Lisa Marie Presley, who died today after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54. https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-marie-presley-dead-dies-cardiac-arrest/ You were all over that one! I saw it on Facebook from a WNDU facebook page. WNDU is reporting it first. Tomorrow, "First, Fast, and Accur...

R.I.P. Lisa Marie Presley, who died today after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-mar ... ac-arrest/

Not a person, but "Dirt," Nevada Northern's shop cat died at the age of 15.
https://railfan.com/dirt-nevada-norther ... ies-at-15/

4 people were taken to the hospital, one with critical injuries, according to WLS, when a car disregarded crossing gates in Morgan Park and was hit by Metra train #302. https://abc7chicago.com/metra-train-crash-115th-street-marshfield-avenue-morgan-park/12680351/?fbclid=IwAR0S0ppcjoQQoymMcWFG-Mue6E5...

R.I.P. former foreign affairs newsman, Bernard Kalb. He died today at the age of 100.
https://www.wxxinews.org/2023-01-08/ber ... ied-at-100

The threads should be kept open for a few days after the new month.

R.I.P. to Anita Pointer of "The Pointer Sisters", who died on 12/31/22 after a battle with cancer at the age of 74.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/obit ... -dead.html

R.I.P. television icon, Barbara Walters, who died today at the age of 93.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/barb ... d=41435083

R.I.P. CNN journalist Drew Griffin, who lost his battle with cancer. He was 60.
https://www.wfla.com/news/national/cnn- ... hPsnoe9EgI

R.I.P. to dancer and DJ for Ellen Degenneres Stephen 'tWITCH' Boss, who took his own life yesterday at the age of 40.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/14/ellen-dj ... dead-dies/

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Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:27 am

Was thinking x at first, but that's in texas. I think at least the letter Q.

The letter Q is correct. X appears in Texas and New Mexico. Z only appears in Arizona, J in New Jersey, and P in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Mississippi.

Here's a geography question.
In all of the 50 states in the USA, what letter of the alphabet does not appear in any of them?

R.I.P. actress Kirstie Alley, who lost her battle with cancer today at the age of 71.
https://people.com/tv/kirstie-alley-dead/

R.I.P. to Sesame Street's Bob McGrath, who died today at his home, surrounded by his family. He was 90.
https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news ... mYZB6Pr8Bw

I just read on facebook that it only takes one spark to start a creosote fire. I've known that it only takes a spark to get a fire going since I was a child. I also learned (from another source) that "only you" can prevent forest fires. That is a lot of responsibility for a kid. The number of fores...

I can't believe the code line was not hit despite the log-jam of freight cars. If the cars were more double stacked, it probably would have taken it down. But most of the containers were single layers out of Chicago. I'm pretty sure it was before the tunnel clearances in Detroit that made double st...

The old, historic Newberry Rd. Bridge, a combination metal and wooden trestle bridge, which spanned the CN Flint Sub west of Durand in Shiawassee County this morning caught fire and collapsed down onto the tracks this morning. This bridge was a popular spot for railfans to photograph overhead shots ...

R.I.P. to "Fame" and "Flashdance" singer, Irene Cara, who died yesterday at the age of 63.
https://people.com/music/irene-cara-dead-at-63/