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I voted against Fritz Mondale in 1976. By 1980 I’d developed a liking for his boss, a dislike intense loathing for Reagan, and voted for him in 1980, and again in 1984.

Reagan checked out in 2004. Fritz outlived the bastard.

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Walter Mondale, Ex-Vice President and Champion of Liberal Politics, Dies at 93

Under Jimmy Carter, he was the first V.P. to serve as a genuine partner of a president. His own run for the top position ended in a crushing defeat.
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Famed musician, composer and songwriter Jim Steinman has died aged 73. Best remembered for such hits as Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell and Bonnie Tyler's Total eclipse Of The Heart to name but two of a long and impressive catalogue of great songs :(

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Jim Steinman: Bat Out Of Hell and Total Eclipse Of The Heart composer dies

The writer and producer, who worked with Meat Loaf, Celine Dion and Bonnie Tyler, was 73.
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On this day April 23rd....
Saint George's Day...
William Shakespeare was born,( & died ) 1564 - 1616
William Hartnell,famous as the first Doctor Who, passed away.1908 - 1975.
Not a good day,if you're called William...lol
But...having said that, R.I.P...
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Milva, one of the most unusual Italian singers, also called "La Rossa" (The Redhead) or "the Panther of Goro", died last evening with 81 years after a long illness.

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Milva - Wikipedia

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Italienische Sängerin Milva ist tot

Auch in Deutschland erlangte sie große Bekanntheit: Die italienische Sängerin und Schauspielerin Milva ist gestorben. Sie wurde 81 Jahre alt.
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She also was an internationally known interpreter of songs from Bertolt Brecht and most Germans loved her even for all her other songs even in German like these ones, which were hits in Germany:

The first one in German: "Hurray, we are still alive. ... How much had we to go through and we are still alive? ... Never forget: it is not self-evident to be alive, of course!":



"Only when the wind turns around again, you will understand."

 
Former astronaut Michael Collins (1930-2021). He was part of the Apollo 11 crew (with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) that made the first walk on the Moon. Collins was Command Module Pilot. The trade off from the method of Lunar Orbit Rendez-Vous, of which the advantage was that it significantly reduced the launch weight of the rocket, was that a crew member would stay behind in the Command Module, while the two others landed on the Moon. On Apollo 11 this was Collins' task. He also faced the risk of having to return to Earth alone, if an accident would happen with the Lunar Module.

Apollo 11 was his second, and last space flight. In July 1966, he had already flown with Gemini X.

From the Apollo 11 crew, only Aldrin is still alive.
 
Loxuru said:
Former astronaut Michael Collins (1930-2021). He was part of the Apollo 11 crew (with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) that made the first walk on the Moon. Collins was Command Module Pilot. The trade off from the method of Lunar Orbit Rendez-Vous, of which the advantage was that it significantly reduced the launch weight of the rocket, was that a crew member would stay behind in the Command Module, while the two others landed on the Moon. On Apollo 11 this was Collins' task. He also faced the risk of having to return to Earth alone, if an accident would happen with the Lunar Module.

Apollo 11 was his second, and last space flight. In July 1966, he had already flown with Gemini X.

From the Apollo 11 crew, only Aldrin is still alive.
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Very sad - Collins is never as well-remembered as Armstrong and Aldrin, but he seemed to be happy not to be a national hero (which of course he was, though he rarely acknowledged the fact)

Former NASA Flight Director Gene Krantz once praised Collins as being "the archetypal professor - just the sort of guy you want in your back pocket when things get tight"

Hard to believe he was 90!
 
Loxuru said:
Former astronaut Michael Collins (1930-2021). He was part of the Apollo 11 crew (with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) that made the first walk on the Moon. Collins was Command Module Pilot. The trade off from the method of Lunar Orbit Rendez-Vous, of which the advantage was that it significantly reduced the launch weight of the rocket, was that a crew member would stay behind in the Command Module, while the two others landed on the Moon. On Apollo 11 this was Collins' task. He also faced the risk of having to return to Earth alone, if an accident would happen with the Lunar Module.

Apollo 11 was his second, and last space flight. In July 1966, he had already flown with Gemini X.

From the Apollo 11 crew, only Aldrin is still alive.
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Soon after its publication I read
Collins, Michael (1974). Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
and found it a very engrossing story, with no hint of regrets.
 
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