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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Tue Jul 17, 2012, 11:29 AM Jul 2012

William Raspberry has passed.

One of my favorites.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-raspberry-dies-washington-post-columnist-wrote-about-social-issues-including-race-poverty/2012/07/17/gJQAS210qW_story.html

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William Raspberry has passed. (Original Post) WilliamPitt Jul 2012 OP

He was good. RIP, Mr. Raspberry. hlthe2b Jul 2012 #1

takes me back bigtree Jul 2012 #2

Oh wow BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3

Homeward bound......Sigh..... Are_grits_groceries Jul 2012 #4

hlthe2b

(102,370 posts)

1. He was good. RIP, Mr. Raspberry.

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 11:30 AM

Jul 2012

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

2. takes me back

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 11:32 AM

Jul 2012

. . . to my early letter to the editor writing days when Mr. Raspberry was sparking my intellect and challenging my thinking about politics. He made a deep and lasting impression with his editorials and public advocacy. He'll be missed. I'll miss him.

BumRushDaShow

(129,482 posts)

3. Oh wow

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 11:37 AM

Jul 2012

Hadn't heard from him in a long time. I guess Eugene Robinson has been out there holding down the fort along with Jonathan Capehart.

R.I.P.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)

4. Homeward bound......Sigh.....

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 12:16 PM

Jul 2012

Mr.Raspberry, you were a needed voice at a different time. You have been missed, and it will be a lonelier world with you gone.

You done good Mr.Raspberry!

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