Our deepest sympathies to the Curran family on the loss of Kevin. Curran, 42, of Ozark, Mo., died Saturday after the rental car he was driving plunged 140 feet off a West Maui cliff into the ocean while on his honeymoon. He would have been 43 today. The couple married May 5 in Eureka Springs, Ark., and arrived on Maui on May 13. Maui police reported that on Saturday, May 19th, Curran was driving a 2006 Ford Mustang southbound on Honoapiilani Highway in West Maui when the car ran off the … [Read more...] about A Hui Kaua Kevin Curran
obituaries
Honoring Thomas and Section 60
Our hearts go out to the mother in Southern California who lost her son last month in a motorcycle accident. He died doing what he loved. Remember Thomas, her only son. Here's his My Space page courtesy of his mom. Then we read about Section 60 at Arlington in the Washington Post. Login may be needed. In Section 60, death remains too fresh to be separated from life. You see it in the 17 cigars pushed into the grass near one headstone, signs that a combat unit stopped by. Here in … [Read more...] about Honoring Thomas and Section 60
Teddy Badley- That Cat Played a Bad Tamborine
CBS newsman Ed Bradley was a big fan of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, KATC-TV reports. On Friday, the Jazz Fest honored his memory and his two decades of support with an opening day jazz funeral procession, complete with two brass bands. Bradley, who died in November, had wanted to be remembered at the festival with a "second line" parade, so called because watchers often fall in to form a second line of paraders. "He put it in his will. He wanted a second line and a New Orleans … [Read more...] about Teddy Badley- That Cat Played a Bad Tamborine
Goodbye Little Sweetie
Asia's richest woman, Nina Wang, the famously frugal Hong Kong tycoon who died last week, is to get a hugely lavish, no-expense-spared send-off April 18, reports Agence France Presse. Wang's family is spending millions of dollars on flowers for the funeral of the late head of the Chinechem property business. Wang, known in Asia as "Little Sweetie", died April 3 aged 69, had a 4.2 billion dollar fortune, was famous for wearing discounted clothes and dining out at fast-food restaurants. She … [Read more...] about Goodbye Little Sweetie
In Memoriam
We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech ... -- Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor, poet, activist … [Read more...] about In Memoriam