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oojason
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[fill in the blank] Just Died!
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4-Mar-2019, 6:46 AM

Anchorhead said:

oojason said:

‘Richard Overton, America’s oldest World War II veteran and the oldest man in the US, dies at 112’…

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/richard-overton-oldest-ww-ii-vet-died/index.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46699175

 

He was a very big deal here (Austin). There is a bill filed to rename a major road after him.

https://www.kvue.com/video/news/politics/texas-legislature/bill-filed-to-name-part-of-airport-blvd-after-richard-overton/269-c09ed11e-4d51-4a78-b790-e17aa0a636e7

I can’t see the link mate - though hope he does get that road named after him. Seems a quality way to both honour and remember people from in and around local communities.

 


 

‘The Prodigy’s Keith Flint dies aged 49’…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47442312