Sunday Reads

Obituary:  The world is rid of one more piece of murdering shit, this one not a victim of the coronavirus..

Einhorn was 79 and died in prison Friday.
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A satirical site shouldn't be going around giving Pat Robertson ideas.

He may say outlandish things, but nothing like this.
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Virtual or in person, I hope I am selected as a delegate:

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden said the party may be forced to host a 'virtual' nominating convention in August as 'we may not be able to put 10, 20, 30,000 people in one place' because of the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/Fvi71Kbm1M pic.twitter.com/yZmvZc1QEb

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 6, 2020

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Why is he still in the race?

Because he and his supporters are ratfuckers.  No sane candidate would remain in the race where there is no path to the nomination.
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Another obituary:  Actor Forrest Compton, 94, known for his roles on Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C and Edge of Night, has died from complications of COVID-19.

Compton was born in Reading Pennsylvania, and served with the 103rd Infantry Division in France during World War ll, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

After the war, he attended Swarthmore College, where he initially studied pre-law and Political Science, but later switched to English.

He went on to earn a Masters In Fine Arts at the Yale Drama School, where he struck up a friendship with Paul Newman.

'He was a great guy, charming, sharp, six months older than me. I remember Paul making salad dressing back then,' Compton revealed in an interview with the Shelter Island Reporter.

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Yet another obituary:  Actress and better known as a celebrity biographer Patricia Bosworth, 86, also died from complications of the coronavirus.  She developed pneumonia.

She wrote a slew of biographies on performers such as Montgomery Clift.

More:

Bosworth’s stepdaughter Fia Hatsav told The New York Times that pneumonia brought on by the virus was the cause of death. Bosworth died on Thursday in New York.

Bosworth played a nun opposite Hepburn in the 1959 classic “The Nun’s Story.” Along with penning bios for Brando and Clift, she also wrote biographies on actress Jane Fonda and famed photographer Diane Arbus, who photographed Bosworth in a Greyhound bus advertisement.

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