Legendary TV host and interviewer Larry King has died today at the age of 87. A cause of death has not been announced, although King was reported to have been battling COVID-19 earlier this month.
King crossed paths with many third party candidates during his long career as a TV interviewer, perhaps most famously allowing his show to be used as a platform by billionaire Ross Perot to launch his 1992 presidential campaign.… Read more ...
(excerpt from) The Huffington Post
Barry Commoner, Pioneering Environmental Scientist and Activist, Dies at 95
… Read more ...Barry Commoner, a pioneering environmental scientist and activist, died Sunday (9/30/2102) at age 95…
…Many Americans embraced Commoner’s ideas about workplace hazards, nuclear power plants, and recycling. But he grew frustrated by the influence of corporate America over both political parties and by the failure of the mainstream environmental movement to join forces with other progressive movements to heed his warnings and challenge the basic tenets of the free-market system.