R.I.P.
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wader
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I liked the few performances I've seen her in - tragic & apparently avoidable..............
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Anne Heche Dead After Catastrophic Brain Injury
Actress Anne Heche has died. The 53-year-old actress was in a devastating car accident on Friday, August 5, that left her in a coma. Her family had issued a statement shortly before her death to inform the public that the “Six Days, Seven Nights” actress was not expected to survive after...
JackPrintMD
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Very sad>
JackPrintMD
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Yes, so sorry to hear, young guy.
It really sucks when you friends start passing away. So sorry Mike...
Chinacat
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So sorry to hear that
I'm sure those boys are at point in their lives where having their Dad guide them is important
Hopefully you and your friends can step in and help them out.
I lost 2 friends in the same basic age group in the past month....
Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
pressherald.com/2022/08/30/russian-media-ex-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-dead-at-91-2/August 30, 2022
MOSCOW — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91.
The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given.
His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told the Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in the nuclear country.
“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
wader
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he was a visionary - RIP M
Tue, August 30, 2022 at 6:41 PM
Russian media reported the death of Gorbachev on Tuesday, at the age of 91. Reports earlier this summer stated he was suffering from a serious kidney ailment.
Gorbachev was the last president of the Soviet Union before it collapsed. He helped end the Cold War and usher in a new age of warmer relationships between Moscow and the West.
About a month before his death, journalist Alexei Venidiktov, who was close friends with Gorbachev, expressed to Forbes Russia that Gorbachev was "upset" at the current state of Russia and felt that his "life's work" had been undone.
Venidiktov was interviewed about the closing of his radio station, following President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on the press in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Venidiktov pointed out how a lot of the work Gorbachev did in office — tempering tensions with the West and granting citizens more freedoms — had been reversed recently under Putin. Putin stoked tensions with NATO by deciding to invade Ukraine in February, threatening broader conflict in Eastern Europe, and prompting widespread sanctions. At home, he's cracked down on dissension by censoring the press and arresting citizens who protest.
"What Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev did is all destroyed. All Gorbachev's reforms to zero, to ashes, to smoke... When Gorbachev left, there were 4,000 people left in NATO's rapid reaction force in Europe. Now NATO has announced that there will be 300,000 by the end of next year," Venidiktov said.
"I can tell you that Gorbachev is upset, of course, he understands. It was his life's work. Freedom is Gorbachev's business. Everyone has already forgotten who gave freedom to the Russian Orthodox Church. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. Private property — Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. So what is he going to say now?"
Gorbachev never said anything publicly about his thoughts on the Ukraine war.
Over the years, he both criticized and praised Putin publicly, according to The Washington Post. The Post reported that Gorbachev commended Putin for helping to strengthen Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but worried about his limitations on a free press.
Putin had not yet commented on Gorbachev's death as of Monday afternoon.
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Before Mikhail Gorbachev's death, a close friend said the former USSR president was 'upset' at the state of Russia and felt his 'life's work' was ruined
Ashley CollmanTue, August 30, 2022 at 6:41 PM
- Former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev died Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies reported.
- In July, a close friend told Forbes Russia that Gorbachev was "upset" with the current state of Russia.
- The friend said Gorbachev felt that "his life's work" had been ruined.
Russian media reported the death of Gorbachev on Tuesday, at the age of 91. Reports earlier this summer stated he was suffering from a serious kidney ailment.
Gorbachev was the last president of the Soviet Union before it collapsed. He helped end the Cold War and usher in a new age of warmer relationships between Moscow and the West.
About a month before his death, journalist Alexei Venidiktov, who was close friends with Gorbachev, expressed to Forbes Russia that Gorbachev was "upset" at the current state of Russia and felt that his "life's work" had been undone.
Venidiktov was interviewed about the closing of his radio station, following President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on the press in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Venidiktov pointed out how a lot of the work Gorbachev did in office — tempering tensions with the West and granting citizens more freedoms — had been reversed recently under Putin. Putin stoked tensions with NATO by deciding to invade Ukraine in February, threatening broader conflict in Eastern Europe, and prompting widespread sanctions. At home, he's cracked down on dissension by censoring the press and arresting citizens who protest.
"What Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev did is all destroyed. All Gorbachev's reforms to zero, to ashes, to smoke... When Gorbachev left, there were 4,000 people left in NATO's rapid reaction force in Europe. Now NATO has announced that there will be 300,000 by the end of next year," Venidiktov said.
"I can tell you that Gorbachev is upset, of course, he understands. It was his life's work. Freedom is Gorbachev's business. Everyone has already forgotten who gave freedom to the Russian Orthodox Church. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. Private property — Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev. So what is he going to say now?"
Gorbachev never said anything publicly about his thoughts on the Ukraine war.
Over the years, he both criticized and praised Putin publicly, according to The Washington Post. The Post reported that Gorbachev commended Putin for helping to strengthen Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but worried about his limitations on a free press.
Putin had not yet commented on Gorbachev's death as of Monday afternoon.
Read the original article on Insider
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WhatKnot
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That’s just so sad.
JackPrintMD
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Ita a King now?The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen.
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