legacies
This Brutal Obituary Is a Reminder to Be Good to Your Children
Caity Weaver · 09/10/13 05:26PMMarianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick, born January 4, 1935, died last month, to the relief and comfort of the children whom she spent a lifetime (in their words) "torturing in every way possible." Those children, now grown, marked her passing by submitting the most chilling obituary you will ever read to her local newspaper, the Reno Gazette-Journal. While it appears to have been scrubbed from the paper's website, here's the full text, as it appeared online earlier today:
Dead Iconic Sheep's Last Will: Get Me to a Taxidermist
Jeff Neumann · 06/10/11 04:18AMEarlier this week Shrek, the world's (probably) wooliest sheep, died in New Zealand at age 16. So as the nation ponders its future without Shrek — an animal so famous and influential that it had the ear of the prime minister — museums are lining up for the right to display his stuffed carcass for future generations. The national museum, Te Papa, wants him, and so does the Otago Museum near his home. But what would Shrek want? The New Zealand Herald explains:
Wyclef Jean: Feel Free to Call Me Bob Marley, or Dylan Anytime
Jeff Neumann · 12/06/10 07:31AMThe George W. Bush Presidential Library Will Be Awesome
Jeff Neumann · 10/22/10 05:20AMPower Broker Donald Trump Still Wants to Ruin Jones Beach
Jeff Neumann · 10/18/10 07:33AMDash Snow's Diverging Legacies
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/09 02:18PMMedia Not Waiting For History's Bush Verdict
Ryan Tate · 01/20/09 07:54PMIn the week leading up to President Barack Obama's inauguration, it was open season on the outgoing president on political TV. Even conservatives like Ken Blackwell and Scott McClellan joined in the jeering.
Lydia Hearst Schools Anthony Marshall On "The Ultimate Betrayal To The Name"
Emily Gould · 12/03/07 06:00PMModel and heiress Lydia Hearst sat down in her dark corner with her glass of tequila and lime juice, all Hemingway-like, and pumped out another column for Page Six magazine. Thank God. Besides some musings about her new hair color and the traffic that kept her from her Puma bag launch breakfast, Lydia has some unsolicited advice for Brooke Astor's troubled son Anthony Marshall.