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Melody Beattie, Author Who Introduced ‘Co-Dependency’ to Millions, Dies at 76

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

One of Nichole Beattie’s most vivid childhood memories is the day she heard screaming coming from the basement. It was her mother. The basement of their home in Stillwater, Minn., is where her mother, Melody Beattie, did her writing in the mid-1980s. All day and through much of the night, she sat cross-legged in a cement-walled, windowless storage room—a cigarette perpetually stuck between her teeth—typing on a Kaypro computer with green text that marched across its tiny screen.
David Myers, a Conservationist With the Mindset of a Developer, Dies at 73

1 month ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

When David Myers would walk home from school as a child, he’d often take a detour to explore a gully filled with lizards, frogs and snakes. One day he saw bulldozers filling in the gully, so he grabbed as many lizards as he could and brought them to the screened-in porch of the family’s home in Orange County in California. It was an early glimpse of who Myers would eventually become: a conservationist on a scale that has few rivals.
Edward Leamer, Economist Who Said Economists Were Doing it Wrong, Dies at 80

1 month ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

March 14, 2025 9:00 am ETOne day in elementary school, Edward Leamer noticed that his teacher had written the wrong answer to a math problem on the blackboard, so he stood up and told her so. His teacher took another look and assured him that it was correct. Again he protested, so she asked him to take his seat. “He refused to sit down,” his brother, the author Laurence Leamer, said in a gathering on Zoom to celebrate his brother last month.
Edward Leamer, Economist Who Said Economists Were Doing It Wrong, Dies at 80

1 month ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

One day in elementary school, Edward Leamer noticed that his teacher had written the wrong answer to a math problem on the blackboard, so he stood up and told her so. His teacher took another look and assured him that it was correct. Again he protested, so she asked him to take his seat. “He refused to sit down,” his brother, the author Laurence Leamer, said in a gathering on Zoom to celebrate his brother last month. “His whole life, he’s refused to sit down.”Leamer, an economist who died Feb.
Archie Wade, University of Alabama’s First Black Faculty Member, Dies at 85

1 month ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

Feb. 28, 2025 10:00 am ETWhen the University of Alabama played Georgia in the 1964 football-season opener in Tuscaloosa, Archie Wade, Joffre Whisenton and Nathaniel Howard had seats next to the home team’s marching band. It was unheard of. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Hal Sperlich, the ‘Godfather’ of the Mustang and Minivan, Dies at 95

2 months ago | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

Long before the minivan became standard issue in the American suburbs, Hal Sperlich was its greatest champion and Henry Ford II was its most famous hater. Lee Iacocca used to sit between them in product-planning meetings when he was president of Ford Motor in the 1970s. On his right was Ford, chief executive and grandson of the company’s founder.
Mike Maples Sr., the Adult in the Room During Microsoft’s Early Days, Dies at 82

2 months ago | msn.com | Chris Kornelis

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Randy ‘Crawdaddy’ Miod, a Malibu Surfing Legend, Dies in LA Fire at 55

Jan 23, 2025 | msn.com | Chris Kornelis

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Jan 15, 2025 | jp.wsj.com | Chris Kornelis |Anne Steele

Casey McNerthney has never been a Cyndi Lauper buff. For most of his life, he’d change the radio channel when he heard “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”But he is a huge fan of landing concert tickets for cheap—especially for shows in big arenas, stadiums and amphitheaters, where he gets to experience an artist (and throngs of their devotees) for the first time. So in December, when he noticed $9 tickets—including fees—to the Seattle stop of Lauper’s farewell tour hours before showtime, he pounced.
Carole Wilbourn, ‘Cat Therapist,’ Dies at 84

Jan 10, 2025 | wsj.com | Chris Kornelis

Carole Wilbourn didn’t leave for an appointment without saying goodbye. “I’ll be gone for about an hour and I’ll see you later,” she would say to Muggsy, Sambo, Diana-Moon-Dust and the many other cats she lived with over the years as she left her apartment in New York’s West Village.