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Nicholas Dominic Cafardo (May 8, 1956 – February 21, 2019) [1] was an American sportswriter and sports author. A longtime columnist and beat reporter for The Boston Globe, he primarily covered the Boston Red Sox.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Colonel William Charles Ocker (June 18, 1880 – September 15, 1942) was an American aviation pioneer. He was known as the "Father of Instrument Flying". He was known as the "Father of Instrument Flying".
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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; ... Ocker is a ghost town in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1]
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"Ocker" was recorded from 1916 as a nickname for anyone called Oscar. The 1920s Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs contained a character called Oscar ("Ocker") Stevens. The term "ocker" in its modern usage arose from a character of that name, played by Ron Frazer, who appeared in the satirical television comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show from 1965 to 1968. [7]
On 16 May 2019, two days before the election, Hawke died at his home in Northbridge at the age of 89, following a short illness. [135] [136] His family held a private cremation on 27 May at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium where he was subsequently interred. [137]