Believe it or not my mother can recite the whole of that poem by heart. I can only get about 1/4 to 1/3 through it.
My kids and I used to be able to, too. It was a 4th grade requirement. I’m glad teacher Gerry E. in San Francisco required it.
Justin Gimelstob has tweeted that tennis legend Vic Braden has passed away. I have not found any confirmation yet. He was 85.
Geoffrey Holder has died. This one really sucks, that man was a superb dancer, choreographer, and pitchman. One could fall in love with just his voice.
Jerrie Mock, first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
"An actress who starred in Jurassic Park III and on the TV show 7th Heaven has died in her sleep, her family confirmed.
Sarah Goldberg passed away aged 40 at her family’s cabin in Wisconsin from a suspected heart condition on September 27."
Jan Hooks, SNL alum, dead at 63 points.
Only 43 points. She was 57, not 37.
Noted. That was New Hampshire math. :smack:
well, that’s sad.
Not because she wasn’t one my list; well, not just because she wasn’t one my list, but because SNL!
Diem Brown hospitalized.
Elizabeth Pena has died.
very 
Olympic Fencer Kamara James dead at 29
Brian
David Greenglass has died at the age of points. He perjured himself at the Rosenberg trial, throwing his sister and brother-in-law under the bus.
I don’t have any news corroboration yet, but singer Billy Vera is reporting on Facebook that Tim Hauser, founder of the vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer, died this morning. He was 72.
45 minutes later and nothing in the news via Google - could it be a hoax?
Debatable. He recanted years later after decades of guilt over their death. Whether he recanted because he lied or because he felt guilty about helping with their prosecution. But at this point there is little doubt that the Rosenbergs were involved in espionage. Especially Julius. Ethel’s involvement was probably minor. Watch Heir to an Execution. It was a documentary made by their granddaughter. After being told by her father that his parents were innocent she was stunned when one of their associates admitted that they passed information to the Soviets. Even the Rosenberg family now acknowledges that Julius at least was a spy but they still believe the punishment did not fit the crime.
And more importantly I believe Greenglass was 3 points old.
Wikipedia now lists a death date with no other information for whatever that is worth.
3 hours after Rico’s post and still no reputable sources