My mom was killed in a fire last night.

[BlackNGold]

Adding my sympathy, Dio. Stay strong and lean on those around you. They can help you bear this.

[Hanna]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[Neeps]

What unbelievably tragic news for you and your family. I’m really sorry you are going through this. She sounds like she was an amazing woman.

[ElvisL1ves]

I’m very sorry to hear of your loss. My heart goes out to you and your family.

[scareyfaerie]

I’m sorry for your loss, Dio.

[Sigmagirl]

I remember that flood coverage. I remember they got that paper out and delivered it to houses that weren’t there any more. Damn, I’m sorry.

[Crotalus]

Sorry, Dio.

[MoodIndigo1]

So sorry, Dio, for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.

[Chicken_Fingers]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[Paul_in_Qatar]

Gosh, Dio, there are simply no words. I hope my prayers can reach you in this tough, tough period.

[Cat_Whisperer]

@Diogenes_the_Cynic

<snip>My brother (Cricetus/tnetennba) said his wife also talked to the FD a little bit this afternoon,<snip>

I had forgotten that your brother posts here, too - my condolences include you too, Cricetus, of course.

[Dung_Beetle]

Would it be lame to say I missed you in the Idol thread last night? Well, I’m going to be lame then.

[RTFirefly]

Dio, I’m so sorry. My thoughts are with you.

[Diogenes_the_Cynic]

@Dung_Beetle

Would it be lame to say I missed you in the Idol thread last night? Well, I’m going to be lame then.

Not lame.

I had intended to watch it as a little bit of escape, but then my dad called and I spent a couple of hours on the phone with him, and ended up forgetting all about it. I even commented to my wife, “Shit, I forgot all about Idol.”

She has an “Idol chat” group she talks to at her office, and commented on how she won’t have anything to say today, but I think you get Idol discussion dispensation for a death in the family.

[AK84]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[TokyoBayer]

I’m so sorry to hear about this. What a shock.

[norinew]

I’m so sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences!

[Leaffan]

So sorry.

Kind of puts a genuine human being behind all the “faceless” posts over the years…

[Shayna]

She was part of the crew that covered the 1997 Flood — coverage that earned the Herald the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She also won a number of awards from the North Dakota Newspaper Association for writing and reporting.

“She had an out–sized personality and she was often the center of newsroom events. Many of us remember her gumbo dinners — a favorite occasion for her, since she was a native Louisianan.”

@Diogenes_the_Cynic

Yeah, she had a piece of a Pulitzer Prize. Her proudest accomplishment. She also once got individually nominated for another Pulitzer before that, and won a ton of other reporting awards. She was a great political reporter, extremely smart, was on a first name basis with multiple US Senators, Congressmen and Governors, knew where all the bodies were buried, did some occasional appearances on local television and radio shows. She did a couple of talking head appearances on CNN. She’s the only person I ever knew who actually read Hillary’s health care plan from cover to cover, and I have a vivid memory of her dissecting a local right wing radio host on the air about it, totally exposed him as having no idea what he was talking about. My mother was very difficult to debate. She would just snow you under with facts and cites. She would have been a good Doper.

She sounds like a wonderful woman; always seeking knowledge and wanting to impart it to others. It’s clear where you get your moxie, Dio. I’m sure she was as proud of you and your brothers as she was of her awards. Carry on in her honor, knowing a huge part of her will always be with you in your fight against ignorance.

My deepest condolences. I know she’ll rest in peace.

[Acsenray]

How terrible. Please accept my sympathies.