Legendary soul singer passed away today to cap of a gloomy weekend of yet another beloved celebrity’s untimely death.

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After losing a bout with pneumonia, at 50 Bernie Mac passed away today.

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An inspiring comedic genius passed away a few days ago, and will certainly be missed but thanks for the laughs and food for thought through your comedy.

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Gay rights tool a step closer to equality today in California.

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An untimely passing of one of the truly finest journalist of this generation.

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Music legend Ellas McDaniel, a.k.a. Bo Diddley, passed away yesterday but leaves the rest of us all the gifts of his pioneering music.

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One of my favorite rappers of all time finally got permission to stay in the USA courtesy of a pardon by the current N.Y. governor.

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A beloved teacher from my high school days is facing some hard times as the Board of Education in NYC is claiming that Mr. Thomas of MCSM is not qualified to teach. Yeah right, and pigs can fly too. Something smells rotten here folks, and it ain’t the geometry class I’m talking about.

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One of Hip-Hop’s pioneering break dancers past away yesterday. Wayne Frost was only 44 years young. Respect.

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This year’s Earth Hour is represented here in the United States in San Francisco as the city will turn off all it’s lights for an hour at 8pm to bring attention to global energy concerns.

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Starting tomorrow at 8pm in New Zealand various cities in the world will turn off their lights for one hour to draw attention to the connection between energy use and climate change. But is that enough?!

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The legendary science fiction writer passed on today in his adopted home of Sri Lanka.

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Current New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and most pundits agree he will likely step down from his elected post. But leave it to the NY Post to make a splash statement about the whole affair. Pun intended.

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Bush is cementing his legacy as one of the worst U.S. President’s ever with his reluctance to ban excessive interrogation yesterday.

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An NFL icon calls it a career today.

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A legendary actor from the movies Jaws and 2010 passed away today so I offer some of his more memorable quotes in his honor.

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A promising young actor’s life is cut short, most probably due to an accidental overdose of pills/drugs.

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This influential and widely respected Pakastani political activist was assassinated today in her native country ahead of their presidential elections a week from now.

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The famous stuntman & daredevil pioneer passed away today.

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Joe Torre turns down a one year offer to remain as the Yankees manager, thus ending a baseball era in New York.

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Genocide is still taking place in Darfur and even though I’m not rich, wealthy, a head of state or wield corporate influence I still wanted to use my world citizen power to try to help do something contructive to turn the tide in this despicable display of human rights violations. Will you help me?

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I witnessed the aftermath of a terrible accident yesterday just near where I live.

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The author of the Newbery Medal winning classic “A Wrinkle In Time” passed away yesterday.

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One of the world’s most celebrated Tenors passed today after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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A 40 year-old bridge in Minneapolis collapsed today during rush hour, and all I could think about was making sure my friends still living in the Twin Cities were okay…

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