Matt Lee
@APDiploWriter
AP Diplomatic Writer. Dad. Curmudgeon. Any snark is all mine. Ex-Buffalo, -Musselburgh, -CVille, -Phnom Penh, -Nairobi. Go Bills! Go Sabres! Hoya Saxa!
“Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71” apnews.com/article/hulk-h…
“Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76” apnews.com/article/ozzy-o…
July 11, 2024 - Reward for Information: Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a/k/a “Niño Guerrero” - United States Department of State state.gov/reward-for-inf…
“Star-crossed singer Connie Francis, whose hits included 'Pretty Little Baby' dead at 87” apnews.com/article/connie…
"Martin Cruz Smith, acclaimed author of 'Gorky Park,' dies at 82" apnews.com/article/martin…
RIP, Richard Boucher, record holder for longest serving assistant secretary of state for public affairs. He was the voice of US foreign policy in an era before social media and disdain for reporters. Many State Dept officials would pause their work to listen to his daily briefing…
Just hearing news that Richard Boucher, a three-time @StateDept spokesman, consummate communications professional, and diplomat, has died at 73. Spokesman for Secretaries Baker, Albright and Powell and Counsel General in Hong Kong during the handover, he was a mentor to many and…
Sorry. I should add Warren Christopher in this.
Richard Boucher was a CLASS ACT as @statedeptspox through Democratic and Republican administrations. (Baker to Albright, Powell to Rice.) He is a model for his successors to aspire to.
Richard Boucher was a CLASS ACT as @statedeptspox through Democratic and Republican administrations. (Baker to Albright, Powell to Rice.) He is a model for his successors to aspire to.
Just hearing news that Richard Boucher, a three-time @StateDept spokesman, consummate communications professional, and diplomat, has died at 73. Spokesman for Secretaries Baker, Albright and Powell and Counsel General in Hong Kong during the handover, he was a mentor to many and…
"Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91" apnews.com/article/bill-m…
"Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and '70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81" apnews.com/article/bobby-…
“A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again". - A. Pope (not the Pope)
"Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82" apnews.com/article/brian-…
"Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82" apnews.com/article/sly-st…
"'Day of the Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies at 86" apnews.com/article/freder…
NEW YORK (AP) - Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on TV series 'M.A.S.H.' dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) - George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76
Before the U.S. entered World War I, a group of daring Americans joined the French in the skies over Europe. Formed on April 20, 1916, the Lafayette Escadrille was a squadron of American volunteer pilots who flew for France in fierce battles like Verdun and the Somme. They…