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• DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: Elizabeth Taylor Dies
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 3/23/11

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Say what you want about her unconventional personal life and the fact she was married 8 times (to 7 different men), Elizabeth Taylor was the last of the great movie stars.  She sparkled like no other.  At her death, she was with her four children, Michael and Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd and Maria Burton. Her son, Michael said of his mother that she was, “an extraordinary woman who loved...

• CAPTURING HEARTS & MINDS: Sargent Shriver Dies at 95
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 1/19/11

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The life of Sargent Shriver was a love story about a man who loved a woman and his country. Sargent Shriver, who was married to John F. Kennedy’s sister, Eunice, passed away in his home in Maryland, losing his battle with Alzheimer’s disease.  The popular Kennedy in-law was an independent and ambitious politician and activist.  He was an Ambassador to France and the first Director of the Peace...

• TOGETHER WE GRIEVE: President Gives Memorial Speech
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 1/13/11

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We watched, tearfully, as President Obama addressed the nation in an auditorium filled with friends, family and community.  We wanted wisdom, inspiration and solace in our time of grief.  We got it.  We now know those who died in the Tuscon shootings a little better.  We see them as our grandfather, mother, brother and, yes, even our daughter.  We felt the sorrow of their family members,...

• We Can Do It: Rosie The Riveter Dies
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 12/31/10

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O-MAMA is inspired by so many women and one of them has passed away.  Geraldine Doyle who was the inspiration for the WWII Rosie the Riveter “We Can Do It” poster has died at the age of 86.  This real-life factory worker inspired millions of women.  She literally became the poster woman for American women who rolled up their sleeves and went to work on the assembly lines to make equipment for...

• IS DIPLOMACY DEAD? Uber Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Passes Away
• Posted by • 12/14/10

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Every single foreign policy breakthrough you have ever heard about, it's likely Richard Holbrooke probably made it happen.  This diplomatic legend died at 69 following surgery on a tear in his aorta.  President Obama called Holbrooke, “a true giant of American foreign policy.”  And that he was. 

This was a man who exemplified "where there is a will, there is a way."  He had the will and...