IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

[Hriston]

Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker, and her husband were assassinated in their home early on Saturday.

 

[Hriston]

Afa Ah Loo, a prominent Samoan fashion designer who once appeared on the show “Project Runway”, was shot dead after a man armed with an AR-15-style rifle ran into the crowd at a No Kings Day protest in Salt Lake City.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Anne Burrell, host for Food Network, died today. She was 55.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Melissa Hortman, Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker, and her husband were assassinated in their home early on Saturday.

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[Hriston]

Turki al-Jasser, prominent journalist, has been executed by Saudi Arabia.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Singer-songwriter Lou Christie, who had a #1 hit with "Lightin' Strikes", died yesterday. He was 82.

 

[Hriston]

Parnia Abbasi, Iranian poet, was killed alongside family members in Tehran by an Israeli strike days ahead of her 24th birthday.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Cavin Yarbrough of Yarbrough and Peoples died yesterday; he was 71.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jack Betts, who fired Norman Osbourne in Spider-Man, died Thursday. He was 96.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Character actor Gailard Sartain (Hee Haw, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Buddy Holly Story) died Thursday. He was 81.