суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

DEATHS IN THE NEWS

William H. Natcher, 84, a Kentucky Democrat known for arecord-setting 18,401 consecutive House roll-call votes, died Tuesdayin Washington, D.C. His streak came to an end after his last vote onMarch 2, when he left a hospital bed to be wheeled onto the Housefloor on a gurney for the last time. Albert Goldman, 66, whose biographies of Elvis Presley and JohnLennon infuriated their fans, died Monday in New York. His 1981 bookElvis depicted the singer as a drugged, perverted man of questionabletalent. Some critics agreed with the book, but many othersquestioned Mr. Goldman's own talent. In 1988, he painted an equallyunflattering picture of the former Beatle in The Lives of JohnLennon, …

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