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Two people have left us who's passing shouldn't go unnoticed: Ibrahim Ferrer and Robin Cook. I'm not one to write elegies or anything, but these folks should be missed.Ferrer was the cutest most grandfatherly little Cuban jazz man and he put on a great show, even though he wasn't 'discovered' until he was almost 70. I give him credit for giving me a push to start learning Spanish and giving us a peak into Cuban culture, which we as Americans are seldom allowed.
Cook was the big voice of reason and dissent in the Labour Party in the run-up to this Iraq war. Advocating that containment was working and knowing that it was the wrong war at the wrong time, he made his voice heard and it cost him his job, but he left with dignity and not acrimoniously. Definitely the man who should have been Prime Minister, and idealist who stayed true to his convictions and called everyone on their bullshit, regardless of their party.
posted by AngryYoungMan @ 6:31 AM
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