https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-ki... "Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, his consulting firm said in a statement. The notorious war criminal was 100."
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#22I'm surprised at the extreme brevity of this obituary; were they taken by surprise someone could die of old age as young as 100 and didn't have anything prepared? I would have expected at least an brief summary of his career, highlights, major points of controversy, etc. e.g. like this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/29/henry-kissin... (and undoubtedly many others). Also, this ruins my "Jimmy Carter v.…
I’m really surprised to see such a glaring typo, I don’t think I ever seen one before from the BBC:
> Born in Germany in 1973,
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#23He was a very influential political operator. It’s true what they say though, at least in this case. Only the good die young.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seeing as he was 100, I doubt they were taken by surprise. These things are usually canned and updated once in a while for people of interest, especially past a certain age (or at least that's my understanding).
Yes exactly, so why doesn't the BBC have more than 3 lines on Kissinger?
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#26He was a very influential political operator. It’s true what they say though, at least in this case. Only the good die young.
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#28Are we sure? I was beginning to wonder if the afterlife was going to be holding out on this one. Poor taste jokes aside - is there anyone else as directly responsible for as much modern day suffering, who has "gotten away with it" more cleanly in the eyes of the public? I've always found the disconnect between history and legacy to be rather... jarring.
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#30He was a very influential political operator. It’s true what they say though, at least in this case. Only the good die young.
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