Teacher posting an educational obituary from the past, daily www.passedmadepresent.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mrmml7elsk2a"Franco fought for the rights of women, single mothers like herself, gay people and favela residents." #MarielleFranco 1979-2018 Born on this day https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/18/marielle-franco-brazil-favelas-mourn-death-champion27 Jul 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmml7elsk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mrkxu3bcgc2b"Mr. Shepherd was a king of talk radio before it was known as talk radio..." #JeanShepherd 1921-1999 Born on this day https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/nyregion/jean-shepherd-a-raconteur-and-a-wit-of-radio-is-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0lA.6SEE.xHc0grGG5fGs&smid=url-share26 Jul 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkxu3bcgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mripocykhc2e"... the 21st oldest American in history, and the 54th oldest person to ever live..." #ElizabethFrancis 1909-2024 Born on this day https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/us/elizabeth-francis-death25 Jul 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mripocykhc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mrgg5yldgk2g"Ten of the 15 servicemen who received the Medal of Honor for their actions at Pearl Harbor died in the attack." #JohnFinn 1909-2010 Born on this day https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/us/28finn.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.BpXv.OdiVQEDd_tUP&smid=url-share24 Jul 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgg5yldgk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mrbepandgk2w"He never pretended to know the answers..." #AlexTrebek 1940-2020 Born on this day https://apnews.com/article/alex-trebek-434c1a66a206d27e8177b118f602ac6222 Jul 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbepandgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mr6tbq53ic2o"They voted him both 'most humorous' and 'least likely to succeed.'” #RobinWilliams 1951-2014 Born on this day https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-robin-williams-20140812-story.html21 Jul 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6tbq53ic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mr43qsvrfs2b"... when he left the band of fellow Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti in 1979, Kuti was forced to hire four drummers in order to replicate Allen’s polyrhythms." #TonyAllen 1940-2020 Born on this day https://www.jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/tony-allen-1940-2020/?v=0b3b97fa668820 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr43qsvrfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqzudwk46k2k"... the boxy, black Glock 17 was swiftly adopted by police and the general public in a country estimated to have more guns than people." #GastonGlock 1929-2023 Born on this day https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/gaston-glock-obituary-w662pjgcj19 Jul 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzudwk46k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqx7zo6yu22c"He encouraged his patients to monitor their thoughts, avoid over-generalising and to test their assumptions..." #AaronBeck 1921-2021 Born on this day https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/03/aaron-beck-obituary18 Jul 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx7zo6yu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqukvwzsgk23"Frommer was a lawyer by training and worked on notable cases, including successfully defending D.H. Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' against the U.S. Postal Service..." #ArthurFrommer 1929-2024 Born on this day https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/obituary-travel-publishing-giant-arthur-frommer-dies17 Jul 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqukvwzsgk23https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqryx4rkh22h"... who as a child in Alabama watched Ku Klux Klan members assault her father and who rose to become the nation’s first Black labor secretary..." #AlexisHerman 1947-2025 Born on this day wapo.st/4wOiHJS https://wapo.st/4wOiHJS16 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqryx4rkh22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqpryj5ra227"He answered interrogators’ questions... hoping that America would detect his secret message in Morse code." #JeremiahDenton 1924-2014 Born on this day https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/us/politics/jeremiah-a-denton-jr-war-hero-and-senator-dies-at-89.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.F09-.X9BEy4K8FHjU&smid=url-share15 Jul 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpryj5ra227https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqjk2bcl3c2p"... when National Front thugs attacked a meeting where she was speaking, she shouted, 'You do not frighten me! I have survived worse than you!'" #SimoneVeil 1927-2017 Born on this day https://www.economist.com/obituary/2017/07/08/obituary-simone-veil-died-on-june-30th13 Jul 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjk2bcl3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqhzq6ivss2i"'Hey, man, did you win a gold medal?' Ali asked Davis, who confirmed that he had... Ali responded: 'Well, why ain’t you got it on, then?'” #OtisDavis 1932-2024 Born on this day https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/otis-davis-obituary-us-olympic-gold-medallist-sprinter-5wf6zh9dp12 Jul 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhzq6ivss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqeyd24dd22m"Starting with an unlined jacket, a simple pair of pants and an urban palette, Armani put Italian ready-to-wear style on the international fashion map..." #GiorgioArmani 1934-2025 Born on this day https://apnews.com/article/italy-obit-giorgio-armani-bb4b91756214c456fd5db14216a91b7511 Jul 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeyd24dd22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mqcjze2dok2n"Mr. Dinkins, cool in his double-breasted suit, became the calm voice of reason in the tense city." #DavidDinkins 1927-2020 Born on this day https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/nyregion/david-dinkins-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wlA.WUnS.734d66SjS5Cn&smid=url-share10 Jul 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcjze2dok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mq55bmnx4c2k"The book drew critical praise but also threatening phone calls for its depiction of a long romance between a wealthy white man and his black housekeeper in rural Alabama." #ShirleyAnnGrau 1929-2020 Born on this day https://apnews.com/arts-and-entertainment-general-news-45732bc2c29a6e2dbc3e679c28ce5dad08 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq55bmnx4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mq3jkscr7c25"The scenes that he helped bring to life in Clint Eastwood’s 1975 film 'The Eiger Sanction' are regarded as some of the most difficult stunts ever filmed." #HamishMacInnes 1930-2020 Born on this day https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/hamish-macinnes-obituary-sqqpgfmg307 Jul 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3jkscr7c25https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpz3l5na422o“'It was so obviously wrong. When you see babies machine-gunned, you must intervene.'” #LawrenceColburn 1949-2016 Born on this day wapo.st/4b9FnvE https://wapo.st/4b9FnvE06 Jul 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz3l5na422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpst6pqois2q"After his discharge, he moved to Los Angeles, worked at an aircraft parts factory, bought a guitar at a pawn shop and recorded demos of his tunes in hope of landing a recording contract." #BillWithers 1938-2020 Born on this day https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/bill-withers-dies-obituary-lean-on-me-aint-no-sunshine-20200403.html04 Jul 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpst6pqois2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mprhyb6hlc2l"When the Japanese invaded in 1942, Tomás and his brother, Petr, and mother were placed on one of the last boats bound for Australia..." #TomStoppard 1937-2025 Born on this day https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov/30/sir-tom-stoppard-obituary03 Jul 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprhyb6hlc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpp2hhlzis2u"... Jamal disdained the term jazz, preferring American classical music as a descriptor for his work..." #AhmadJamal 1930-2023 Born on this day https://www.npr.org/2023/04/16/846207919/ahmad-jamal-obituary02 Jul 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpp2hhlzis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpmix4gyec2o"... despite being self-proclaimed as 'the most sampled artist ever' - [Johnson] rarely saw royalties from his song being sampled..." #SylJohnson 1936-2022 Born on this day https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/syl-johnson-oft-sampled-soul-singer-different-strokes-dead-obit-1295879/01 Jul 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmix4gyec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpjzwqguhk2x"... Dr. Berg often received letters from the parents of children with cancer, and despite a crowded schedule, he would respond with personal replies of encouragement." #PaulBerg 1926-2023 Born on this day https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/science/paul-berg-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uFA.nuPH.5UKKpN6n5iSN&smid=url-share30 Jun 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjzwqguhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mphf2t3tjc25"As she talked to Werner von Braun, a former Nazi who was then directing America's space programme, she realised that his sweet-sour smell was the same lemon disinfectant soap used by the Nazis in Florence." #OrianaFallaci 1929-2006 Born on this day https://www.economist.com/obituary/2006/09/21/oriana-fallaci29 Jun 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphf2t3tjc25https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpex27us5c24"'I spent 40 years denying it was about my life.'" #BetteGreene 1934-2020 Born on this day wapo.st/3SygfbE https://wapo.st/3SygfbE28 Jun 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpex27us5c24https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mpc5uus6xs27"Mr. Braithwaite was a World War II veteran and trained as a physicist at the University of Cambridge." #ERBraithwaite 1912-2016 Born on this day https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/er-braithwaite-author-of-to-sir-with-love-dies-at-104/2016/12/13/c850fa86-c143-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html27 Jun 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpc5uus6xs27https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mp7yq2kkfk26"Not to be thwarted, she smuggled her 5-year-old son Evan past guards and set him on a lab bench while she set up the experiment." #CandacePert 1946-2013 Born on this day https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-candace-pert-20130924-story.html26 Jun 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7yq2kkfk26https://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mp5ccsqlts2k"That meant managing men, something few women did at the time." #MyraJancoDaniels 1925-2022 Born on this day https://www.wsj.com/business/media/ad-executive-seeking-retirement-project-created-arts-center-in-naples-fla-11656597649?st=xDdyRP&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink25 Jun 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5ccsqlts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/passedmadepresent.bsky.social/post/3mp2voo4ksc2t"Carolyn Shoemaker was a housewife with no science degree when, aged 51, she started searching for comets and asteroids..." #CarolynShoemaker 1929-2021 Born on this day https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/27/carolyn-shoemaker-obituary24 Jun 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:kfbpgflghrmr4b2h2enlsvxa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2voo4ksc2t