Earlier this year, Cooper became the oldest living person after the death of Eunice G. Sanborn of Texas, according to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group. The group certifies supercentenarians - people who are 110 or older.
She was born in Tennessee on Aug. 26, 1896, during the second term of President Grover Cleveland.
Funeral services for Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, a physician and one of the computing world’s influential figures, will be held Monday in Cochran. He died Thursday after a months-long bout with pneumonia.A couple of weeks ago we heard rumors that Bill Gates had flown quietly into Macon. It turns out Gates was visiting this man, who some believe built the first personal computer, on his death bed.
Roberts, who was 68, made a name for himself when, in the mid-1970s, he built and sold a primitive home computer called the Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) Altair 8800, a screenless box of a machine with red light bulbs on its face that was operated by toggle switches.
The device, named after a star by his daughter Dawn, is now in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, which notes on its Web site that the machine is the one “that inaugurated the personal computer age.”
Dr. Wayburn went on to devote his life to preserving such natural wonders - a pursuit that led him to serve five terms as the president of the Sierra Club. He remained an honorary president when he died Friday night in his San Francisco home at age 103, surrounded by family.
"He has saved more of our wilderness than any other person alive," President Bill Clinton said in 1999 when he awarded Dr. Wayburn the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Vic Chesnutt died in Athens Georgia this afternoon, Friday 25 December at 14:59.From The New York Daily News in 2005:
"Every aspect of human nature needs to be written about," Chesnutt says. "Writers are like Geiger counters, or seismic meters. They show you the things you should pay attention to that go on underneath."From The Village Voice in 2008:
Vic, tell me something you’ve never ever done before in your life.
Well, I’ve never gone back in time.
"We've introduced limited-time milkshake flavors for the past couple of years in an effort to promote our entire line of milkshakes. These seasonal flavors are not intended to remain on the menu permanently, but we use these special flavors to maintain interest among our existing milkshake fans and also to help raise awareness of our milkshakes to new customers. We of course will consider re-introducing extremely popular flavors, but we can't make any promises about the return of the Peach flavor at this point."UPDATE: Craig Craddock, who owns two Macon area Chick-fil-A's, said he anticipates running out of peach milkshake ingredients "around the early part of September."
I called Randall (Bramblett) just to jog my memory a little bit, and we do remember that we did open (The Georgia Theatre) up. Now, Davis Causey says it might have been in '76, and not '78, but I guess if The Banner (Herald) researched it they're probably right. But I can tell you that what I do remember of it is that we had just expanded our band... and it was one of the first shows that we did with a larger band. ...Mr. Leavell's interests these days trend more toward forest preservation and Mother Nature Network. As for The Stones, he noted that August "will mark two years of no Stones activity, so that's a pretty long period to be off and I would think it wouldn't be too much longer before the band would want to be doing something, whether it's a new record or a tour.
But that's certainly not my only experience with The Theatre. One of the most memorable times I had was with Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit. I got a call from Johnny Sandlin, and I wish I could tell you the year... but Johnny said, "Look, Bruce is playing The Georgia Theatre and we're gonna do a live C.D. How would you feel about being a guest?"
At the time I knew very little about them except that they were very, very hip, and I had known Bruce for a long time. ... And I went in and it was the kind of band where they really didn't want to rehearse. They just kind of liked things to happen spontaneously. So there was hardly any rehearsal. I think there was really just basically a discussion of what key something might be in. And, then, it was sort of like just turn it loose and see what happens. And what happened was it was a great, great show.
I think it's an iconic music venue for the state of Georgia and the southeast in general. It has a wonderful history. A very rich history of music and lots of interplay between fans and musicians. There's been a lot of wonderful jam sessions that have occurred there. ... I certainly hope that every effort will be made to rebuild it. I think it's a tragic loss. I'm sure that if, at some point in time it were needed, there would be a lot of musicians that would be willing to come together and do something to help it be rebuilt. ...
Is it more than a stage? Well it provides so many great memories for us as musicians. There's certain places that, maybe there's a little magic that goes on. And I would say that's one of those places. I think it would be a very sad thing to think it would no longer be there.
According to Phillip Ramati here at The Telegraph, the other Hall of Fame inductees this year are: Keith Sweat in the songwriting category; gospel singer Dottie Rambo in the posthumous category; Fred and Dinah Gretsch of The Gretsch Co. in the pioneer category, and Macon "King Bee" Hamp Swain in the non-performer category.
If you find yourself in Macon, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame is worth a couple of hours. There's an Otis Redding exhibit featured through Sept. 10.
Vic Chesnutt wanted to fight the war on terror, but realized he could not defeat himself.
On the 8th day God ran away from Vic Chesnutt. Screaming.
Satan is a Vic Chesnuttist.
The song "Bittersweet Symphony" is about Vic Chesnutt killing the guys who wrote "Bittersweet Symphony." And U2.
Vic Chesnutt does not sleep. He stabs Chuck Norris' pansy ass.
Vic Chesnutt lights his cigarettes on himself.
Vic Chesnutt killed Vince Dooley in 1979 and assumed his form.
Vic Chesnutt knows what you did last summer because he made you do it.
Metallica's "One" is about Vic Chesnutt... when he was a fetus.
You think Kurt Cobain killed himself? You're a moron.
The moon doesn't cause the tides to change. Trust us.
The word "shotgun" is loosely based on the Latin for "Vic Chesnutt."
You can stop Vic Chesnutt, but you have to find him first. Check Hell.
The bullet that killed Bruce Lee was Vic Chesnutt. That's the only way it was gonna happen.
Vic Chesnutt stabbed Sting in the neck in 1992, then nursed him back to health and stabbed him in the skull. This is known as "Tantra."
Vic Chesnutt has no soul and cannot be photographed.
Vic Chesnutt kills people who put an extra "T" in his name. With the letter "T."
Vic Chesnutt has committed suicide 175 times. He keeps coming back awesome.
Seiler said Uga VI's epitaph has not been chosen yet.
A few likely ones aren't available. "Damn Good Dog" went to UGA I, and "Not Bad for a Dog" marks UGA II's vault.
"How Bout This Dog," "The Dog of the Decade" and "Defender of His Turf" also are taken.
His first season, 1999, included two of the most disastrous games of my entire University of Georgia fanhood: the Bobby Gaston hackjob against Tech and the Auburn game which was all but over before I'd even reached my seat. His last season saw a #2 national ranking, resounding victories over Auburn and Florida, and a rousing Sugar Bowl victory. I cannot imagine a better finale, unless Mark Richt hoisting a crystal football were involved.
And while UGA VI never threw a pass or made a tackle (leaving aside the occasional steak), he was perhaps the most visible symbol of a football program that re-emerged on the national stage while he watched. He was a furry, slobbering ambassador of good will. A Damn Good Dawg.
We'll miss you, buddy.
Last summer, I went to see the Seilers and stayed overnight. Uga VI slept down the hall and kept waking me up with his heavy snoring. I didn't mind. He would snore and then awake with some sort of garbled grunting sound. I think I could make out what he was saying: "To hell with Tech."
Today, Sonny called with the news about Uga VI. I felt that I had lost a close friend. And I have.
The fundamental joke with Laurel and Hardy, it seems to me, was that they did their best with every test. They never failed to bargain in good faith with their destinies...
I don't consider Bob Hope a humorist, really. He's a comedian. It's very thin stuff; nothing troubling is mentioned. I used to laugh my head off at Laurel and Hardy and could still do it now. And there's terrible tragedy there somehow, as these people are too sweet to survive in this world and they are in terrible danger all the time. They could be so easily killed.
- Kurt Vonnegut, 1976 or 1977
