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WATCH: Livestream of civil rights icon Edie Windsor’s funeral

Friday, September 15, 2017

Rest in power, Edie. Rest in pride.

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Barack Obama’s beautiful tribute to Edie Windsor will leave you in tears

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

"Few were as small in stature as Edie Windsor – and few made as big a difference to America."

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Edie Windsor, the mother of marriage equality, has died

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The elderly widow who took her case for marriage equality to the Supreme Court has passed away at the age of 88.

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Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes dies

Thursday, May 18, 2017

A cause of death has not been released.

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We all know how this ends: Death is not a failure

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Obituaries start with phrases like so-and-so "lost their battle with..."? Why do we start the memory of their life with a supposed failure?

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Conversion therapy pioneer Joseph Nicolosi won’t be hurting any more gay kids

Friday, March 10, 2017

The leader in the discredited movement to "convert" people from lesbian, gay, or bisexual to straight has died.

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Judge William Norris, who wrote groundbreaking opinion on gay soldiers, dies

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Judge Norris wrote an precedent-setting opinion in 1988 calling the U.S. Army's ban on gay soldiers unconstitutional, comparing it to a ban on interracial marriage.

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Mary Tyler Moore, TV icon, dead at age 80

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

She turned the world on with her smile, and rightfully earned the title of America's sweetheart.

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One day after daughter Carrie Fisher’s death, actress Debbie Reynolds dies at 84

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

"She's now with Carrie and we're all heartbroken," said her son, Todd.

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Singer George Michael dies ‘peacefully at home’

Sunday, December 25, 2016

"It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period," his publicist said.

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