Obit watch: July 14, 2024.

Wow. It has been a weekend, hasn’t it?

Happy Bastille Day to all my readers, since I don’t expect to do a second post today.

The only thing I have to say about Trump is: in my opinion, 130 yards is not a sniper shot. It really isn’t even a very long shot for the average person. I believe most people zero their rifles so they’re on target at 100 to 150 yards. Calling this guy a “sniper” is an insult to actual snipers.

With all that out of the way:

Shannen Doherty. NYT (archived). IMDB.

Richard Simmons. THR.

And finally, speaking of snipers, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. NYT (archived).

…Westheimer is quoted as saying, “When I was in my routine training for the Israeli army as a teenager, they discovered completely by chance that I was a lethal sniper. I could hit the target smack in the center — further away than anyone could believe. Not just that, even though I was tiny and not even much of an athlete, I was incredibly accurate [at] throwing hand grenades, too. Even today, I can load a Sten automatic rifle in a single minute, blindfolded.”

I’m sorry if it seems like I’m shorting these three people on coverage, but I feel like they all are getting a tremendous amount of coverage already (modulo the ongoing news coverage) and I just don’t have anything to add.

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