R.I.P. Theodore C. Olbermann, 1929-2010

Keith's dad has died. If you watch Keith's show - Countdown - you will already know what a journey this has been, especially during the bitter biting and ass-kissing regarding the HCR bills.  From Keith's site:

My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon.

Though the financial constraints of his youth made college infeasible, he accomplished the near-impossible, becoming an architect licensed in 40 states. Much of his work was commercial, for a series of shoe store chains and department stores. There was a time in the 1970's when nearly all of the Baskin-Robbins outlets in the country had been built to his design, and under his direction. Through much of my youth and my early adult life, it was almost impossible to be anywhere in this country and not be a short drive to one of "his" stores.

My Dad was predeceased last year by my mother, Marie, his wife of nearly 60 years. He died peacefully after a long fight against the complications that ensued after successful colon surgery last September at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. My sister Jenna and I were at his side, and I was reading him his favorite James Thurber short stories, as he left us.

I especially love that Keith was reading his favorite James Thurber short stories as his dad left us. IMHO, there is no finer humor with which to leave this life.

The rest is HERE. 

More later.

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