@offbeatorbit Unfortunately he had Lewy body dementia and spent a lot of his later years out of the public eye in Lamont (very close to where I live so I did know he was still around). A true legend!
Jane Fonda pays tribute to her former husband, Ted Turner:
“He swept into my life, a gloriously handsome, deeply romantic, swashbuckling pirate and I’ve never been the same,” Fonda wrote on Instagram. “He needed me. No one had ever let me know they needed me, and this wasn’t your average human being that needed me, this was the creator of CNN, and Turner Classic Movies, who had won the America’s Cup as the world’s greatest sailor. He had a big life, a brilliant mind and a soaring sense of humor."
“He could also take care of me. That was new as well. To be needed and cared for simultaneously is transformative. Ted Turner helped me believe in myself. He gave me confidence. I think I did the same for him, but that’s what women are raised to do. Men like Ted aren’t supposed to express need and vulnerability. That was Ted’s greatest strength, I believe."
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FIRST ON FOX: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a new congressional redistricting map proposal, which adds four GOP seats to the Sunshine State.
"Florida got shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and we’ve been fighting for fair representation ever since," DeSantis said.
A tech entrepreneur who recently moved to Florida got upset when he ran into obstacles while trying to build a house that could impact the habitat of Florida's endangered scrub-jay.
So now he's suing to strip the bird of its federal protection.
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@austinrspence I also lost my partner and yet don’t have anything wiser or more comforting to say than I’m sorry. I know this is a brutal experience and I am deeply sorry you are experiencing it, and it’s horrible that the world has lost someone so meaningful.
Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti:
“We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.
Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you”