carverrt Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I did not read this till today... http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-personal-aside-to-gaming-community.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Always the way with the historically minded ... : ) Anyway a bit more flesh about him here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Wow, not a whiff of this on any of the web sites I've looked at today, except here. I've read several of his books. He will be missed. And the article is right, American news media sucks. I could care less what Kim Karda-whatshername is wearing or not wearing today, but I have to deal with 35 articles about her in every major news site I check for significant news. It truly sucks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Wow, not a whiff of this on any of the web sites I've looked at today To be fair, it's three weeks since he died. If there were anything, it would have been about two-to-three weeks ago. Edit: mind you, I didn't see anything then, either. Although, at best it would have been one Obit on one day, and easy to miss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 There was a mention of his passing in the news section of Wikipedia last week. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Despite visiting Wikipedia pretty much every day, and always starting from the main page—with the search window right above the news panel—I saw no mention of Keegan's death. Color me sheepish. On the other hand, in the past week Neil Armstrong's death has overshadowed other recent passings. On the other other hand, if Keegan's death—despite happening on 2 August—wasn't mentioned in Wikipedia's news section till last week, then it was indeed overlooked. Even if Keegan had been the most important military historian in history, his death would garner hardly a footnote amid the various scandals, political turmoil, sporting events, celebrity trivia and incidents of violence that come so thick and fast these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Color me sheepish. Careful. There may be Australians about. Unless of course you were hoping for a date. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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