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RIP Sally Ride

POSTED BY: Skywalken
UPDATED: Thursday, July 26, 2012 13:15
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SKYWALKEN

Monday, July 23, 2012 10:58 PM

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Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday at her home in San Diego. She was 61.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, her company, Sally Ride Science, announced on its Web site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazin
g-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?_r=1

My heart goes out to her family and the rest of America. We've lost a great American. Sadly, yet another tragedy in a just a few short days.

RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 1:00 AM

She wasn't that old. :(

I have Kathy Bates on speed dial, mwa ha ha ha (in exaggeratedly evil voice)

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya.

KWICKO

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 1:21 AM

Cancer doesn't really care about age.

HERO

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:21 AM

She was a big deal. Met her at my school.

H

Hero...must be right on all of this. ALL of the rest of us are wrong. Chrisisall, 2012

SIGNYM

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:37 AM

Wow.

No one should ever die that young.

1KIKI

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:16 AM

Has anyone noticed how many youngish famous people are dying of pancreatic cancer? Supposedly it's pretty rare. It makes me wonder if the overall incidence has gone up recently, or of this is just a statistical fluke.

SignyM: I swear, if we really knew what was being decided about us in our absence, and how hosed the government is prepared to let us be, we would string them up.

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:19 AM

" We're all just folk. " - Mal

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:50 PM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Has anyone noticed how many youngish famous people are dying of pancreatic cancer? Supposedly it's pretty rare. It makes me wonder if the overall incidence has gone up recently, or of this is just a statistical fluke.

My suspicion is that might have to do with HFCS, via the methodology by which the pancreas works and why/how HFCS can screw that up, side order of mercury contamination - seems almost a recipe for it.

-F

CAVETROLL

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 3:50 PM

It takes a lot of guts to sit on the world's largest conventional bomb, in the most complex vehicle ever assembled, constructed by the lowest bidder and maintained by government workers.

Yeah, that was sarky. It doesn't diminish the admiration I have for her.

Godspeed, Sally Ride.

Kwindbago, hot air and angry electrons

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:06 PM

Slate.com has 3 stories about her on their Double X page ( Women's issues), about the fact that she was a lesbian, and left behind a female life partner of 29 years. I hadn't heard any mention of that anywhere else, and it is, of course, of no relevance to her work or achievements, as unimportant as the prejudice against gay and lesbian marriage or lifestyle. Her business, her private life, of no concern to any outsider. I mourn for her loss, and for the sorrow of her partner.