The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI just heard that William Rivers Pitt just died/ heart attack
My daughter just heard this and has a link to this which she texted me....
Will Pitt is a former long time DU'er from the start...and is Editor of Truthout...
I am heartbroken....
Emile
(22,712 posts)CousinIT
(9,241 posts)Wish it could be further confirmed. If true, this is a VERY SAD ending for this 'young' (only 50!) man with a 4-year old daughter and wife. They must be devastated.
I figure though, that they need time to collect themselves before making any statements on social media or elsewhere. Totally understandable. That takes all precedence over my desire to get a confirmation, so just waiting patiently and wishing for the best for them in this terrible circumstance - and hoping that it is somehow NOT true (as I'm certain they are as well).
Skittles
(153,160 posts)underpants
(182,789 posts)I marched with him and other DUers October 26, 2002 to protest the Iraq War.
Indirectly hes how I came to DU.
FarPoint
(12,352 posts)Cindy Sheehan was there as well, Code Pink......DUer's there with Skinner...me as well. Met up with folks at the Hawk-n-Dove Bar...
867-5309.
(1,189 posts)n/t
Ocelot II
(115,683 posts)other than a couple of Facebook posts from third-hand sources. If it does turn out to be true, that's very sad; he was (is) a talented writer and advocate for progressive ideas. Still waiting for verification, though.
FarPoint
(12,352 posts)FarPoint
(12,352 posts)Will be giving statement.
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)He was a prolific writer and a great progressive mind..
ShepKat
(383 posts)we're all in each other's lives... until we're not.
departure circumstances are different.
Love now.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)I've been friends with Will since the beginning of DU and Continue to on Facebook.
He had a weird post up a couple days ago that I couldn't understand it's meaning so I need to go back and read it. It actually sounded like an Obituary
Very strange if true.