steinem dead?

[liberalitch]

I think I just saw onthe CNN crawl that gloria steinem was dead.
Is this true?
If so, why hasn't it gotten more attention?

[Goldmund]

1. It's her husband

I believe.

[Minstrel Boy]

2. No, her husband

Wire services
Jan. 2, 2004 12:00 AM


SANTA MONICA, Calif. - David Bale, a businessman, environmentalist and animal rights activist, died on Tuesday, his wife, feminist author Gloria Steinem, said. He was 62.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0102deaths02.html

[Don Claybrook]

3. Her husband died

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0102deaths02.html

[eyesroll]

4. It was her husband, David Bale, according to a Google News search

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0102deaths02.html

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - David Bale, a businessman, environmentalist and animal rights activist, died on Tuesday, his wife, feminist author Gloria Steinem, said. He was 62.
Steinem said the cause was primary brain lymphoma, for which Bale had been hospitalized since July. He moved from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to the Santa Monica Healthcare Center in November, she said.

Sad news, but it does explain the lack of attention.

[Logansquare]

7. Actor Christian Bale's father, as well n/t

.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

5. I guess the fish lost it's bicycle

n/t

[liberalitch]

6. Word up to...

the fish.....

[TahitiNut]

8. ''A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.'' -- Irina Dunn, 1970

:eyes: Perhaps a bit insensitive under the circumstances. (I cite the quote solely to offer a context for the allusion.)

I can only note that "need" and "want" are often two widely divergent notions. We humans "need" far, far less than we "want" -- it's our condition it seems, along with frequently "wanting" that which is antithetical to our "needs".

[Bridget Burke]

9. "Not sure where I stand politically"

(from your profile)

Let me guess....

[Crowdance]

10. Crudely insensitive

I hope if you ever find yourself in similarly sad circumstances you'll receive kinder care than you're willing to offer.

[Mari333]

11. agreed...I was widowed...its horrible to go thru

and I met Gloria twice..once in 1973 and once in 2000...shes a marvelous lady...
I mentioned to her "I saw you speak in 1973"..and she said "Hey! I remember you !"
Shes a fighter....always has been.

[latebloomer]

12. And she waited so long to get married!

He was her first husband, and she was well into her sixties when they married in 2000.

So sad.