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February 5, 2008 4:48 AM

Rose Hacker, the world's oldest newspaper columnist, has died at 101
posted by criticalbill (9 comments total)

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posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 4:59 AM on February 5, 2008

what a fabulous woman. thanks for this post.
posted by lapolla at 5:05 AM on February 5, 2008

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posted by etaoin at 5:08 AM on February 5, 2008

Did she ever think the future would be this bad? "No, I thought we would have a wonderful future. We'd built a welfare state and it worked. We had a health service. We built schools..."
And I thank you and your generation, Rose. My life would have been immeasurably poorer without yours and those of women and men like you; honest, decent and engaged.
posted by Abiezer at 5:13 AM on February 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

She appealed to the young by signing off as Hax0r.

She will be missed.
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 5:39 AM on February 5, 2008 [1 favorite]

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posted by Smart Dalek at 7:28 AM on February 5, 2008

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posted by Unicorn on the cob at 8:55 AM on February 5, 2008

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posted by razorian at 3:44 PM on February 5, 2008

"When my father died, however, he held out his arms from the bed and cried 'Rosie darling.' That was the only time he ever hugged me, and I remember thinking: 'I've been wanting this all my life.' "

I love this woman.

"Obesity is disgusting. All you do is eat less."

I hate this woman.

"The most evil thing we have to fight is fundamentalism and nationalism combined. We have religious schools, which I think is monstrous. As long as we have them we'll never have peace."

I love this woman. I love this woman, and I just found out she existed, only to learn she is dead. I'm now reminded of how I felt the day I learned a) Peter Tosh was one hell of a reggae music artist and b) Peter Tosh was dead. Damn.

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posted by ZachsMind at 5:40 PM on February 6, 2008