Very recent deaths: Pope Benedict died today. Also, two others I never met, but knew their work:
Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter, and Barbara Walters, news anchor and pioneer for women in the news media.
It seems that I knew many more people who died this year; most of them were in their eighties and some in their nineties. Since I am approaching my mid seventies, it shouldn't surprise me.
Here's a poem from John O'Donoghue:
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