Word: lupus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard community and American journalism suffered a tragic loss Tuesday when Christopher J. Ceorges '87 died at Lenox Hospital in New York City as a result of complications related to lupus, a disease he battled for much of his life...
Those who knew and worked with Georges said they were amazed at his high level of quality and productivity in spite of the battle with lupus that he fought for roughly half his life...
...there. Early settlers, who saw the wolves as threats to both their cattle and themselves, generally killed them on sight. Ultimately, the government placed a bounty on the wolves, encouraging hunters to shoot them, trap them and even burn them alive. Before the middle of the 20th century, Canis lupus was wobbling on the edge of extinction...
Kuralt, 62, died in New York City of a heart attack. He had been suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease, after his retirement from CBS News in 1994. There is some resonance in his death's occurring on the Fourth of July, not just the birthday of the country whose discovery he continued but, as it happens, also a milestone in the exploration of another world. His four-decade career is testament to the fact that there are wonders that do not need to take your breath away, and that there are underappreciated worlds to wander into, down...
...YORK CITY: Charles Kuralt, CBS's chronicler of the heart of America, died on the 4th of July. The 62-year-old former host of "On the Road with Charles Kuralt" and "CBS Sunday Morning" died at New York Hospital from complications from lupus. Kuralt joined CBS News in 1957 as a writer after working as a reporter and columnist for the Charlotte (N.C.) News. He quickly rose to prominence at the network, with one of his bosses describing him as "the next Ed Murrow." The self-deprecating Kuralt dismissed such praise as "ridiculous." Kuralt left hard news...