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In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genre
Smiles in Heaven: Good-bye to Our Friend Tom Hanneman We lost a good one. 1 7 minutes read My friend Tom Hanneman passed away in his sleep last week. The longtime Twin Cities sportscaster (a career 50 years in the making) ended quietly and peacefully for him but tore a hole in the local sports community and in the lives of everyone who knew and interacted with him—which were many. There has been an outpouring of grief and tribute for Tom (known affectionately to everyone as Hanny) since Dec. 17, and it was richly deserved. The common theme from most everyone who talked about him were that ...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87. The U.S. Supreme Court justice developed a cultlike following over her more than 27 years on the bench, especially among young women who appreciated her lifelong, fierce defense of women’s rights. Sept. 18. Rev. Robert Graetz, 92. The only white minister to support the Montgomery bus boycott and who became the target of scorn and bombings for doing so. Sept. 20. Michael Lonsdale, 89. An enigmatic giant of the silver screen and theater in France who worked with some of the world’s top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years. Sept. 21. Ang Rita, 72. A ve...
Sid posed for a 2018 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine profile. Portrait by Cameron Wittig One Sunday morning in the late 1970s, Dave Mona performed a live audition of sorts for a 25-minute radio show built around sports columnist Sid Hartman, because ’CCO farm director Chuck Lilligren was tired of working Sundays. The show aired before the taped Mormon Tabernacle Choir hour from Salt Lake City. “Sid told me after that it wasn’t going to work out and he was going to quit so they’d have to cancel the show,” Mona recalls. Hartman did quit the show—by dying in October, 40-p...
Read Sid's column from 1974, when Ara Parseghian left Notre Dame On every remaining Sunday in 2020, the Star Tribune will republish a memorable Sid Hartman column from the archives. December 13, 2020 — 1:30am Text size Copy shortlink: Sid Hartman Instant replay Editor's note: On every remaining Sunday in 2020, the Star Tribune will republish a memorable Sid Hartman column from the archives. This is Sid's column from the Dec. 15, 1974, edition of the Tribune with a scoop about NotreDame football coach Ara Parseghian. It's a good...