Wherein we pause to honor the continuing sacrifice of our troops in the Middle East as well as other notable lives lost.
November 10, 2013

(h/t David of VideoCafe)

This Week with George Stephanopoulos notes the deaths of one soldier in Afghanistan:

US Army SFC Forrest W Robertson, 35, Westmoreland, KS

According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Afghanistan is now 3,395.

In addition, the following notable names lost their lives this week:

Comic book artist Nick Cardy, 93
PA politician William J Coyne, 77
Musician Charlie Chesterman, 53
Medal of Honor recipient John "Bud" Hawk, 89
Chef and television host Charlie Trotter, 54
Fitness pioneer Dan Lurie, 90
Football Hall of Famer Ace Parker, 101

Scruffy the Cat (featuring Charlie Chesterman)--Happiness To Go:

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