From the dying left to the dead left: Adventures in reading obits WashTimesOpEd
Truth be known, the first thing I turn to in the morning newspaper is generally the obituaries. They are so lively and informative, particularly in The New York Times, whose obits I find better written than the rest of the newspaper. Last week they featured two malcontents from the 1960s generation, Linda Kasabian, a minor malcontent but amusing in her way, andKasabian ran away from home at an early age.
When Linda was caught, she was sent to the slammer for a time and quickly faded into obscurity. Perhaps among the Mansonites, she was not that much of a malcontent. At least she never murdered anyone. She died on Jan. 21, and her obituary appeared in the Times last week. She had said that she spent the rest of her life looking for God. I hope she found Him. Incidentally, Manson died on Nov. 19, 2017 — of natural causes, alas.
One famous malcontent for whom I have been searching the newspapers to no avail is Bobby Seale. I had encountered him in 1984 at a taping of “Summer Sunday USA,” and even back then, he did not look particularly well. He and the always-angry Huey P. Newton had co-founded the Black Panthers. By the way, I always wanted to ask Bobby what the P. in the middle of Huey’s name stood for. My guess is that it was for “Percy.” Unfortunately, Huey turned to room temperature on Aug. 22, 1989.
Yet Bobby is still with us, and so he will brighten up one of my mornings someday. Back in 1984, he and three other malcontents — one being the radical lawyer William Kunstler, another being Wavy Gravy — pummeled me mercilessly — or thought they did—on national television.
Over the last couple of decades, she has become an almost beloved figure. Now I shall await her obituary breathlessly. Did her ancestors really come over on the Mayflower and own slaves? How will she be treated in the left’s “1619 Project”?• R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. He is a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and the author most recently of “The Death of Liberalism,” published by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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