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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCory Booker's father has passed away.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/10/cory-booker-father-died-senate-new-jersey/2961489/
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Cory Booker's father has passed away. (Original Post)
Dawson Leery
Oct 2013
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Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)1. rip
frazzled
(18,402 posts)2. Sad it had to happen so shortly before the election of his son
And 76 is quite young.
On a lighter note, I empathize with the Booker mom--can you imagine having a husband named Cary and two sons named Cary and Cory? I guess when you yelled in that house, everyone came running!
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)3. My ex is Dave, our eldest is Dave and granddaughter's husband is Dave. I wasn't at this particular
gathering but I understand hilarity ensued....LOL..
frazzled
(18,402 posts)4. As someone who has been known to call my husband by the dog's name ...
or my son by my husband's name, or my brother by my nephew's name, I truly sympathize.
None of these names were even the same ... I guess all males (even the dog) are alike to me.