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It is with sorrow that l post this, as a great voice is no longer with us here in the blogosphere. After a long struggle Steve passed away Saturday morning.
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It is with tremendous sadness that we must convey the news that Steve Gilliard, editor and publisher of The News Blog (www.thenewsblog.net), passed away early Saturday morning, June 2nd. He was 41.
To those who have come to trust The News Blog and its insightful, brash and unapologetic editorial tone, we have Steve to thank from the bottom of our hearts. Steve helped lead many discussions that mattered to all of us, and he tackled subjects and interest categories where others feared to tread.
We will post more information as it becomes available to us.
Please keep Steve’s friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.
Steve meant so much to us. We will miss him terribly.
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Steve’s writing at The News Blog was one of my first excursions into the world of the internet, political blogs, in particular, nearly 3 years ago. l found his voice, insights and analysis of the situation to be very compatable with my own thinking, but with an eloquence and directness of expression that left me in awe.
His voice will be missed, not only by me, but by all that had the fortune to read him.
Many have expressed their loss, but James Wolcott l think, says it most eloquently:
…after hearing the news of Steve Gilliard’s death. Where did that voice go? Not his literal voice, his voice in person or over the phone–he and I only met once. I mean his voice on the screen page, his blog voice, which was a fiery broadsword in its wrath and softly contemplative in its grief and understanding. …Nobody but nobody was more prophetic about how the invasion of Iraq threw open the gates of hell than Steve–he got it right when nearly everyone in the mainstream press and the entire rightwing blogsphere got it so triumphantly wrong. Somewhere somehow that voice must still be out there but it’s no longer for us to hear, which is why his friends and readers can only mourn and give thanks for what we once had and have now lost.
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Tom Watson also has penned a fitting tribute, and compendium of links and tributes.
RIP Steve Gilliard.
PEACE
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