Steve Gilliard 1966 - 2007
/The News Blog
Check out Tom Watson's piece - Steve Gilliard, Our Virtual Brother
And James Walcott:
He had been in intensive care for some time but seemed to be making a (slow) recovery. Then he had a major setback from which he did not recover.It is with tremendous sadness that we must convey the news that Steve Gilliard, editor and publisher of The News Blog passed away early this morning. 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.
Check out Tom Watson's piece - Steve Gilliard, Our Virtual Brother
And James Walcott:
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.
