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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Thu Aug 15, 2013, 08:29 AM Aug 2013

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Helen Thomas, pioneering reporter, to be remembered at service today

Source: Detroit Free Press

A suburban Detroit church that pioneering journalist Helen Thomas attended as a child is holding her memorial service.

The public memorial service begins at 11 a.m. today at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Troy.

The 92-year-old Thomas died last month at her Washington, D.C., apartment. She was born to Lebanese immigrants in Winchester, Ky., and raised in Detroit.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130815/NEWS05/308150052/Helen-Thomas-pioneering-reporter-to-be-remembered-at-service-today

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Helen Thomas, pioneering reporter, to be remembered at service today (Original Post) mfcorey1 Aug 2013 OP

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #1

RIP Helen! truthisfreedom Aug 2013 #2

May she rest in peace. Beacool Aug 2013 #3

Thanks for your long service to a free press, Helen. You were one of the greats. Hekate Aug 2013 #4

Oh! I had no idea she died. a la izquierda Aug 2013 #5

She will go down in history as one of the first great women journalists in the US who stood up for sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #6

idwiyo

(5,113 posts)

1. K&R

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:13 AM

Aug 2013

truthisfreedom

(23,147 posts)

2. RIP Helen!

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:25 AM

Aug 2013

Beacool

(30,247 posts)

3. May she rest in peace.

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 11:04 AM

Aug 2013

Hekate

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4. Thanks for your long service to a free press, Helen. You were one of the greats.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 11:29 AM

Aug 2013

a la izquierda

(11,794 posts)

5. Oh! I had no idea she died.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 01:03 PM

Aug 2013

Rest in Peace, Ms Thomas.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

6. She will go down in history as one of the first great women journalists in the US who stood up for

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Thu Aug 15, 2013, 06:55 PM

Aug 2013

the truth no matter who was in power.

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