Deaths in Sept. 2022: Starr, Fletcher and Coolio

KEN STARR, 76

A former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president's impeachment and put Starr  in the center of one of the country's most polarizing debates in the 1990s.  Died September 13.

LOUISE FLETCHER. 88

A late-blooming star whose riveting performance as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award.  Died September 23.

I always felt she was just doing her job and trying to deal with Jack Nicholson.

COOLIO, 59

The rapper was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage."   Died September 28.

I really liked those two songs and I am not a rap fan.

46 Fascinating Facts About Our 46 Presidents-- Part 9: Bush to Biden

41.  GEORGE H.W. BUSH  (1989-1993)

While a student at Yale University, Bush was captain of the baseball team and a member of the Skull and Bones, an elite secret student society.

42.  BILL CLINTON  (1993-2001)

Clinton played the saxophone and famously on the Arsenio Hall show when he was a candidate for president.

43.  GEORGE W. BUSH (2001-2009)

Post-presidency,  he took up oil painting, exhibiting his work  at the Museum of Southwest Texas.

44.  BARACK OBAMA (2009-2017)

Prior to becoming the first black president, he won two Grammy Awards for "Best Spoken Word Album."  His wife, Michelle, has also won a Grammy.

45.  DONALD J. TRUMP  (2017-2021)

Before becoming president, he  was a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice."

46.  JOE BIDEN (2021-present)

He overcame a debilitating  childhood stutter after enduring bullying in grade school.

--CootPres

America's Long Line of Military Heroes-- Part 5: The Vietnam War Era

The hugely unpopular Vietnam War can be seen as causing a break between the presidency and the military service, which stopped being an automatic boon it once was.

War hero George H.W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton, who sat out the Vietnam War in Oxford.  John Kerry fought with honor in Vietnam yet his experience was turned against him by the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," and he lost in 2004 to George W. Bush, whose tenure in the Texas Air National Guard was is minimal that some question can be raised whether he is entitled to call himself a veteran.

Then, the next president was Barack Obama with no military connection at all.

--CootPres