After all the press surrounding the deaths of Gerald Ford, Saddam Hussein, and James Brown, I thought we might pause and consider a death that has been overlooked in every "passing" "best of the 2006 obits" list.
In the hours before Michael Richards apologized on The Late Show with David Letterman for his racist implosion at a comedy club, an Iraqi comedian named Walid Hassan was found murdered in Baghdad–shot point-blank in the back and head. Richards’ brand of humor was preferred by the MSM. Hassan’s was roots humor, and the world sorely needs more of it.
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