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Apr 7, 2022Liked by Aaron Rupar

Thank you for this tribute to the indispensable Eric Boehlert. My sympathies to his family in their terrible loss.

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Apr 7, 2022Liked by Aaron Rupar

I very much admired his Press Run. A loss for all of us but most especially his family and friends.

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Apr 7, 2022Liked by Aaron Rupar

Thank you for this, Aaron. I feel so badly for his family. What a loss for all of us. Indispensable is right.

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Thank you for this remembrance. My heart goes out to his family. Eric was an important voice for media accountability and democracy. I subscribed to his newsletter and I subscribe to yours for the same reason. Please keep carrying the torch.

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I’ve been following Eric’s work for years and have subscribed to Press Run since its inception. He had an incisive mind and expressed complicated issues with extraordinary clarity.

I feel as if I knew him and this news is shocking. I can only imagine the pain that his family is in. I hope their memories bring peace.

Thank you for writing this tribute. He will be sorely missed.

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Thanks for the testimonial to Eric Boehlert. He will definitely be missed by all of us and even more so by his family. How awful for them.

On a lighter note, I cannot wait to read about professional wrestling.

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I only knew Eric Boehlert through tweets from you and others on twitter. I am so sorry for those who knew and loved him. My heart goes out to his wife and family.

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Thank you for this wonderful tribute. Mr Boehlert's voice will be sorely missed. My heart aches for his wife, children, family, and loved ones; I hold them in my heart.

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Thank you for this tribute to a man who, by all accounts, was brilliant, compassionate, caring, and involved in making the world somewhat better. Our loss is all the greater in light of how much more he might have accomplished.

I offer deepest condolences to his family, friends, co-collaborators, media contacts, and all his devoted followers. <3 :'(

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The coverage doesn’t indicate which manner of stupidity this was. When a train stays on the tracks, (derailment wasn’t reported) there’s almost never an “accident” when it hits something. He either raced the train or committed suicide by train. How someone so smart and perceptive would make one of those choices is very, very sad.

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