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Last Writes

SHAZAM! Captain Marvel dies at 93

10/30/2009 02:58 PM
Kim Matas

Frank Coghlan Jr., a freckle-faced child actor of silent movies found his niche as the big screen superhero.

Mr. Magic, the voice for hip-hop, dies at 53

10/30/2009 05:47 AM
Kim Matas

Born John Rivas, Mr. Magic was the first host on commercial radio to devote a program exclusively to rap when his “Rap Attack” began broadcasting on WBLS-FM in New York in April 1983.

Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa dies at 74

10/29/2009 02:35 PM
Kim Matas

Sosa, one of the pioneers of the “Nueva Cancion” or “New Song” movement, was revered as both a victim of and a commentator on the political and social turmoil that afflicted her country and the rest of the continent. She had such a rich voice, watch he music video and hear for yourself.

Composer Maryanne Amacher dies at 71

10/29/2009 05:20 AM
Kim Matas

She was influential with the experimental sound installations and multimedia works she created, but it must be an acquired taste. Check out the video and decide for yourself: art or noise?

Rock 'power broker' Dee Anthony dies at 83

10/28/2009 02:11 PM
Kim Matas

The music manager won big and lost big abiding by his three rules: Get the money. Remember to get the money. Don’t forget to always remember to get the money!

Patrick Swayze’s widow feels sadness ’on a cellular level’

10/28/2009 02:11 PM
Kim Matas

Lisa Niemi was married to her husband for nearly two-thirds of her life.

Spain to exhume purported grave of Federico Garcia Lorca

10/28/2009 01:59 PM
Kim Matas

The family of the acclaimed poet and playwright are against the exhumation saying that he should not be singled out when so many people died at the hands of Gen. Francisco Franco’s forces during the country’s civil war.

Livin' large on death row

10/28/2009 01:58 PM
Kim Matas

And now a few thoughts from a man who WANTS to be on death row!

Too fat to kill?

10/28/2009 01:56 PM
Kim Matas

Chunky monkey uses his excess weight as a defense.

Cancer didn’t sap her dedication

10/24/2009 05:52 AM
Kim Matas

Doctor continues to treat patients until days before her own death from breast cancer. “She was in severe pain, but she wanted to come to work,” said a colleague.

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About 'Last Writes'

Last Writes is the sometimes serious, sometimes irreverent extension of reporter Kimberly Matas' Life Stories series, which chronicles the lives of recently deceased Tucsonans.





About Kim Matas


Kim has been getting paid to write since she was 16 and a freelance high school correspondent for the Phoenix Gazette. More than 25 years later, she's still at it. No one knows why.
Email: kmatas@azstarnet.com