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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
Alex Lear: 4 brothers reunited: The Beatles story ends as it began
Learics: John, Paul, George and Ringo began together, changed the world of pop music forever and blessed countless lives, then arced out apart on their own lives' trajectories. Now they end together, in one final song.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2023
Alex Lear: A look back at my grandfather on his 100th birthday
What I'd give for one more jab in the arm.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Alex Lear: Good night, Sweet Bear
Walter was like a concrete block with four legs. He had a bowling ball butt that he rested on people he liked, which was pretty much everyone. His rugged torso rumbled like a bass drum when you patted it.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
A 5 year old takes enormous steps while her dad makes sure they’re remembered
Alaina started kindergarten this month — not only a critical rite of passage for her, but also for my wife Lauren and me. Somehow, we kept that little wrinkly blob — which has grown into the spirited, cheerful and insightful cherub she is now — alive and mostly out of trouble all these years.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Alex Lear: Music, memories mingle on Father’s Day
Learics: Dad was a little bashful at times about singing with me, apologizing if he felt he was off key. Which was ironic, because I was honored to sing with him. As a child I'd hear him crooning in the bathroom, his smooth voice bolstered by the room's acoustics, and I admired his ability. I hoped that when I grew up, we could sing together.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
The education of Leonard Pitts Jr. by Stan ‘The Man’ Lee
"I think the good in us could so outweigh the bad in us if we could just get beyond the fear; that's what Stan taught me, and that's what I still believe."
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