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Her voice will be missed

A longtime contributor to the News & Record's op-ed pages, Mimi Stang, died Wednesday at age 75.

I never met Mimi in person, but I felt as if I knew her through the pieces she occasionally submitted to the Sunday Second Opinion pages.

They were bright, funny gems about the foibles of everyday people and the misdventures of everyday life. They always brought a smile or a chuckle.

Her last piece for us, according to our archives, ran on Jan. 13, 2002.

Among a litany of questions in no particular order, she mused, "Why can't I clean up my house? More importantly, why don't I care?"

And "Why, in the twilight of my life, does the singer Ricky Martin turn me on?"

"Mimi embraced life and took nothing for granted," her obituary said in Thursday's paper. "She could see the humor in even the most difficult situations and never failed to put things into their proper perspective.

"Mimi touched so many people -- young and old, rich and poor, new acquaintances and dear old friends."

That spirit shone through in her little essays. They were among the many ways readers' voices have made our pages more interesting and more special over the years.

Posted by Allen Johnson on March 24, 2005 5:49 PM | Permalink

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Sue said:

"Mimi for Mayor!" was the rallying cry of Mimi's Leadership Greensboro Class ('98, I was a member). Her spirit was for this town, about the people of this town, treating everyone as an equal. The diversity of the mourners at her funeral spoke more than words. At dinner 2 weeks ago (we sprung her out for the night), she had the waiter finding cookies for her for dessert after he told us there weren't any. She said "please, I'm an old lady" and sure enough, cookies appeared. What a spirit! I wish I could bottle what made her so special and give it away - how great this world would be. I'll miss her. Thanks for noting her on your blog.

Posted on March 24, 2005 8:22 PM

Allen Johnson said:

Sue, thanks for responding. I wish I'd gotten to know Mimi. She obviously was a delight.

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