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Pete Beach. Subscribe Manage my subscription Activate my subscription Log in Log out. Regions Tampa St. Letters to the Editor Submit a Letter. Investigations Narratives Pulitzer Winners. Connect with us. About us. Released from medical care three months later, Young returned home to become an active member in Iraq Veterans Against the War.

He recently announced that he will stop his nourishment, which comes in the form of liquid through a feeding tube — a decision which will hasten his death.

Claudia Cuellar the wife and primary caregiver of Tomas Young. Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow. Some of the work s that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us. Story Mar 25, Climate Summit. Headlines for November 11 Watch Read. Most popular 1. He began his career in Dayton, Ohio, in and his show was syndicated two years later.

Donahue brought intellectual content, often political and social issues, to his shows and fired thought-provoking questions at his guests. He pioneered the idea of roving the studio with a microphone to give his audience a chance to question his guests as well. Yet he has a fun side, which often was displayed in interviewing entertainment figures. He once presented a panel of totally nude guests and on another occasion appeared on the show in drag.

But as late as it was still the No. Donahue steadfastly refused to pander to the sensationalism that made those rivals popular. But once again Donahue ran into the corporate monolith: Commercial distributors proved reluctant to pick up the film.

Donahue was told that the film, although it had received great critical acclaim, was too depressing and not uplifting. Distributors asked him who would go to see a film about someone in a wheelchair. And so we died. What happens now is that peace groups are showing it. We opened the Veterans for Peace convention in Miami. Failure is not unfamiliar to me.

And yet, I am stunned at how many Americans stand mute. Related Content.