Death on Yom Kippur
“William D. Rogers, a lawyer who helped plan the Kennedy and Johnson administrations’ approach to Latin America and then served as a principal policymaker for the region during the Ford administration, died Sept. 22 near his home in Upperville, Va. He was 80.
Mr. Rogers, a devotee of fox hunting, died during a hunt after suffering a heart attack while riding his favorite horse, Isaiah, his son William said….
His son William said his father was declared dead almost immediately by a doctor participating in the fox hunt. An Episcopal priest was called, the hounds were collected and the hunters gathered for a short service on the spot.
‘One by one, they rode past him and tipped their hats,’ William said.”
— Douglas Martin and Sarah Abruzzese, New York Times, Sept. 30, 2007
“Enter the rock….”
— New American Standard Bible
