Italian author Oriana Fallaci
passed away, denying her detractors the spectacle of seeing her face trial for defaming Islam.
Last year the Center for the Study of Popular Culture awarded her the Annie Taylor Award to Fallaci, "for her lifelong struggle against totalitarian ideologies." (
This article explains that the award is named for the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.)
Here is the speech David Horowitz delivered at the award ceremony.
Her Wikipedia bio is
here.
(Hat tip to
Misha)