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Re:Margaret Hamilton has died by tanseydavid on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:29AM (#50005600)
Also the name of the actress who played Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz, who died in 1985.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)

I am pleased to have now learned more about the Margaret Hamilton of "software engineering."

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Re:Margaret Hamilton has died by dhosek on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:37AM (#50005665)
Yeah, when I first saw the headline, I was momentarily confused because I thought she was already dead and didn’t know that she had a career beyond acting but then anything is possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
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