Andrew Greeley

The Catholic priest author. Dead at 85. He'd been ill for awhile – had a fall getting out of a taxi, I believe.

A self-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on my gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a conventional definition of his vocation.

Yes, he was a pompous blowhard. And he was very dedicated – to the Democratic Party.