Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

[Gyrofrog]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oman-succession-sultan-obituary/sultan-qaboos-ushered-in-oman-renaissance-quiet-diplomacy-idUSKBN1ZA018

My previous $0.02:

On Oman

Continuing the discussion from Sword-wielding robber finds that store clerk also has sword: I thought maybe I was getting too far off-topic. @ActionAbe might also be interested, but I’m not sure who else… It was! I only got to see Muscat, though. It reminded me of the southern or central California coast, but with very little vegetation. The city (really, a string of villages or suburbs along the coast) is hemmed in by the sea on one side, and mountains on the other. Muscat “proper”, the o…