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Mel Gibson issued an apology after a Fan Expo Canada appearance in which he seemed to mock an ASL interpreter, saying the moment was “thoughtless idiocy” with no malicious intent. The incident drew widespread backlash toward Gibson and the organizers, highlighting his contentious history including antisemitic remarks in 2006, as his media tour for projects like The Resurrection of the Christ continues.
New dispatch audio from Kaylee Hottle’s Maryland crash shows first responders urgently sought a sign-language interpreter, described her as unconscious at the scene after a single-vehicle crash that veered off Windsor Road into a culvert; excessive speed is suspected. Hottle, 18, was pronounced dead at a trauma center, while a 19-year-old driver survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Her deaf father later spoke to TMZ and shared the heartbreaking news.
Virginia Moore, the sign language interpreter for Gov. Andy Beshear in Kentucky, has died. She was an integral part of keeping around 700,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing Kentuckians abreast of important updates from Team Kentucky during the pandemic. Moore was the executive director of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, where she had worked since 1995 and was appointed as the executive director in 2009. She became well known while appearing with Beshear, giving Kentucky updates during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virginia Moore, the sign language interpreter who accompanied Gov. Beshear during several COVID-19 updates, has died. Beshear announced her death on Facebook and described her as a "rock of stability and grace during the pandemic." Moore had announced in October 2020 that she had stage 1 uterine cancer and left the daily pandemic briefings, but after treatment, she said she was cancer-free a few weeks later.
Virginia Moore, a sign language interpreter and Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, has passed away. Moore had been a constant presence during the pandemic, interpreting for Gov. Andy Beshear's "Team Kentucky" briefings. She had been diagnosed with stage one uterine cancer in October 2020 but returned to her interpreting duties in November. Memorial services are pending, and donations can be made in her name to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Jacob’s Hall Museum or the Knowledge Center on Deafness.