Ravages of time
N.H. Old Man of the Mountain Collapses:

New Hampshire awoke Saturday to find its stern granite symbol of independence and stubbornness, the Old Man of the Mountain, had collapsed into indistinguishable rubble.

The fall ended nearly a century of efforts to protect the giant mountainside landmark from the same natural forces that created it. Only stabilizing cables and epoxy remained Saturday where the famous ledges had clung.

Joseph W. McQuaid in the Union Leader has an epitaph - The Old Man is gone: New Hampshire has lost its profile.