Farewell, Mr Vonnegut
And thank you for all the seemingly funny, but thought provoking, reads you’ve given us all these years.
News excerpt from cnn.com:
Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
POSTED: 0546 GMT (1346 HKT), April 12, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) — Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle,” died Wednesday. He was 84.
Vonnegut, who often marveled that he had lived so long despite his lifelong smoking habit, had suffered brain injuries after a fall at his Manhattan home weeks ago, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz.
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Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
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Sharon’s piece:
Vonnegut dies at 84
Ted’s piece:
Goodbye, Kurt Vonnegut
