Vonnegut’s farewell to the world

Posted on 13 April 2007 @ 06:02 in People

“When Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday night in Manhattan, he had a drawing ready, a simple doodle really, of a bird cage standing empty, its door flung open.

Underneath the image is a simple “Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922-2007,” the only post Thursday on the writer’s official Web site. His quick sketch amounted to the perfect exit line — accessible, playful, a hint of giving death the slip.”

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Kurt Vonnegut: Provocative, harrowing and funny to the end

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