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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 06:55 PM
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David Halberstam killed in car crash
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5733552

Damn. Two of the greatest writers ever, in the space of a few days.

:cry:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:42 PM
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1. Well, fuck
His book "The Fifties" did a great job of deconstructing so many of the myths of what was really a turbulent decade. His service to history will not be forgotten.

:patriot:
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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:58 PM
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5. One of my all time favorite books
I loved David Halberstam. What tragic news.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:43 PM
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2. This just sucks.
He wrote two of my favorite baseball books ever, "Summer of '49" and "October 1964". He is so enjoyable to read. He taught me a lot and I'll miss him.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:44 PM
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3. The young man who killed him is a J-school grad. student, too.
I could not imagine how HE is feeling, too.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:50 PM
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4. How horribly unfair.
:cry:
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gemdem Donating Member (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:24 PM
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6. Truly sad news...
I absolutely love his writing. The style, the meter, the delivery of each word and sentence -- it all flowed so naturally as though he were sitting across the room and that he was speaking to you rather than writing.

He will be missed.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:38 PM
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7. Two? Who else died?
I may have missed it.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:40 PM
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8. Kurt Vonnegut?
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 10:53 PM
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9. That's right. Can't believe I forgot already. n/t
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 11:48 PM
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10. The Best and the Brightest was one chilling look at the Vietnam
War....
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 11:01 AM
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11. David Halberstam and Kurt Vonnegut--
both gone forever

My world is falling apart

and that is the truth
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 11:50 AM
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12. Fuck this.
Why do we lose great writers like this, and yet we never seem to get rid of any of the bastards the world would truly be better off without?

Am I just being narrow minded about this?
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 03:14 PM
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13. If you are, so am I
Seems like evil never dies.

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