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Old 04-12-2007, 01:37 AM   #1
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Kurt Vonnegut dead, age 84

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6547399.stm

His successful works;

Player Piano (1952)
The Sirens Of Titan (1959)
Cat's Cradle (1963)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Breakfast Of Champions (1973)
Jailbird (1979)
Deadeye Dick (1982)
Timequake (1996)
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Old 04-12-2007, 09:33 AM   #2
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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. ~ Sirens of Titan



And so it goes. ~ Slaughterhouse Five (What Tralfamadorians say when someone dies)
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Old 04-12-2007, 09:50 AM   #3
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I will always remember Breakfast of Champions.
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Old 04-13-2007, 04:15 PM   #4
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His only above the stars now...

I'm weeping.

He was...a beautiful, witty, man.
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:19 PM   #5
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So it goes...
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Old 05-08-2007, 07:18 PM   #6
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The library I go to put up a memorial to him that will last for a few months at least. They also put all his books on display.

Anyone else know of tributes, public or private?
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