Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Takaai Yohimoto
Poet, literary and cultural critic, social activist and writer -- via the Japan Times.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
F. Sherwood Rowland
Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered that some aerosol compounds degraded the Earth's vital ozone layer -- via the New York Times.
Encyclopedia Britannica (print edition)
There is something unbeatable about the illusion of having all the knowledge of the universe compiled tidily between the covers of these multiple volumes. Their wonderful heft and tactile reward, the wonderful musty book-smell of them, the bland assurance of their prose -- so reassuring.
Now, of course, we can harbor the illusion that we have all the knowledge of the universe compiled digitally, at the beck of our typing fingertips. That illusion has yet to be supplanted.
Anyway, here are your posts:
Christian Science Monitor -- the basic facts.
Huffington Post -- memories of an encyclopedia salesman.
Slate -- the author hated the Encyclopedia Britannica, and tells us why.
The Guardian -- going bravely onward into the Information Revolution.
Worse than death: its paperwork
Here's an enlightening post from Paula Span via the New York Times on the frustrations of all the bureaucratic machinations that must take place when a death occurs.
Jean Giraud aka Moebius
Illustrator -- via the San Francisco Chronicle. His distinctive style and vision was revolutionary, especially in the depiction of science fiction, fantasy and adventure.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Benedict Freedman
Writer -- via the New York Times. He co-wrote 11 novels with his wife Nancy, including the popular "Mrs. Mike."
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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