A compilation of interesting and significant obituaries, as they happen, emphasizing the achievements of those who have died.
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"By writing or reading obituaries,we can discover ways to make our time on earth more worthwhile, more productive, more meaningful to others." Alana Baranick, "Life on the Death Beat"
"'I always read the obituaries in The Times,' I explained to her. 'They make me bloody glad to be alive.'"
Publisher -- via the New York Times. Under him, Grove Press printed most of the strange and forbidden works that entranced me growing up, including: Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Malcom X, Lawrence, Miller, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Pinter, Brecht and Albee. God bless Barney!
Guitarist, arranger and songwriter -- via the L.A. Times. A big sess"ion man and member of the Wrecking Crew; he played lead on "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and "Bang, Bang" -- and wrote "A Little Less Conversation" and "Limbo Rock."
