Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84

[Joseph T]

On Apr 11, 2007, at 11:26 PM, Matthew Ryan wrote:

> Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in  
> novels like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle" and "God Bless  
> You, Mr. Rosewater" caught the temper of his times and the  
> imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was  
> 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.
> His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family  
> friend, who said Mr. Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result  
> of a fall several weeks ago.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html?hp

And if I die-God forbid- I wold like to to go to heaven to ask  
somebody in charge up there," Hey, what was the good news and what  
was the bad news?"

	All I really wanted to do was give people the relief of laughing.  
Humor can be a relief, like an aspirin tablet.
					Kurt Vonnegut  A Man Without A Country

He was working on a novel called If God Were Alive Today about a  
stand-up comedian at the end of the world.


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