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Sadder than the Imus Debacle

Mephisto

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Far sadder than the firing of an American racist is the passing of a great American writer (Kurt Vonnegut) and a great American actor (Roscoe Lee Brown):

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84

POSTED: 1:46 a.m. EDT, April 12, 2007

aptured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.

Vonnegut, who often marveled that he had lived so long despite his lifelong smoking habit, had suffered brain injuries after a fall at his Manhattan home weeks ago, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz.

The author of at least 19 novels, many of them best-sellers, as well as dozens of short stories, essays and plays, Vonnegut relished the role of a social critic. He lectured regularly, exhorting audiences to think for themselves and delighting in barbed commentary against the institutions he felt were dehumanizing people.

"I will say anything to be funny, often in the most horrible situations," Vonnegut, whose watery, heavy-lidded eyes and unruly hair made him seem to be in existential pain, once told a gathering of psychiatrists.

A self-described religious skeptic and freethinking humanist, Vonnegut used protagonists such as Billy Pilgrim and Eliot Rosewater as transparent vehicles for his points of view.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut.ap/index.html
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Roscoe Lee Browne

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Some information, such as the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known.

Browne was the son of Baptist minister Sylvanus Browne and his wife Lovie (born Lovie Lee). Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, Browne first attended historically black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1946. He undertook postgraduate work at Middlebury College in Vermont, Columbia University in New York City, and at the University of Florence in Italy. Also an outstanding college athlete and All-American college sprinter, in 1949 Browne won the Union 1000-yard indoor championship. He occasionally returned to Lincoln University between 1946 to 1952 to instruct classes in comparative literature, French, and English.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Lee_Browne
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Upchurch said:
heard that this morning. such a loss. :(
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Don't be sentimental Upchurch, people die every day. Rather celebrate the wonderful lives these two men lived.

"Every man dies, not every man truly lives."

I'd venture to say Messrs Vonnegut and Brown lived, as men. That's no cause for sorrow, nor for regret.

*raises a glass of Jack Daniels*

The Kurt and Roscoe: salute!

DR
 
Darth Rotor said:
Don't be sentimental Upchurch, people die every day. Rather celebrate the wonderful lives these two men lived.

"Every man dies, not every man truly lives."

I'd venture to say Messrs Vonnegut and Brown lived, as men. That's no cause for sorrow, nor for regret.

*raises a glass of Jack Daniels*

The Kurt and Roscoe: salute!

DR
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I agree wholeheartedly - and they did it without a single racist remark. ;)
 
Vonnegut was one of the few authors that I've re-read his books (read em all) and made me laugh out loud while reading most of them.

I'm surprised he lived this long.

Charlie (RIP Kurt) Monoxide
 
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I was going to ask, "who the hell is Roscoe Browne?!" but looked at his pic at wikipedia. "Oh," I said. "THAT'S Roscoe Browne." No offense, but I like Valerie Perrine's picture better.

Anyone else shudder when they saw the name of Roscoe's father?
 
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