Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

Apr 12, 2007 by Mike Browne in Downers

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

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 Wednesday 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.

[more at source: New York Times]

One of my favourite authors. Favourite Vonnegut novel: Cat's Cradle. Beware of 'ice-nine'.

Comments

Apr 13, 2007, 07:14:26 Viki wrote:

He was also credited with the statement: the greatest contribution America ever made to the world was Alcoholics Anonymous.

Apr 13, 2007, 23:30:04 Suzanne wrote:

I didn't know about that comment Viki but it makes me like him more.
Last night on the Dailly show Jon Stewart said and I'm paraphrasing " You might notice the world is a little grey today and less intersting, because last night it got less interesting". Then he showed a clip of Kurt on his show saying "there must a divine power because we have elephants and giraffes and the clap"....