5th Annual (2008 Version) Celebrity Death Pool!

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

He was the greatest writer of footnotes, asides and annotations in the English language. And he's 4 years younger than Ty.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Richard Wright:

http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...pTklrXqJB3BnmA

And yet that pompous arse Waters persists, likely to 100.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

David Foster Wallace, 46.

Boy, that's a rude shock.

Silly me -- I thought this news belonged on the Books board.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

He was the greatest writer of footnotes, asides and annotations in the English language. And he's 4 years younger than Ty.

I'll never forget his discourse comparing Hawaii Five-O, and its hero as the Man of Action, with Hill Street Blues, and its hero as the Man of Reaction. He then postulated that the next big cop series would feature a Man of Inaction -- perfectly predicting, IMHO, the short-lived series Brooklyn South.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Richard Wright:

http://ukpress.google.com/article/AL...pTklrXqJB3BnmA

And yet that pompous arse Waters persists, likely to 100.

I've heard that Black Boy was his best, but I've never read any of it.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I've heard that Black Boy was his best, but I've never read any of it.

I prefer Native Son, though I confess that I never did get all the flying pig imagery.

[NotFromHere]

LONDON - Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

Bummer.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by NotFromHere

LONDON - Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death.

Bummer.

Nicely done. Maybe you could post something about David Foster Wallace? He died, you know.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Nicely done. Maybe you could post something about David Foster Wallace? He died, you know.

I had lunch today with a half-dozen people, none of whom had heard of David Foster Wallace.

Sad, sad, sad.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I had lunch today with a half-dozen people, none of whom had heard of David Foster Wallace.

Sad, sad, sad.

i assume they all report to you. i can't imagine the nightmare that working with you must be.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

i assume they all report to you. i can't imagine the nightmare that working with you must be.

Let me guess. All of your minions love and think you are a swell guy?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

I had lunch today with a half-dozen people, none of whom had heard of David Foster Wallace.

Sad, sad, sad.

You didn't listen to the footnotes in the conversation. They referenced him all over those.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

Let me guess. All of your minions love and think you are a swell guy?

I hire factotums, not minions. Minions are harder to fire.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

You didn't listen to the footnotes in the conversation. They referenced him all over those.

I don't think so. They were mostly talking about the Bobs Denver and Newhart.

[bold_n_brazen]

Abe Vigoda still not dead.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ef=mpstoryview

Dammit.