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August 1, 2012
Gore Vidal: He Died as He Lived
Gore Vidal Dies Alone, Still Clutching The Phone After Spending 14 Months On Hold Waiting To Reserve A Table At Elaine’s | The Rumford Meteor [The Meteor regrets it cannot send a correspondent to Mr. Vidal’s funeral, but we did send a telegram saying we approved of it.]Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 1, 2012 8:31 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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An utterly repellant creature. I will not miss him.
Posted by: Fat Man at August 1, 2012 9:28 AM
Isn't the diagnosis of "pneumonia complications" an explanation usually to cover for something else?
Posted by: NotClauswitz at August 1, 2012 11:35 AM
May God forgive him.
Posted by: B Lewis at August 1, 2012 12:39 PM
"May God forgive him."
Nonsense.
Posted by: I-RIGHT-I at August 1, 2012 1:08 PM
When you're 86, sometimes pneumonia is just pneumonia.
Posted by: Rich Fader at August 1, 2012 2:25 PM
And personally, I thought for Gore, "dying as he lived" might have involved dying "in the saddle", or rather, "being the horse".
Posted by: Rich Fader at August 1, 2012 2:26 PM
@Posted by I-RIGHT-I at August 1, 2012 1:08 PM: Nonsense
The meaning of your comment is unclear. Did you mean "nonsense" to my hope God will forgive him, or "nonsense" to the possibility that God will forgive him, or "nonsense" to the idea that God can forgive him, or "nonsense" that God exists?
Posted by: B Lewis at August 1, 2012 2:46 PM
I knew I did not like the critter for good and sufficient reason.
"The Hate That Dare Not Speak Its Name" by Norman Podhoretz
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/08/01/gore-vidal-and-the-hate-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/
Posted by: Fat Man at August 1, 2012 2:54 PM
Bill Buckley should have waffled him.
Posted by: BillT at August 2, 2012 12:53 AM