goodoldneon Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Another one of my hero's has passed... http://www.npr.org/2011/12/16/143595854/writer-christopher-hitchens-dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olga Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 He was a brilliant guy and a riveting writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Always wondered how the dude stayed so smart, cogent and erudite after all the booze he is said to have consumed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seniortooold Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 This article says it all. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/christopher-hitchens-consummate-writer-brilliant-friend.html?hp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Or this: http://www.nytimes.c...tml?ref=opinion "He also professed to have no regrets for a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking. 'Writing is what’s important to me, and anything that helps me do that — or enhances and prolongs and deepens and sometimes intensifies argument and conversation — is worth it to me,” he told Charlie Rose in a television interview in 2010, adding that it was “impossible for me to imagine having my life without going to those parties, without having those late nights, without that second bottle.'" I could say the same for mania. The allure and seduction are great. It deepens and intensifies life beyond calculation. But the destruction gets worse and worse. ETA: So I need/should not go there anymore. Wish Hitchens had spared himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 For months Christopher Hitchen's articles in Vanity Fair have been about his illness not politics. The words were very inspiring and somewhat sad. RIP Mr. Christopher. I will miss your writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I first saw him on CSPAN speaking about the Satanic Verses mess in 1989 or so. I was barely in my teens, if that. I've been following him ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olga Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 This article says it all. http://www.nytimes.c...-friend.html?hp Wonderful tribute from a close friend, and not the tiniest bit sentimental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilymu Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 God rest his soul. I loved the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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