I was about to send you the link to the NY Times obit and realized that you already provided it. The Times has the BEST obits! They read like short stories. This is a good one.
No rest for him, he's dead;-) He'll be just about to reach the winning post on the Queen Mother's horse for the rest of eternity. Yes yes go on! O shit! Yes yes go on! O shit! Yes yes go on! O shit! Yes yes go on! O shit!
What an amazing life, to take what could've been the end to a calling, and turn it to 2 different but thriving passions--journalism and fiction. It's true what they say: Write what you know.
I was about to send you the link to the NY Times obit and realized that you already provided it. The Times has the BEST obits! They read like short stories. This is a good one.
ReplyDeleteNo rest for him, he's dead;-)
ReplyDeleteHe'll be just about to reach the winning post on the Queen Mother's horse for the rest of eternity.
Yes yes go on! O shit!
Yes yes go on! O shit!
Yes yes go on! O shit!
Yes yes go on! O shit!
Poor auld Dick... he rode many winners, and I suspect one or two royal fillies past the post in his time.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope he enters via the pearly gates, and not jumps over them.
The Queen Mum adored him.
ReplyDeleteno, not for me thank you....and anyhoo didn't his wife write most of his books?
ReplyDeleteUB...i never feel like an old lady reading the nyt obits for that very reason, sugar! xoxoxo
ReplyDeletemomo...well, ok then. xoxox
jimmy...i loved his mysteries and his story!! xoxoxo
pat...i for one, am not surprised, sugar! xoxox
manuel...i missed you, sugar! i loved the backstory to his mysteries. but then, i'm a mystery fiend! xooxo
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing life, to take what could've been the end to a calling, and turn it to 2 different but thriving passions--journalism and fiction. It's true what they say: Write what you know.
ReplyDeleteRest in Peace, Mr Francis.