Tuesday, February 16, 2010

May He Rest In Peace



 
Jim Cooper/Associated Press 

*click his name for the new york times obituary.

8 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. 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!

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  3. Poor auld Dick... he rode many winners, and I suspect one or two royal fillies past the post in his time.

    Let's hope he enters via the pearly gates, and not jumps over them.

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  4. no, not for me thank you....and anyhoo didn't his wife write most of his books?

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  5. UB...i never feel like an old lady reading the nyt obits for that very reason, sugar! xoxoxo

    momo...well, ok then. xoxox

    jimmy...i loved his mysteries and his story!! xoxoxo

    pat...i for one, am not surprised, sugar! xoxox

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  6. manuel...i missed you, sugar! i loved the backstory to his mysteries. but then, i'm a mystery fiend! xooxo

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  7. 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.

    Rest in Peace, Mr Francis.

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