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Joseph Heller still dead, still at 76 (and other celebrity deaths): RIP Hank Aaron and Willie Mays Joseph Heller still dead, still at 76 (and other celebrity deaths): RIP Hank Aaron and Willie Mays

08-06-2019 , 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Dominic
I guess he only reads living authors.
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08-06-2019 , 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by John Cole
Song of Solomon may be the great American novel of the 20th century. Read it.
It's certainly one of them and a fun read, although I not sure everybody would describe it like that.
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08-06-2019 , 07:14 PM
Added to my list of must reads.

RIP Toni.
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08-06-2019 , 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TrollyWantACracker
Just terrible. I always meant to read one of Morrison's novels. Now it looks like I'll never get that chance.
I've watched 29 Kirk Douglas movies for this very reason.

Note: Kirk Douglas is alive
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08-06-2019 , 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by xander biscuits
I've watched 29 Kirk Douglas movies for this very reason.

Note: Kirk Douglas is alive
What's your favorite? (Mine's the one where he busts out of jail and gets hit by Archie Bunker.)
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08-07-2019 , 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Phat Mack
What's your favorite? (Mine's the one where he busts out of jail and gets hit by Archie Bunker.)
Lonely Are The Brave.
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08-07-2019 , 02:06 AM
Seven Days In May and (duh) Spartacus.
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08-07-2019 , 03:05 AM
Paths of Glory
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08-07-2019 , 05:34 AM
1. Paths of Glory
2. Ace in the Hole
3. A Letter to Three Wives
...
27. The Arrangement
28. The Fury
29. A Lovely Way to Die
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08-07-2019 , 10:56 PM
Rosie Ruiz...ahead of her time

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...e39_story.html
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08-07-2019 , 11:48 PM
she was ahead of everybody's time!
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08-08-2019 , 05:33 AM
Is Toni Morrison really worthy of Heller thread title mention?

I mean RIP are all, sure.
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08-08-2019 , 07:46 AM
Yes.
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08-08-2019 , 01:20 PM
Yes
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08-08-2019 , 05:03 PM
I never heard of her before this?
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08-08-2019 , 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbaseball
I never heard of her before this?
She was a literary titan and Nobel laureate.
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08-08-2019 , 05:13 PM
one of the greatest writers of the last 100 years
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08-08-2019 , 07:00 PM
yes Toni is worth it
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08-08-2019 , 07:23 PM
She's worth checking out if you like to read. She's a good story teller. Like any other writer, some of her stuff I loved, and some of it I couldn't get past page 20.
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08-08-2019 , 10:05 PM
Toni Morrison was a great writer. Back in college if a book was assigned that I didn't like I would definitely just skim it enough to write a paper, but I was assigned two of hers and read them and liked them a lot (Beloved and The Bluest Eye). And it's not like I knew anything about her or her reputation before that or had any problem skimming through crap like The Yellow Wallpaper.
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08-09-2019 , 08:48 AM
I'll take Philip Roth (recent death didn't make the title!?) and y'all can have this Toni Morrison.
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08-09-2019 , 11:48 AM
Philip Roth sucked. Hate his work.
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08-09-2019 , 01:44 PM
I'm confused. Is the debate whether her death warranted mention in this thread?

I haven't heard of legitimately 80% of the mentions of the last couple years.
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08-09-2019 , 02:58 PM
no, is it worthy of the change in the title is the discussion
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08-12-2019 , 11:43 AM
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Jeffrey Epstein, the occasional hedge fund manager who passed away this weekend at 66. I know his name has been tarnished in scandal, but he was once on every VIP and who's-who list in town. Can't imagine the stories he had to tell.
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