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RIPs: Novelist Kurt Vonnegut Dead at 84
Kurt Vonnegut, the revered author of such tomes as Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions, died Wednesday at age 84. Vonnegut had suffered brain injuries after taking a spill at his Manhattan home a few weeks back. For those who cannot attend the funeral, a CliffsNotes version of the eulogy will be made available.Other passings to note: Actor Roscoe Lee Browne (I remember him as a Cosby Show professor and the guy Archie got stuck in an elevator with on All in the Family) died Wednesday after a long cancer fight. He was 81.... Emmy-winning TV writer Stan Daniels (Taxi) is dead at 72.... Feature scribe A.J. Carothers (The Happiest Millionaire) is dead at 75.
Kurt Vonnegut, the revered author of such tomes as
Slaughterhouse-Five and
Breakfast of Champions, died Wednesday at age 84. Vonnegut had suffered brain injuries after taking a spill at his Manhattan home a few weeks back. For those who cannot attend the funeral, a CliffsNotes version of the eulogy will be made available.
Other passings to note: Actor Roscoe Lee Browne (I remember him as a
Cosby Show professor and the guy Archie got stuck in an elevator with on
All in the Family) died Wednesday after a long cancer fight. He was 81.... Emmy-winning TV writer Stan Daniels (
Taxi) is dead at 72.... Feature scribe A.J. Carothers (
The Happiest Millionaire) is dead at 75.