Re: Dennis Hopper

The internet is awash with obituaries for the late, great Dennis Hopper. So rather than add to the pile, I will leave you with this, by way of tribute.

In Pace Requiescat, Anita Page

1910-2008

I was afraid I was going to have to make this post sooner or later. Anita Page, one of the very few living silent stars, has gone to the great gig in the sky. With her loss, we are even further removed from the golden age. This turn of events makes me much sadder than it perhaps ought to. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, Anita, et æternam habeas requiem.

Addendum: A quality obit at the Washington Post, and another from the New York Times (it took them long enough, didn't it?).

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The King is Dead...

1937-2008

I just learned of the passing of George Carlin. This is the worst news I've heard all year. I had a feeling this was going to happen any day now, and lo and behold...

George Carlin was not only one of the best comedians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most under-appreciated philosophical minds of our (or indeed any) age. The world is diminished by his absence. In pace requiscat, Mr. Carlin. As my feeble words are hardly enough to do justice for so great a man, please read the New York Times obituary for a more fitting tribute.