The great American Playwright August Wilson died tonight of liver cancer.
His doctors said this Summer in the month that bore his name he might live until October.
And so he did.
He was 60.
Here is the tribute I wrote to him on August 27, 2005.
We breathlessly miss him already.
August Wilson Died Tonight
Related Entries
- Urban Semiotic in Context
- Big Feral Houses for You and Me
- The Bansky Semiotic
- Are Food Stamps Making Poor Children Fat?
- Note to Parents: Hot Things Burn Your Children
- Federal Punishment of Urban Needle Exchanges
- Moving Movable Type 4 to Media Temple
- Why Urban Semiotic Moved from WordPress to Movable Type
- Kindergarten Contract Killers
- Playing the April Fool
1 TrackBack
3 Comments
Leave a comment
He was one of the greats and I will miss him with you.
Thank you for your kind message, Karvain. I'm sure his family thanks you as well.
Beautifully said, Dave! His work survives onward without him to inspire future generations who look for meaning and wonderment at the predicament of the lives he chose to memorialize.