Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
We are very sorry to see that Art Buchwald has died. He was a very funny man. It might not seem so on the basis of his columns of the last few decades, but back in the mid-sixties he recorded a Capitol album before an audience at Georgetown, and though the material is dated he had an insouciance and a gravelly voice that even today could provoke mirth. I wonder if his real calling wasn't stand-up comedy. His last year shows us a "dying" man can have more fight and joie de vivre than most healthy people, and we are sad he somehow didn't beat the odds a little longer, but his bravery is an example for us all. God bless you, Mr. Buchwald, and we hope you know many smiles.
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