Art Buchwald, arguably America's greatest humorist since Mark Twain, passed away on Wednesday, the 17th of January 2007, aged 81. I've never been very good at writing obituaries. All I can say is 'Thanks, Mr.Buchwald, for many decades of laughter. Your writings enlivened our lives. Your political satires showed up many a windbag for for being exactly that - a bagful of hot air. To a non-American like me, you were my first introduction to Watergate, before I'd ever heard of Woodward and Bernstein.
Rest in peace.
A short on-line biography of Art Buchwald can be read
here on Wikipedia.
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