"When Kurt Vonnegut died Wednesday night in Manhattan, he had a drawing ready, a simple doodle really, of a bird cage standing empty, its door flung open.
Underneath the image is a simple "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922-2007," the only post Thursday on the writer's official Web site. His quick sketch amounted to the perfect exit line -- accessible, playful, a hint of giving death the slip. "