http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,246155.story I looked up to this guy for a long time, and his work was partly responsible, in a weird way, for the career path I'm on now. Got to hear him read one time in L.A., but part of me hoped that one day I'd get to talk to him one on one.
Why are so many brilliant people so sad?