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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchins, Dead at 62















I nearly disagreed with 50% of everything Hitchens had to say. I strongly agreed with the other 50%. I admire his unforgiving tongue and his wicked pen. I sorrowed at his suffering, though he would have rathered that I didn't. He was brilliant and ill-tempered, and even when I disagreed with him, I reveled in his passion and command of facts. His smoking and drinking killed him, but he knew they would, and couldn't imagine life without the simple pleasures. He's neither in heaven, nor hell, nor purgatory. He simply ceased to exist, but he goes on in all of us that admired him, and he will be missed.  An excellent interview he did with Sally Quinn after his cancer diagnosis can be found at this link Christopher Hitchins, Sally Quinn Interview .
This YouTube video sums up his love of humanity, but his lack of love for religionists.  It is quintessential Hitchins.