Kurt Vonnegut Died

Kurt Vonnegut died yesterday, at the age of 84. I read the report on CNN’s website this morning as I was getting ready to go to the dentist. Mr. Vonnegut was a decent human being and a good writer. He was born in Indiana, studied chemistry at Cornell, was drafted into the Army during World War II, observed some events in Dresden, studied anthropology at the University of Chicago, worked for GE, opened the first Saab dealership in the United States (in Massachusetts), wrote a few novels and short stories, taught at various universities, and many other things too, but you can read about them in his own words in the books Palm Sunday and Fates Worse than Death.