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Title: Christopher Hitchens. RIP.
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 15, 2011, 09:14:20 PM
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Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies
npr ^ | 12/16/11 | David Folkenflik
Posted on December 16, 2011 12:13:27 AM EST by Nachum

The influential writer and cultural critic Christopher Hitchens died on Thursday at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus. Hitchens confronted his disease in part by writing, bringing the same unsparing insight to his mortality that he had directed at so many other subjects.

Over the years, Hitchens' caustic attention was directed at a broad range of subjects, including Henry Kissinger, Prince Charles, Bob Hope, Michael Moore, the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa.

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Title: Re: Christopher Hitchens. RIP.
Post by: 240 is Back on December 16, 2011, 04:48:55 AM
pose in peace.  he fought a long battle.  very intense thinker.
Title: Re: Christopher Hitchens. RIP.
Post by: Straw Man on December 16, 2011, 10:40:04 AM
he was a true original and love him or hate him he will be missed