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Happy birthday to Gore Vidal, who seems to be in pretty good shape but is 81 today nonetheless. He made a mark in my life when I read the quote "The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes." This makes me the most interesting person on the planet.

 

 

then again there are a whole bunch of Africans out there that are far more interesting than you :P

 

am going to watch The Best Man soon, looks like a mighty fun movie :) at least intense ..

 

Wait, so being a very poor African instantly makes that person an American?

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He's 82 and 1 day old today.

 

Post whore, Moi?

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He's 82 and 1 day old today.

 

Post whore, Moi?

 

You're speaking that funny language again.....

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Have you read Gore Vidal at his worst? I'm nowhere near as hard to fathom as that.

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His mind seemed sharp on last night's South Bank Show - perfectly capable of finding many ways to call Bush an idiot and a criminal. Not so sure about the body, but he probably has at least a couple of years left.

 

Melvyn's barnet was in luxuriant form too, quite amazing for a 68-year-old. :referee:

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Just because Mr Bragg is 68 there is no guarantee that ALL his hair has been with him that long, or that it's all his own.

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His mind seemed sharp on last night's South Bank Show - perfectly capable of finding many ways to call Bush an idiot and a criminal. Not so sure about the body, but he probably has at least a couple of years left.

 

Melvyn's barnet was in luxuriant form too, quite amazing for a 68-year-old.

even wheelchair bound and frail GV should not be on the list for a few years yet.

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Gore was in waspish form on Channel 4 News this evening. He's become the dotty old uncle who sits in the corner occasionally shouting "Knickers!"

 

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even wheelchair bound and frail GV should not be on the list for a few years yet.

 

When he appeared on the BBC's Hardtalk he had both a wheelchair ...and a walking stick.

 

Maybe he uses it to hit people with.

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Gore Vidal - I think old Gore; novelist, essayist, political comentator and polemicist, might just be ripe for the final curtain.

 

Its been over a year since he was on our shores looing very frail.

 

Must be a candidate for 2010 - he's a sure-fire hit

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Gore Vidal - I think old Gore; novelist, essayist, political comentator and polemicist, might just be ripe for the final curtain.

 

Its been over a year since he was on our shores looing very frail.

 

Must be a candidate for 2010 - he's a sure-fire hit

Not too sure about that, saw him recently on the TV and he didn't look too bad.

 

I remember reading his comments after being asked about how he felt on the death of his "rival" William F. Buckley last year... the way in which Vidal summed it up: "RIP WFB—in hell."

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Saw him at the Beverley Hills Hotel (I know, name dropper) on Monday lunchtime. I think he was attempting to accompany singalong with the piano player albeit not very well. Still had his wheelchair, but still a sparkle in those eyes. If not this year, then I reckon next is a definite.

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Another ex death lister gone. That could have been 3 hits in the last 4 days!

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Another ex death lister gone. That could have been 3 hits in the last 4 days!

 

A miss for the DeathList is a hit for me. Perhaps a Gore Vidal quote is appropriate here:

 

"It is not enough to succeed - others should fail."

 

RIP.

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Another ex death lister gone. That could have been 3 hits in the last 4 days!

Yet apparently Colonel Gaddafi's son is a better choice.

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Gore? Blimey!

 

How did they know he was dead? They checked his vidal signs.

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Oh well, there goes one of my possibilities for next year.

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INTERVIEWER: You once said the novel is dead.

 

VIDAL: That was a joke.

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