
Tom Wolfe, author, 87. RIP. He left a wake behind him.
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Tom Wolfe the author has died aged 88, books including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff and Bonfire of the Vanities
True dat. If anyone thinks they know BotV by seeing the movie, they are sadly mistaken. Read the book.Know so little about Wolfe, but if you’ve never read The Right Stuff, you should pick it up today and read it. I’ll be picking up Bonfire of the Vanities soon, after I read TRS again.
Godspeed
There's at least a million Evertonians over the moon tonight.Godspeed
Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer who played in a very good Aberdeen side under Alex Ferguson, 54 years old, no age,RIP.
A great boxing character who had more than his fair share of success, not by chance but sheer hard graft RIPBrendan Ingle, trainer of Herrol Graham, Johnny Nelson, Prince Naseem amongst others. All round good guy who ran his gym in Sheffield for all comers.
RIP.
https://mailchi.mp/flashbak/a-chunk-of-flashbaks-this-sundayBill Gold who designs some iconic movie posters for Hollywood died the other day, did things like Casablanca, Streetcar Named Desire and Dirty Harry
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/obituaries/bill-gold-dead-movie-posters.html
Cooper's Aberdeen beat Real to win the ECWC.Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer who played in a very good Aberdeen side under Alex Ferguson, 54 years old, no age,RIP.