breakingnews: Writer and cultural critic Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus - NPR Read Vanity Fair’s announcement here. Photo: Amanda Edwards / Getty Images It is very sad that the universe won’t get a chance to read Hitchens’ thoughts on SOPA, all of 2012 to come and everything after.  Dust off—or order yourself one of—his books and donate to esophageal cancer research in the memory of an top-notch American iconoclast intellectual. View high resolution

breakingnews:

Writer and cultural critic Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus - NPR

Read Vanity Fair’s announcement here.

Photo: Amanda Edwards / Getty Images

It is very sad that the universe won’t get a chance to read Hitchens’ thoughts on SOPA, all of 2012 to come and everything after.  Dust off—or order yourself one of—his books and donate to esophageal cancer research in the memory of an top-notch American iconoclast intellectual.

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    RIP, Mr Hitchens. The world is a poorer place without you.
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    It is very sad that...universe won’t get a chance to read Hitchens’ thoughts on SOPA,...
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    Sad. The fact that we all saw it coming doesn’t make it sting less. He was a drunk and an asshole and brilliant, and...
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    Such a loss. Such an intellect. Will miss him.
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bah. RIP
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    R.I.P. this amazing glorious bastard!
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    Dusted off the obit in time… RIP
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