in memoriam

Best-selling author, Arthur Hailey, has died at his home in the Bahamas. He was 84 years old. His best known books include Airplane and Hotel. His wife said, "Arthur was a very humble man but was delighted with the letters he used to get from readers praising his books. He was incredibly proud of them."
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Chicago artist, Ed Paschke, has also died. The Tribune says, "Ed Paschke, 65, one of the most celebrated Chicago-born painters for three decades and an artist known as much for his generosity as for his work, died in his sleep at his North Side home, apparently on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 25." Read the rest. Read more here. (The awesome photo of Paschke is by John Reilly, a Chicago photographer.)