David Rakoff is Now of Blessed Memory

David Rakoff was killed by cancer yesterday[1]. I've especially enjoyed a lot of Rakoff's essays over the years. This one--the last I heard of his, on my birthday no less--especially broke my heart.

Invisible Made Visible | This American Life

1. I don't know a good way to say that part any more. "Succumbed to cancer"? "Failed to survive cancer"? "Lost his battle with cancer"? "Killed himself via errant cell over-division"?

My mother had cancer--she's NED now--and my father was just diagnosed with cancer and . . . well, I don't have to tell you that these are grim looking odds this morning.

If it's cool with everyone else, I'm just gonna go heads-down in my work for a while and try not to really think about anything. Cool? Cool.