NYT obit said D and his wife were living in a Paris suburb. The obit also mentioned his two grown children. >ck ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Derrida Passes > > > In a message dated 10/9/2004 5:56:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, > NYCEric@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > Robert wrote :Jacques Derrida has died in Paris at the age of 74. > > > Who will use the obvious "Derrida Deconstructs!" headline, I wonder? > > > Thinking of the many connections between advertising copy and poetry, > > > ---- Exactly. > > Incidentally, I was reading that on one occasion Cambridge (England) faculty > protested against honouring Derrida with a doctorate or something. The note > did not specify if the protest was successful, though. I suppose, via, > implicature, it was. > > It is not said in the obituary if he had family in Paris. I wonder who will > take care of the funeral, etc. -- but Geary should know about that. > > Cheers, > > JL > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html