[lit-ideas] Re: Death of David Myers
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:38:53 +0100
Hum, well, I had some rather vehement political disagreements with you as
well, but I don't think that it translated into personal dislike. (Okay,
occasionally I was irritated, as were you, probably.)
Btw, were you mentioning /discussing Jarred Diamond's book Guns, Germs and
Steel ? I am reading that book now.
O.K.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Sorry again for reposting this information. David and I were usually on
> the same side politically and there were the occasional off-line bits of
> advice both to and from. He advised me once to start a political blog. I
> recall advising him after what seemed the next thing to a nervous breakdown
> to take time away from the forum and that there was no rule demanding that
> he read every post. I did have one serious disagreement with him over the
> merits of Ted Hughes. He was at the time planning to invest major time in
> the study of him – perhaps resulting in a book. I had studied him enough
> to have a negative opinion and provided it with a close reading and
> criticism of several of Hughes poems. I often wondered if what I did was
> overly discouraging. As far as I know he never wrote the book.
>
>
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> *From:* lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Omar Kusturica
> *Sent:* Monday, December 15, 2014 8:58 AM
> *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: Death of David Myers
>
>
>
> That should be: "without disliking them personally"
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Yes, somebody posted about this here. I had also known about his cancer
> for a while before he died because he wrote about it, and some of what he
> wrote was posted at Arts and Letters Daily.
>
>
>
> I cannot say that I found him a likable man, and it perhaps wasn't just
> the matter of differing political opinions. (Although that certainly had to
> do with it, but I had rather vehement political disagreements with other
> people with disliking them personally.)
>
>
>
> O.K.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Lawrence Helm <
> lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I just now ran across the following on David Myer’s Blog (if someone
> already posted this information I apologize):
>
> *Dear All,*
>
> *This is Cynthia, I am David's sister in law and Naomi's sister. I am so
> sorry to tell you that David passed away Friday evening. He was at home,
> comfortable, and surrounded by his family, friends, and his books.*
>
> *Flowers are not a part of the Jewish funeral tradition., If you wish to
> make a charitable donation in David’s memory, Naomi asks that your direct
> your contributions to the options below:*
>
> *A. Zusman Hospice, care of Wexner Heritage Village. They have been a huge
> help in the last few months to the family.*
>
> *1151 College , Columbus, OH 43209*
>
> *B. The Research fund of Dr Steven Clinton (researcher in prostate cancer
> and David's oncologist in Columbus)*
>
> *Checks should be made out to:*
>
> *James Cancer Hospital. Please write on the memo line "Fund #302024 or
> Prostate Cancer Prevention Fund*
>
> *Mail to:*
>
> *The James Development Office*
>
> *660 Ackerman Road*
>
> *P.O. Box 183112*
>
> *Columbus, Ohio 43218-3112*
>
> *C. Congreagation Torat Emet*
>
> *2375 E. Main Street*
>
> *Bexley, Ohio 43209*
>
> Some years ago Phil-Lit ended and was replaced by two forums, one founded
> but not participated in by David Myers (long since dissolved as far as I
> know), and the other, this one, founded but no longer participated in by
> Andreas.
>
> From section B we can guess that David died of prostate cancer. He was
> 62. Here is his obituary:
> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?pid=172612882
>
> Lawrence
>
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