P. A. Stone: "I keep reading this subject heading as "Tony Just Died"" ---- Well, yes, the preterite IS confusing. Wiki has a link: Nelson, Valerie, J. _Tony Judt dies at 62; leading historian of postwar Europe_ (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-judt-20100808,0,7718214.story) . - _Los Angeles Times_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times) ---- In a way, that is a better title, in that it's less likely to be read as "Tony Just Dies". Speranza Bordighera