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Author: David Wallis

David Wallis has contributed to The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Slate, among other publications. His most recent books is Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression (W.W. Norton).
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04/22/2009

What About Bob?

The obit is a death notice, but it can also alert of a life lived.

by David Wallis

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