Sunday, January 7, 2007
obits
Obituaries are enthralling because they demonstrate vividly that history is people. If you can separate yourself from the slightly "Harold and Maude" feeling when reading them enthusiastically, you often find unexpected, interesting, creative, unusual people. My favorite example is the man who set up the first shopping mall. This week, Vincent Sardi, Jr.'s obituary was a fascinating piece of New York and theater history, as Laura mentioned, since Sardi Jr. was the son of the founder of Sardi's restaurant and ran the restaurant for several decades. Laura also referes to a really nice piece that Chevy Chase wrote about President Ford. And the Los Angeles Times has a wonderfully piece on Momofuku Ando, the man who invented noodles in a cup - don't miss it.
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