It was the first I'd heard of it! Bit of a shock! He was a fine writer, didn't really think of him as a Detroit writer though
On 20 Aug 2013, at 15:31, "Odeluga, Ken" <ken.odel...@wsj.com> wrote: > Thought it was obvious to such a cultured man as ye, Rob. > > It is all over the news bulletins right now, after all. > > [Not to mention the little clue in the Wikipedia entry, which has today's > date as the date he died! ;] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Taylor [mailto:barringtonphelo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:28 PM > To: k...@bleep43.com > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Elmore Leonard > > Perhaps you should have mentioned that he has died. > I was wondering why you had posted about him! > > On 20 Aug 2013, at 15:10, k...@bleep43.com wrote: > >> He wasn’t born in the city, but he’s surely one of the most famous American >> novelists of the 20th century and beyond to be closely associated with >> Detroit. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_Leonard >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
