The death Christopher Hitchens at the age of 62 comes as no surprise but robs the world of one of the great orators of our age. I didn’t always agree with his views, notably his support of the US attack on Iraq, but his opinions were always rationally argued and delivered with a wit and eloquence that put most public figures in the shade.
For this reason, I prefer watching clips of him on You Tube to reading his columns or books. This video of him talking about death and the afterlife seems apt in the sad circumstances:
Related links:
Illness made Hitchens a symbol of the honesty and dignity of atheism (Richard Dawkins – The Independent)
Consummate writer, brilliant friend (Ian McEwan – The Guardian)
Christopher Hitchens remembered (Slate tributes)
“The story is King” says Clint Eastwood and his attraction to the screenplay of Hereafter seems to be that it offered the challenge of linking three fictional lives in France, America and England.
