[lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday

Brad DeLong jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu
Thu Sep 25 10:23:39 PDT 2003



>Woodard, Jared wrote:
>
>> *From:* godoy
>>*Sent:* Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:45 AM
>>*To:* ,All Staff
>>*Subject:* Edward Said passed away yesterday
>>
>> > > It is with great personal sorrow that we inform you of
>> the death of
>> > > Edward W. Said, today, the 24th of September, 2003, at
>> approximately
>> > > 4 p.m. EST. Edward had been very ill for the past couple
>> of weeks
>> > > and last night he was re-admitted to the hospital (he had
>> been
>> > > released last week and was thought to be recovering).
>>However, it
>> > > was not to be and this afternoon, he was taken off the
>> respirator and
>> > > died shortly thereafter. For us -- and we know for the
>> entire
>> > > academic community as well as everyone who had believed in
>> > > Palestinian sovereignty, not to mention the
>> self-determination of
>> > > oppressed and exploited people worldwide -- this is a
>> loss that will
>> > > never be overcome.
>>
>It's never good, when we lose an intelligent, principled voice of
>Said's caliber.

But at least before he died he got to see his dearest wish: the destruction of the Oslo Peace Process.

Brad DeLong



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