David Foster Wallace, writer, is dead at 46
- added September 14, 2008
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Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department, says Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself when she returned home about 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Wallace's first novel, ''The Broom of the System,'' gained national attention, but his best known work was 1996's ''Infinite Jest.''
He received a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997 and he taught creative writing and English at nearby Pomona College.
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what a bummer. what a total bummer.
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Great writers are so few and far between.
Hope you find find peace elsewhere, David.
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What a HORRIBLE thing for his family~and what a fine man with a brilliant mind.
My son killed himself at 18, so I can relate, my prayers are with his family~
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This man made a huge impact on the lives of people close to me, and surely countless others. I don't think he ever valued this fact.
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- BlueDotProdux
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This is crushing.
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His commencement speech at Kenyon is one of the greatest thing ever written, by anyone, for any occasion. It's sublime. If you haven't read it, quit clicking and do so now.
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BooHoo
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Simply terrible news. Infinite Jest is an extraordinary book. I was looking forward to many more great works from DFW. Just...sucks.
