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Monaco's Prince Rainier, whose marriage to U.S. actress Grace Kelly brought Hollywood glamour to his tiny state, died on Wednesday aged 81.

He always struck me as being genial and kind - that storybook monarch you always read about in fairy tales. If anyone has a story about him being mean for any reason, I'd like to hear it. I never knew of any.

Saul Bellow, who rose from writing book reviews for $10 apiece to become one of America's greatest novelists after World War II, passed away on Tuesday at age 89.

I remember reading his stuff in high school; listening to him speak on NPR -

..

May their memory bring peace.

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