Poor little old sick people -
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kyburgMonaco'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 -
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May their memory bring peace.
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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Date: 2005-04-06 02:28 pm (UTC)The worst I've heard about Rainier is that he allowed Monaco's banks to turn a blind eye to possible money laundering, in the same way the Swiss did, in order to build up an offshore banking industry.