Studs Turkel's death last week..
 

Had meant all week to bring up the passing of the warm, funny and engaging writer, monologist and uniquely 'American' figure. He was terrific and I loved everything he was involved in including his great turns on Prairie Home Companion.

Times obit if you missed it..
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/bo...0Terkel&st=cse

And Adam Cohen's excellent Opinion piece..
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/opinion/08sat4.html

Garrison Keiler's tribute
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/p...ts/studs.shtml


http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/w...dtime=00:13:47

His last comments involving the couple making
a airport train late was so Studs...

I think the new world of information had
him thrown for a loop. I get the feeling
he really had a hard time handling a feeling
that the world was becoming less human
with more information and how technology
was being used.

I would like to hear someone else's take.
He seemed very disillusioned with our current
"progress". Sad because he seemed like
he left us in a dissappointed mood.