http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cartoonist-doug-marlette-dies-in-crash/20070710164709990001
I actually met this man a few months ago. He spoke at our elementary school and I spoke with him and helped him carry a box of his books to be signed to the front of the school. He was so kind and funny. He personalized the autograph of a first edition of The Bridge thusly:
"TO JEANNETTE-
FELLOW DESCENDANT OF COTTON MILL WORKERS! BLESS YOUR HEART!
DOUG MARLETTE"
This is exactly how he signed it, all caps and with the mispelling of my name. Who was I to correct him, right? Anyway, with all his success and celebrity he took time with everyone who wanted to talk to him after his moving speech. He was a Pulitzer Prize winner after all. What a sad day.
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