Art Buchwald, the renowned American humourist and a long time contributor to The Hindu, passed away on Thursday night. In a video obituary that is now available on the New York Times‘ website, he announces his own death with this surreal claim: “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald and I just died.”
Watch the full video here.
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Art Buchwald was the original. They all copied him. When somebody tried to copy Busybee ( Behram Contractor ), in his typical manner, Busybee advised him to copy the ‘original’ and not the ‘Copy’!
In 2004, when I wrote to him enquiring about his health little expecting a reply in return, he wrote back! He said in his letter of Januaey 2 2004,,’ I seem to be alive after my stroke and I’m still writing two columns a week”.
He also wrote about satire. He said, ” I have never worried about what anyone in the government thinks about what I write. Most of them seem to be flattered, even when it’s something criticizing them. My advice is don’t compromise what you have to say. If you do you won’t be able to look at yourself in the mirror”.