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5. 92?

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 01:17 PM

Feb 10

I never realized he was that old!

I remember reading Still Life With Woodpecker in the early 80s....oh, yeah, that was 45 years ago.

RIP Tom

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Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 10 OP

Classic Name -Drop Roy Rolling Feb 10 #1

Big Fawlty Towers fan here. LudwigPastorius Feb 10 #9

Big thumb Kali999 Feb 10 #2

Still Life With Woodpecker, Another Roadside livetohike Feb 10 #3

Dang it, he will be missed angel823 Feb 10 #4

92? progressoid Feb 10 #5

Jitterbug Perfume was one of my alltime favorite books. DFW Feb 10 #6

Mine too! Pachamama Feb 10 #13

boy, mine too ProfessorPlum Feb 10 #14

Loved this brilliant wit of a writer and read all these. ancianita Feb 10 #7

One of the best Prairie Gates Feb 10 #8

damn mike_c Feb 10 #10

Robbins was 92? I read him when I was young. Hassler Feb 10 #11

I didn't realize he was that old Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 10 #12