[no title] · 11:37pm Feb 21st, 2016
Man, there's been a lot of famous people I love dying lately, but I'm just gonna pop onto Wikipedia real quick to reassure myself that one of my favorite authors, Umberto Eco, is still kicking it strong, at the ripe old age of--
"Died February 19th, 2016"
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I'm gonna need a minute here. :pinkiesad:
Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
Sorry.
I am sorry.
Oh man, I didn't even hear about that one! I've only read The Name of the Rose, like every other Tom, Dick, and Flutterheart, but I enjoyed it immensely and figured he must have had a great mind being put to equally good use in his other books, so it's a shame to hear he's gone.