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Irving Layton....died

Post by Artguy » January 5th, 2006, 5:43 pm

Irving layton ...poet, curmudgeon, sex fiend ....and teacher to Leonard Cohen died yesterday at the age of 93


http://www.irvinglayton.com/

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Post by Zlatko Waterman » January 6th, 2006, 1:59 am

I just read Layton's biography and some of his verse.

He strikes me as a long-lived force for good-- good energy, good imagination, and fairly outrageous behavior.

Thanks, A-Guy, for the obit/tip.


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Post by judih » January 6th, 2006, 2:07 am

he wrote many a poem
that fed many a school kids lit appetite

r.i.p. irving. A good long life and a sweet after-life to you

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