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Andre Gorz Suicide
In case people missed it (from an email from Geert Lovink): French philosopher Andre Gorz commits suicide with wife 4 days ago.
TROYES, France (AFP) — French philosopher Andre Gorz, 84, co-founder of the Nouvel Observateur weekly, has committed suicide together with his wife Dorine, relatives told AFP on Monday.
Dorine, who was 83 and of British origin, had been ill for several years. The couple were found by a friend side by side in their home southeast of Paris surrounded by letters written to close friends and relatives.
Born Gerard Horst in Vienna in 1923, Gorz became a naturalised French citizen in 1954 and made his name writing about ecology and anti-capitalism. He co-founded the Nouvel Observateur in 1954.
Last year Gorz wrote of his wife: "You have just turned 82. You are still beautiful, gracious and desirable. We have been living together for 58 years and I love you more than ever."
By Jodi | September 30, 2007 in News | Permalink
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This is touching. I wish an old friend had courage to do the same, in fact (something which she has told me she *would* like, at least sometimes in particularly lucid moments, to do), instead of what is taking place.
Posted by: Matt | Oct 2, 2007 10:16:11 PM
An admirable figure in life, text and death.
Posted by: sdv | Oct 3, 2007 8:22:14 AM
Beautiful. It would be interesting to juxtapose his end with Deleuze's. I've always wondered if those last few moments of Deleuze's life were his most intense, or his most frustrated. It seems Gorz died with a smile on his face, I hope it was the same for Deleuze.
Posted by: sixfootsubwoofer | Oct 3, 2007 8:11:24 PM
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