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Good news, for a change: Art Buchwald, apparently

9:36 PM Tue, May 23, 2006 |
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buc.jpgA great read that will make you smile. Humor columnist Art Buchwald: Heaven Can Wait at WaPo:

...In February I was warned that if I didn't take dialysis I wouldn't survive more than two or three weeks.

Since I didn't want dialysis, I decided to move into a hospice and go quietly into the night.

For reasons that even the doctors can't explain, my kidneys kept working, and what started out as a three-week deathwatch has turned into nearly four months.

When word got out that I was in a hospice, I became a celebrity. I was on all the TV shows and the notice of my intentions was in all the papers, including The Washington Post and the New York Times, which made it valid.

The more publicity I got, the more attention my kidneys got, and instead of going quietly into the night, I was holding news conferences every day...

Some of that publicity: The Final Days of Art Buchwald: A Visit by Suzette Martinez Standring, March 03, 2006.

But that was then. Now, well... Hallelujah, Art Buchwald. Not many patients get advised by their doctors to leave hospice for Martha's Vineyard. On the other hand, it sounds like a good gig he has going, right there.

The photo of Buchwald above was taken by Journal photographer Sandor Bodo in Providence in 2002.

Blogged earlier: I was hoping to meet Buchwald in Boston next month.

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