William Safire dead at 79

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:37 PM -0500 9/27/09, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>Yes, Safire was a very valuable link between academia and the
>general public on matters of lexicography, and (bless him)
>etymology.  I particularly recall him frequently promoting the
>Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), and his assistants
>must have been in contact with a dozen or so American Dialect
>Society members about this or that word or expression.  And he gave
>due credit in his columns.
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>I hereby express my deep gratitude for all that interaction.
>
>Gerald Cohen

And not to be ghoulish, but the immediate question now arises:
Will there continue to be an On Language column in the Times Magazine
every Sunday, and if so by whom?

LH

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>From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Grant Barrett
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>Subject: William Safire dead at 79
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>Safire, who was 79, died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, the
>Times said. An aide to Safire said he had suffered from cancer.
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>http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22William+Safire%22+%28dead+OR+died%29
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>Safire will be remembered by many of us for trusting us to help him
>with his research, promoting our books in a place of prestige, and
>giving the country a jumping-off point for popular discussions of
>language.
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>Grant Barrett
>grantbarrett at gmail.com
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