RIP John Gumperz

[Michael H. Agar]

Thanks Kerim. I had heard he was in hospice. The news is of course part of the deal, but with John it floods me with memories and sadness that their number is now fixed. I hope Jenny is handling the hurricane. In fact, I think I'll email her now.


Mike




On Apr 1, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Kerim Friedman wrote:

> Dear List Members,
> 
> I'm sorry to report that John Gumperz died on March 29, 2013. This is
> according to Facebook posts which (due to lack of search on Facebook) I
> cannot now retrieve, but I see that Wikipedia has already been updated
> (albeit without a citation). Google News does not yet turn up any
> obituaries.
> 
> - Kerim
> 
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> 
> *P. Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 <http://kerim.oxus.net/>*
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