Goodbye, Artie

We lost another great humorist with the death of Art Buchwald at the age of 81. In a world where cursing and belittling pass for humor, Art Buchwald writing stood the test of time. He had a rough beginning. His mother was taken to a psychiatric hospital after he was born. His father, unable to care for Art and his sisters, put them in foster care. When asked what his purpose was in life, he said, "To make people laugh." And he did just that, for over 50 years, with the type of humor that everybody could relate to. He made it look easy, and that's the sign of a true artist.

Read the story in the San Fransisco Chronicle