FlaSoxxJim Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of the 20th century, died late on Sunday at the age of 89 in Moscow. His son Yermolai said the cause was a heart ailment. Mr. Solzhenitsyn outlived by nearly 17 years the Soviet state and system he had battled through years of imprisonment, ostracism and exile. NY Times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 No offense to the man, and RIP, but I don't think he counts as filling out the "trifecta." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 10:20 AM) No offense to the man, and RIP, but I don't think he counts as filling out the "trifecta." Hopefully the 3rd person was supposed to be Morgan Freeman since he lived, and have no more surprising deaths, but probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 He's not famous enough. There will be another!!!! :uhoh Too morbid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 12:23 PM) Hopefully the 3rd person was supposed to be Morgan Freeman since he lived, and have no more surprising deaths, but probably not. Well, if recent horror movies have taught me anything, the force that Freeman escaped will keep coming after him until it gets him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Zelig Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 According to my sister, Estelle Getty was actually the first of the trifecta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 George Carlin too long ago to count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 11:24 AM) He's not famous enough. He's only one of the most celebrated men of the last sixty years. RIP. Just recently took a class on Russian literature in the Soviet age and he was a prominent figure in the second half of the class. Edited August 11, 2008 by Gregory Pratt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 01:10 PM) He's only one of the most celebrated men of the last sixty years. RIP. Just recently took a class on Russian literature in the Soviet age and he was a prominent figure in the second-to-last half of the class. Be that as it may, he's still not famous enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) According to my sister, Estelle Getty was actually the first of the trifecta. That was over three weeks ago. I don't think she fits into this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 12:11 PM) he's still not famous enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 12:11 PM) Be that as it may, he's still not famous enough. I agree. I have no idea who the guy is/was. Not that it means much, especially if he was all about politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 09:33 PM) I agree. I have no idea who the guy is/was. Not that it means much, especially if he was all about politics. You never had to read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in high school world lit?? It's seriously one of the best books I've ever read. It won't have the artistic timelessness of the Theme From Shaft or Bad Santa, I'll grant you. I think Solzhenitsyn also only won one Nobel Prize. I forget, how many did Bernie and Issaic nab again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingandalongonetoleft Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Saw a picture of Samuel Jackson, Bernie Mac, and Isaac Hayes on the set of a movie they were working on. I really hope it's not Jules who's set to go next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 11, 2008 -> 09:00 PM) You never had to read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in high school world lit?? It's seriously one of the best books I've ever read. It won't have the artistic timelessness of the Theme From Shaft or Bad Santa, I'll grant you. I think Solzhenitsyn also only won one Nobel Prize. I forget, how many did Bernie and Issaic nab again? "High School World Lit"??? You kidding? I don't even think my school had that class, and if it did and wasn't required, there is no way in Hell I would have taken such a class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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