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KQED
| 9 months ago
Half Empty Acclaimed humorist David Rakoff died last week, but his acerbically witty writing lives on. Before you run out to buy all his books, listen to this episode from our archives, in which Rakoff reads from his final book of essays, Half Empty .
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Gawker
| 9 months ago
There have been countless reactions to writer and performer David Rakoff's death Thursday night, but few are as poignant as what Ira Glass posted on the This American Life website ...At this moment I don't have anything smart to say, because my...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
Humorist David Rakoff died in New York at the age of 47 following a long battle with cancer, his family announced. Rakoff was author of essays on modern life and culture that appeared regularly in top-tier publications such as The New York Times,...
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Tulsa World
| 9 months ago
Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," died Thursday in Los Angeles...Stuart's documentaries include "The Making of the President 1960," for which he won an Emmy, as well as subsequent...
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The Arlington Advocate
| 10 months ago
CDT Tonight is a new episode of " Say Yes to the Dress " on TLC. Tune in to watch hundreds of brides look for that one perfect dress. Trending topic: David Rakoff David Rakoff , an award-winning humorist, died today after a long battle with cancer...
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The Globe and Mail
| 10 months ago
In quotes The Toronto-bred writer made an appearance on Public Radio International's This American Life live show only three months ago, and he didn't look well his story, about how cancer had taken away the use of his left arm, was a poignant and...
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The Dish Rag
| 10 months ago
2001's "Fraud," 2005's "Don't Get Too Comfortable" and "Half Empty" from 2010, which includes a piece on the return of his cancer, which he was first diagnosed with at age 22. All three collections as well as his "This American Life" work were...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
David Rakoff, an award-winning humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture developed a loyal following of readers and radio listeners, has died after a long illness. He was 47.
Rakoff died Thursday after a long illness, Doubleday...
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Towleroad
| 10 months ago
He first moved to New York City, the place he would later call "the great love of my life," in 1982 to attend Columbia University. Describing the experience, he wrote, "Like cartoon characters who wander off cliffs but only fall once they realize...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
Mr. Rakoff's cancer had first appeared when he was 22 and recently reappeared as a tumor in his left shoulder. The return of his cancer, and the possibility that his arm and shoulder would have to be amputated, were the subjects of the concluding...
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Associated Press
| 10 months ago
David Rakoff (RAY'-kawf), an award-winning humorist, has died. Doubleday and Anchor Books announced Friday that Rakoff died Thursday after a long illness...Rakoff has written for The New York Times, Newsweek and other publications and was a...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Font Resize Mercury News David Rakoff, writer of humorous essays, died Thursday night at age 47 in New York, news sources are reporting. The New York Times' ArtsBeat blog said, "The death was confirmed by his mother. ... A cause of death was not...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Rakoff won his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma at just 22 but endured was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in 2010, believed to have been caused by the treatment for his earlier cancer. Rakoff wrote about facing mortality in his book " Half Empty ." "...
