[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html):
> Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.
Not the sort of news I like starting my Thursday with.
EDITED TO ADD: The [Metafilter obituary thread](http://www.metafilter.com/60215/Kurt-Vonnegut-Dies-at-84) is worth visiting, more than any other MeFi obit I can remember.
