I remembered about C.S. Lewis, but I’d forgotten about Huxley also dying that same day.
I got to hear Huxley when he made a visit to the University of Texas in 1961-62, He was, of course, by that time very feeble and blind. Whatever his views, he was a truth seeker, and by no means as dogmatic as Julian Huxley. There was talk about a boycott of his appearance but it came to nought. I was a graduate student and showed up in the small auditorium, in support. Who knew that some of his young supporters would, in future, embrace that world he denounced in “Brave New World.