Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

AP via Yahoo ^ | February 20, 2016 | Colleen Barry

[EveningStar]

Umberto Eco started working a novel that set the world's imagination on fire "prodded by a seminal idea: I felt like poisoning a monk."

The Italian author and academic who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling medieval thriller, "The Name of the Rose," died at home in Milan on Friday evening after a battle with cancer, according to a family member who asked not to be identified.

[MUDDOG]

Frank Malzone died on Dec. 29.

Is there one yet to go, or are you counting Al Rosen (March 2015).

[Larry Lucido]

This guy played third but he’s still hanging on at 100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sandlock

[MUDDOG]

Good for him!

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[combat_boots]

Whale of a book. Great author.

I’ve thought of his several times these last two weeks.

RIP.