Douglas Adams, dead at 49 of a heart attack. One of my childhood heroes, with an eye for wit so sharp he no doubt went through contact lenses at an abominable rate.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/books/05/12/adams.death/index.html
And now my Joo Janta Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses are making it damned hard to type. Or maybe it’s the tears.