Art Buchwald

Art Buchwald, the U.S. journalist and humorist, gave the world the classic column entitled "How to Explain Thanksgiving to the French", which has been a staple at our family Thanksgivings for years. His memoir of Paris, "Don't Forget to Write," has been comic inspiration for many Francophiles, including moi.

Now , at age 80, battling a host of illnesses, Art is flunking hospice by outliving his doctor's estimate of "three weeks to live" 8 months ago.

So this November, as a tribute to Art Buchwald, I hope that we will all read aloud his tale of Kilometres Deboutish and toast this great friend of France and expats in France.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/23/AR2005112302056.html

Kyra Phillips of CNN just interviewed Art. The piece is linked below.

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http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/showbiz/2006/11/04/phillips.art.buchwald.hospice.cnn