A Commentary on the Passing Scene by
Robert Paul Wolff
rwolff@afroam.umass.edu
Monday, August 29, 2016
SAD NEWS
Gene Wilder has passed way. He gave me some of my favorite cinematic moments, in Young Frankenstein, in The Producers, in Blazing Saddles, and in many other films. He was a year older than I am now. He was a gem.
Off topic, but I was skimming the introduction to my copy of The Age of Innocence as I prepared to begin the novel, and I noticed it was written by a woman named Cynthia Griffin Wolff. Is this woman your wife/relative?
She was my first wife. we were married for twenty-four years. For many years she held a chair in the Humanities at MIT. She also wrote a much praised book on Wharton called A FEAST OIF WORDS.
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ReplyDeleteOff topic, but I was skimming the introduction to my copy of The Age of Innocence as I prepared to begin the novel, and I noticed it was written by a woman named Cynthia Griffin Wolff. Is this woman your wife/relative?
She was my first wife. we were married for twenty-four years. For many years she held a chair in the Humanities at MIT. She also wrote a much praised book on Wharton called A FEAST OIF WORDS.
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