{"id":25662,"date":"2018-06-27T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=25662"},"modified":"2018-06-27T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:59:04","slug":"wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/27\/wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"WRONGFUL DEATH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two of<\/strong> <\/span>my friends\u2019 parents died the same week. The first funeral was a massive Catholic Mass, and the second was a small Jewish affair. At both funerals, mourners chit-chatted about wrongful death. The Catholic man had gone into a local satellite hospital for a fairly routine matter, then went to \u201ccode blue,\u201d and died. The Jewish woman had a procedure on her trachea and died. They were both in their 80s.<\/p>\n

\"badWhen my father died, he was treated first by a Mt. Sinai Hospital doc, then a Cleveland Clinic doctor. My dad thought he might get better care at the Clinic. Nope.<\/p>\n

Marc Jaffe, a comedian, once told me that he wants to interview people regarding the best way to die. Like he will go up to a guy impaled on a picket fence and say, \u201cHey, is that a good death?\u201d You don\u2019t know till you try it. (The interview and the death.)<\/p>\n

People I<\/strong><\/span> know — and know of, in a fanboy way — who have died recently:<\/p>\n

From my gen . . . Lillian Goldberg, a friend; David Ariel, former head of the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies.<\/p>\n

Older gen . . . Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, Donald Hall.<\/p>\n

[I should convert “my gen” to “older gen” right after I post this. The older crowd — the Silent Gen and WWII folk — is tapped out.]<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

I wrote a tribute<\/a> to Donald Hall, who died Saturday. He was a mentor to me. “The Freelancer” <\/a><\/span>in City Journal<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Donald

Donald Hall (L) and Bert Stratton, New Hampshire, 2000<\/p><\/div>\n

—-<\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote “Me and my Lawnmower”<\/a> for Belt Mag. This one is not about anybody dying, but it does touch on the subject.
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