In Memory of Jack

Joel Miller reminds us today is the 49th anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis. He writes,

I read a newspaper obituary about Lewis that my grandmother kept. She preserved the entire paper. The event was buried in the back–barely two column inches if memory serves. The rest of paper, or at least the majority of it, was dedicated to reporting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Both men died the same day. Coincidentally, both men answered to Jack.

Read about his good humor and bibliophilia.

2 thoughts on “In Memory of Jack”

  1. Peter Kreeft wrote a book about those men dying on the same day along with Aldous Huxley. In “Between Heaven and Hell” they meet in Purgatory and discuss their views on Christianity, modern vs. classical vs. Orientalized.

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