Robert Anton Wilson: from his blog
Today's Guardian has a nice obituary of Robert Anton Wilson, co-author of the wonderful Illuminatus! Trilogy. He had been ill for some time, and last year we followed Boing Boing in asking for donations to support his last days. There's an appreciation at Reason Online with links to numerous other obits.
One consolation: in an earlier age, someone like Robert might well have died in poverty and obscurity. In today's global village, just hitting Technorati demonstrated that he was widely loved. On his own blog, near the end, he wrote:
Thank you all very much for your kind comments. In a way I am glad about my illness; it has taught me that many people think more highly of my writing than I do.
