Tim Worstall

“My brother, Merrick, and I are, of course devastated by the loss of our father, but we rejoice in having been the sons of such an extraordinary man.”
Felix Francis
Not a bad way to be remembered after 89 years on the planet, is it?

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Norman Borlaug has died. It’s said variously that 250 million people have been saved from death by his life’s work or that 1 billion people have been saved from starvation.
By Mr. Toenniessen’s calculation, about half the world’s population goes to bed every night after consuming grain descended from one of the high-yield varieties developed by [...]

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In the obituary of this brave man (in the paper, not online version) his photo has as the caption:

"Webb: Monty once demanded his advice for curing constipation."

An interesting way to be remembered.

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I find myself agreeing with the Grauniad:

Her shamelessness never became her more than in the manner of her dying.

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i’m in the uncomfortable position of thinking that we’ve lost something of a national treasure.

The first time she was mentioned in the press, in May 2002, Jade Goody was described as a "pretty dental nurse, 20, from London". But 24 hours later, as she began her gobby, ignorant trajectory [...]

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Sadly, gone.

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Sad day.
Here’s the IHT’s obituary. And here’s one with perhaps less detail and more information.

At one point in my teens I had several of his sketches memorized. Well, not exactly memorized, as that would imply that I had put effort into trying to remember them. It was more that the cassette tapes were [...]

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Has died.
Not sure if this story will make it into the obituaries. Vignettes of VE Day:

"of the Old Etonian trumpeter (and young Guards officer) Humphrey Lyttleton playing "Roll Out The Barrel" as he lurched on a handcart from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square and back followed by a long swaying line of revellers going the [...]

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Miles Kington’s obituary in The Times here.
Sadly, that’s another one from the pub gone.

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Not all that many of us will be granted an obituary quite so identifying us as good people:

He could be brusque, tendentious and dismissive, but he was also kindly, direct, and both decent and incorruptible to a degree seldom found among those of great fame.

That is what Knights are supposed to be…..

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He thought inside the box.

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