Books Aug 10, 2012 at 8:30 am

RIP David Rakoff

David Schmader
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shit.
jBee on August 10, 2012 at 8:37 AM Report this
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Absolutely tragic.
carriemcc on August 10, 2012 at 8:50 AM Report this
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This is so sad. My condolences to his friends and family.
uhh... on August 10, 2012 at 8:52 AM Report this
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David was so talented and funny. Such a great voice, figuratively AND literally. Listen to his segments on This American Life

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/search?k…
St. Murse on August 10, 2012 at 9:01 AM Report this
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I'm sorry to see him go. Like many, I'm familiar with him through TAL, where I've always found him to be one of the most distinctive and clever voices on the show.

47 is so young, too. Crud.
Zebes on August 10, 2012 at 9:25 AM Report this
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I'll miss his voice on Wiretap.

RIP, Rakoff, thank you for Freud.
Allyn on August 10, 2012 at 9:34 AM Report this
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I am terribly sorry he is gone. Such a loss for gay culture in America too. Too few gay men worth a damn survived to our age. Rakoff helped a post-epidemic audience (whose leaders mostly got wiped out) cultivate a renewed appreciation for a sophisticated comic sensibility. God damn cancer.
gloomy gus on August 10, 2012 at 9:35 AM Report this
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Heartbreaking.
kid icarus on August 10, 2012 at 9:38 AM Report this
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I always thought Rakoff was the best of the This American Life crowd. Long after that clique got maudlin and precious, David remained grumpy and wry.
Wiretap on the other hand has always been awful and even he couldn't save it.
couchetard on August 10, 2012 at 10:27 AM Report this
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Tragic. We're lucky he gave so much in the time he had.
Volo on August 10, 2012 at 10:34 AM Report this
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I nearly ran off the road from laughing the weekend before last listening to him and Jonathan Goldstien reading his story consisting of letters between Gregor Samsa and Dr. Seuss. Just brilliant.

He will be greatly missed.
bleedingheartlibertarian on August 10, 2012 at 11:13 AM Report this
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Matt the Engineer on August 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM Report this
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Damn it all to hell. Not a way to start a Friday. RIP, David. You will be missed.
Gidget on August 10, 2012 at 11:46 AM Report this
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I am shocked that he was Killed By Racoons.
Will in Seattle on August 10, 2012 at 11:57 AM Report this
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My heart has a new crack running through it today. Que en paz descanse David Rakoff. Too too young to leave us.
Luisa on August 11, 2012 at 4:36 AM Report this

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