Ryszard Kapuscinski has died

[Heresson]

I usually don't trouble You with deaths of polish greats, but he was, like Lem (a thread about whom was created by someone else anyway), was quite reknown in the world, so here it goes.
He was perhaps the most reknown polish journalist.
I am too lazy to write about him, here goes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuscinski

info about his death (in polish)

http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,53600,3871133.html

[Heresson]

ah, but what's important is that he wrote some stuff about Aethiopia

[Sirotnikov]

I loved his wonderful 'Kappuscino Machines'

Oh noes

What a great loss to
coffee shops everywhere...

[VetLegion]

Re: I loved his wonderful 'Kappuscino Machines'

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
Oh noes

What a great loss to
coffee shops everywhere...

The wikipedia article doesn't mention he was Jewish

[OzzyKP]

Re: I loved his wonderful 'Kappuscino Machines'

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
Oh noes

What a great loss to
coffee shops everywhere...

I love how you added a link to cappuccino in case we didn't get the joke.

[Sirotnikov]

[Barnabas]

I guess he really is famous, latin american newspapers are mentioning his death.
I dont remember hearing of him before, poles dont have memorable names and surnames

[molly bloom]

He was a great writer.

I loved his work on the Shah and Haile Selassie.