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See the title phrase and "working backward" in this journal.

Graham reportedly died yesterday, Monday, July 6, 2020.

          His AMS obituary says “he created the Erdős number.”

See also the tag in the previous post.

(That tag was created and added to several posts
just before I saw the above news of Graham’s death.
The tag, Erdős number, was suggested by an earlier post from
June 30 — the cartoonist’s death date in today’s 8:45 PM post.)

“When Death tells a story, you really have to listen.”

In memory of Jimmy Breslin, who reportedly died today at 88 —

From "Dimensions," (Log24, Feb. 15, 2015) —

"Hello  darkness,  my  old  friend.
I’ve  come  to  talk  with  you  again."

"Hello  darkness,  my  old  friend.
I’ve  come  to  talk  with  you  again."

This post was suggested by…

1.  Movie reviews links on the NY Times  online front page—

2.  "When Death tells a story…" in this journal

3.  A search for "Recognition" in this journal
     (suggested by Terence Cave's Recognitions ,
      mentioned in a post of October 31.)

4.  The play "Magic," by G. K. Chesterton

5.  The following posts —

The post itself  consists simply of the title,
together with the above items that suggested
the title.

For film producer and studio head John Calley, who died today at 81—

"When Death tells a story, you really have to listen." —The Book Thief  (cover)

New York Lottery on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

This suggests the following random thoughts—

"When Death tells a story,
you really have to listen."
— Cover, The Book Thief

An image from a post linked to in Tuesday's Koan for Larsson—

An image from today's New York Times  obituaries—

Wikipedia  on singer Loleatta Holloway, who died Monday—

[Her] "Like a Prayer," a Madonna cover, was a track on the Madonna tribute album Virgin Voices.

New York Times  on actress Helen Stenborg, who died Tuesday—

A Minnesotan of Swedish descent, she naturally brought to all her roles the kind of reserve that reflected her upbringing.