the day I seriously dreaded

I know, maybe this is silly, in an age of celebrity death and mass media, where we feel that we know these people but....I can't believe he's gone already. I don't even want to post the link because it's such a stupid fucking way to find out about the death of someone who's shaped you as a person, but....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut.ap/index.html

I didn't get to thank him or tell him "I think I know how you feel".
Good lord I hope there's something like a heaven and I hope he's happy.