Wilfrid Sheed, R. I. P.

Wilfrid Sheed, Writer of Gentle Wit, Dies at 80 - NYTimes.com: "Wilfrid Sheed, the wittily satirical man of letters who drew upon his Anglo-American background to write bittersweet essays, criticism, memoirs and fiction about cultural life on both sides of the Atlantic, died early Wednesday in Great Barrington, Mass. He was 80."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.