R.I.P. Richard Adams - Watership Down Author

[LadyJS]

Enough fucking already!!! 2016 has to be the fucking shittiest year on record, and it's not fucking stopping!!! I'm fucking sick of this shit already

The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, has died aged 96, his daughter has said. Juliet Johnson said her father had been "ailing for some time" but "died peacefully" on Christmas Eve. Watership Down, a children's classic about a group of rabbits in search of a new home after their warren was destroyed, was first published in 1972. Adams was 52 when he wrote it, after first telling the story to his two daughters on a long car journey. It went on to become a best-seller, with tens of millions of copies bought around the world.

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[Ms_Ann]

Thanks for keeping us informed, Rory.

 

[Super-Surprise]

He was 96. Probably time to move on.

 

[UnderMyKilt]

"It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body any more, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch, but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits and to try to get used to the extraordinary feeling that strength and speed were flowing inexhaustibly out of him into their sleek young bodies and healthy senses.

"You needn't worry about them," said his companion. "They'll be alright - and thousands like them."

 

[KingOrfeo]

"My heart has jointed the Thousand, for my friend stopped running this day."

 

[trysail]

Hizenthlay

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[pointless]

no love for plague dogs? fucking savages.

 

[LadyFunkenstein]

He was 96. Probably time to move on.

Agreed. People are taking this "Boohoo 2016" horseshit too far. 96 is not a tragedy.

 

[Hard_Rom]

"My heart has jointed the Thousand, for my friend stopped running this day."

This^^^^

Embleer Frith!

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[cleaver]

he should have been a dead pool natural...
nay!

slipped the earthly bounds
without scoring a single point

so long and thanks for all the rabbits

 

[Duncan113]

Enough fucking already!!! 2016 has to be the fucking shittiest year on record, and it's not fucking stopping!!! I'm fucking sick of this shit already

You took the words right out of my mouth. 2016 is going to go down as the Year of the Suck.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I doubt 2017 will be much better. Many of us are getting to the point where we ourselves are kicking off. Our idols and icons from our youth, typically a few years older, are just leading the way.

At least the afterlife will have some kickass music and a few of our favourite stars to listen to and hobnob with.