William Safire

The Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, formerly a speechwriter for President Richard Nixon, died Sunday, 27 September 2009 at age 79. William Safire had been a member of the DSNA since 1983. Here's a link to the Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/us/28safire.html.

And here's an appreciation on the Visual Thesaurus: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2000/

Reflection on the late Richard Allsop

"Inspired by a lifelong love of words, his exceptional capacity for work and an indomitable will, Richard Allsopp created the monumental Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage – a priceless asset to the nation and region." The rest of the article Richard Allsopp: words, work and willpower, was published in the June 30, 2009 Guyana Review.

Richard Allsop has died at age 86

Richard Allsop was editor of the Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (1996). For links to obits, please visit http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1483. Thanks to Benjamin Zimmer for this update.