Obit watch: September 1, 2026.

Roger Beasley, prominent Austin automotive dealer.

Wendell Berry, agrarian writer. NYT (share link, may require registration or an email address or something). I’ve never read any of his books, but he published articles in the old “Country Journal” back when my people subscribed to it. I thought he was an interesting guy, but frankly kind of a crank.

“What Wendell is talking about is a primitive agriculture,” Dr. Barnhart told The Times in 1988. “It’s a nice way of life if you have a rich father and you’re a tenured member of the faculty at a university. But I don’t see a great proportion of the American public returning to farms. And I don’t see it as an industry that would ever be capable of feeding 225 million people.”

Not quite an obit, but:

3 Responses to “Obit watch: September 1, 2026.”

  1. Borepatch says:

    The Dolly/Letterman clip was hilarious.

  2. Pat McCracken says:

    Can’t say anything more about Dolly other than I have teared up more than once thinking about her Christian life of generosity.

    About the agrarian writer, love for our agrarian past like a Roman senator is remembering those who worked harder and longer to get us to a better life.
    Remembering is gratitude.

  3. stainles says:

    Mr. McCracken:

    Agreed. Remembering is gratitude. But I think there’s a difference between remembering and saying everyone should live like this, which is what I believe the late Mr. Berry would have wanted.

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