{"id":2448,"date":"2008-09-13T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T02:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2008-09-13T22:10:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-14T02:10:26","slug":"chronicle-of-a-death-footnoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/chronicle-of-a-death-footnoted","title":{"rendered":"Chronicle of a Death Footnoted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Condolences to the family of David Foster Wallace, after DFW hanged himself<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

My brother-in-law’s sister killed herself last week, so I’ve spent a bunch of time in the last few days thinking about the frame of mind someone has to be in to commit that act and leave family\/friends to pick up the pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Condolences to the family of David Foster Wallace, after DFW hanged himself on Friday. My brother-in-law’s sister killed herself last week, so I’ve spent a bunch of time in the last few days thinking about the frame of mind someone has to be in to commit that act and leave family\/friends to pick up the … <\/p>\n

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