The death of Gore Vidal on July 31, 2012 at the age of 86 has humanists mourning the loss of perhaps American's best known public intellectual. As honorary president of the American Humanist Association since 2009, Vidal added an enthusiastic, progressive and dynamic voice to the AHA and the humanist movement.
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See also...
Gore Vidal: Born-again atheist
http://www.examiner.com/article/gore-vidal-born-again-atheist
In Memoriam: Gore Vidal, atheist, humanist, intellectual
http://www.examiner.com/article/in-memoriam-gore-vidal-atheist-humanist-intellectual
Remembering Gore Vidal
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-215_162-57484698/remembering-gore-vidal/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.13
Gore Vidal, chronicler of American life and politics, dies
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/showbiz/gore-vidal-death/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
