Submission + - Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84
Raul654 writes: "Science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut, best known as the author of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five, has died at the age of 85. Vonnegut, a POW during World War II, was inspired to write the book after witnessing the aftermath of the bombing of Dresden"