Monday, September 15, 2008
News Author David Foster Wallace found dead
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Author David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead in his home this weekend.
According to Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department, Wallace's wife returned home around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night (Sept. 12) to find that he had hanged himself. He was 46 years old.
The LA Times has a more in-depth piece on Wallace's death that can be read here.
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