Lawrence Auster: January 26, 1949 - March 29, 2013

 

Lawrence Auster lecturing


By Nicholas Stix

Laura Wood has published a worshipful obituary at Larry Auster’s blog.

Auster worked heroically in his last months, pouring out an incredible amount of work, while in a terrible state. I’ve heard that pancreatic cancer is particularly painful, though I can’t imagine any kind of cancer that isn’t.

Larry played a distinctive role in the culture of American anarcho-tyranny. I’ll have much more to say about that, in a living obituary I started a few weeks ago, when I thought I had more time, though a close advisor warned me that time was very short.

Auster’s funeral will be taking place in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 2.

When I saw mention of his funeral, I considered going, even though we weren’t close, assuming that the service would be in Manhattan, or at least somewhere in New York City, but Philadelphia is a bridge too far. I wasn’t aware that he had a connection to Philly. Then again, Larry kept his personal life very close to the vest, as well he needed to.

I just checked Google News for reports of Larry’s death. The lone hit was for a blog by my VDARE editor, Peter Brimelow. Ain’t that a kick in the head? But should I even be surprised?

However, a check of Google “Web” listings for the “past 24 hours” turned up no fewer than nine full pages of blogs, with very few duplicate entries, reporting on Auster’s death.