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![Chip Delany, visited her yesterday. She was exhausted, in pain, and terribly, terribly weak. But as acute as ever. She died with her wits intact.](#"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXNMdhXy5IReyPSB1k2L8H3p4Wg_R6EvUkngk_pC8pzVuqncLdrzJCD31zR-IDM6Xv0yEJ3qnkYPBWKbQsC3BsStMVxN_pjJHi28cZre2asbJ1AT3UKasXYY9HUCqkSUy5tF6_omCAQ/s1600/+++++.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="/image.pl?url=https%3a%2f%2fblogger.googleusercontent.com%2fimg%2fb%2fR29vZ2xl%2fAVvXsEjfXNMdhXy5IReyPSB1k2L8H3p4Wg_R6EvUkngk_pC8pzVuqncLdrzJCD31zR-IDM6Xv0yEJ3qnkYPBWKbQsC3BsStMVxN_pjJHi28cZre2asbJ1AT3UKasXYY9HUCqkSUy5tF6_omCAQ%2fs400%2f%2b%2b%2b%2b%2b.jpg&f=jpg&w=240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Susan Casper</b>passed away in her sleep this morning, after a several years){kind=link}
Surviving her is her husband and, before that, lover for forty-seven years,Gardner Dozoisand her sonChristopher Casper,his wifeNicole and her grandchildrenTyler and Isabella.
Susan was a dear friend for over forty years. Marianne and I are both desolated by her death. But here's the thing: I couldn't swear to you that we're the unhappiest of her friends at this moment -- not even that we're the unhappiest of her Philadelphia friends. She had a lot of people who cared a great deal about her. Now we are all one in our grief.
I'll be writing more eventually. But right now, the loss is too fresh. So I'm giving myself a temporary pass.
For the moment, I'll just say this: Susan had a great many friends. Her death has made us all miserable. That in itself is a tribute to her.
Above: Gardner and Susan in happier times.
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This is indeed sorrowful.
Very sorry to hear it.
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