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Guy Debord, death, irony

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The suicide of Guy Debord on 30 November has led to the former Situationist being caught up in a number of discourses that he may, at one time, have viewed as distasteful. In the 'Guardian Weekend 1994: Review of the Year' (Guardian 31/12/94), Debord was name checked in the 'Those We Have Lost' column alongside two other suicides, rock singer Kurt Cobain and Great Train Robber Buster Edwards (other deaths noted included those of Derek Jarman, Richard Nixon, John Smith, Jackie Onassis, Dennis Potter, Kim Il Sung, Peter Cushing, Karl Popper and Keith Joseph). Clearly, Debord's timing was good because if he'd killed himself at the beginning of the year, the mainstream media may well have forgotten his suicide by its end. Messages placed on the internet about the suicide included one from Edward A. Shanken who wrote: 'Guy Debord did not kill himself. He was murdered by the thoughtlessness and selfishness of so-called scholars (primarily trendy lit-criters) who colonized his brilliant ideas

THE PERFECTION OF SUICIDE LIES IN AMBIGUITY The suicide of Guy Debord on 30 November has led to the former Situationist being caught up in a number of discourses that he may, at one time, have viewed as distasteful. In the 'Guardian Weekend 1994: Review of the Year' (Guardian 31/12/94), Debord was name checked in the 'Those We Have Lost' column alongside two other suicides, rock singer Kurt Cobain and Great Train Robber Buster Edwards (other deaths noted included those of Derek Jarman, Richard Nixon, John Smith, Jackie Onassis, Dennis Potter, Kim Il Sung, Peter Cushing, Karl Popper and…

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