God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut - CBS News

Kurt Vonnegut dies

(AP) Michele Filgate is a Production Associate for the CBS Evening News . It's a sad day for many readers and writers with the death of Kurt Vonnegut . The prolific and important cultural writer leaves behind his indelible ink and celebrated reputation. I read him for the first time in high school, when "Slaughterhouse-Five" was required reading for my English class. It was one of the first books I enjoyed critically analyzing. I still have my notes somewhere at my Mom's house, consisting of scribblings and diagrams outlining my theories around the political undertones of the novel. Those unde

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