Well, Kurt, I'm glad you had a good, long life. What a brilliant man you were. And I love that there's no one I've met yet that isn't lamenting your death in some way or another. I am one of those millions, and to tribute you, a quote I found that I really liked (though not from any of your novels):

"My father, like Hemingway, was a gun nut and was very unhappy late in life. But he was proud of not committing suicide. And I'll do the same, so as not to set a bad example for my children."
-Kurt Vonnegut

I could taint the rest of this post with something I'm pissed at myself for, but I don't want to, so I won't.