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On April 11, 1970 John O'Hara died. He was sixty-five years old. He is buried in Princeton Cemetery. His tombstone reads:
JOHN O'HARA
January 31, 1905
April 11, 1970
BETTER
THAN ANYONE ELSE
HE TOLD THE TRUTH
ABOUT HIS TIME
HE WAS
A PROFESSIONAL
HE WROTE
HONESTLY AND WELL
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"I saw and felt and heard the world around me and within my limitations and within my prejudices I wrote down what I saw and felt and heard. I tried to keep it mine and where I was most successful it was mine."
Quoted in The O'Hara Concern. Page 345.
THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY celebrates the life and works of John O'Hara, Pennsylvania's pre-eminent contemporary author and America's greatest short-story writer. The JOHS studies, publishes, and diffuses works by and about the author. Membership is free. For details, contact the JOHS's Corresponding Secretary, Richard Carreño, via Philabooks@yahoo.com. © MMXXIV John O'Hara Society.
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I head John O Hara was a great man, thanks for putting up this blog in his remembrance.
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