NABOKV-L post 0025401, Sun, 18 May 2014 20:01:54 -0300

I bought a scarf of the Liverpool soccer team today for one of my grandsons, thinking about Stan and my encounter wtih him in London exactly four years ago. I hoped Carolyn would join me in this visit but she didn`t make it at the time. I was aware that I wouldn`t be meeting him now, but I felt his presence just by being in London where he was staying for the week. When I finally opened my emails today the sad news brought me a terrible shock. To read Stan`s contributions to the VN/L were a permanent source of joy and enlightenment. I miss him dearly, there`s nothing more to add right now. I wish I could find the words...Jansy
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 08:38:30 -0700
From: chaiselongue@ATT.NET
Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] SAD NEWS: N-L Contributor Stan Kelly-Bootle
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU

Golly, what a shock. I never met Stan, but spoke with him on the phone once when I was in London - what a delight he was. He enlivened many a discussion on the List - and will, to be rhymingly trite, be missed. Good night, darling Scouse.


with love fromCarolyn On Sunday, May 18, 2014 7:22 AM, "NABOKV-L, English" <nabokv-l@HOLYCROSS.EDU> wrote:


Nabokv-L Co-Editor Stephen Blackwell writes:


It is with a sense of disbelief that I note the passing last month of Stan Kelly-Bootle, Nabokv-L
friend and long-time contributor. Stan's wide-ranging, heterodox,
and polymathic approaches to Nabokov were filled with wit and
energy. It is hard to imagine such a lively spirit transitioning
out of this world.



This obituary includes a link to Stan's song "Liverpool Lullaby."

http://www.liverpoolconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Stan-Kelly-Stan-Bootle-obituary-Liverpool-Lullaby





Thanks to John Chettoe for sharing the news.

[EDNOTE. In the words of Stan's own "Liverpool Lullaby": "There's no one can take his place." -- SES.]








Dear List,



It is with great sorrow that I report the death of Stan Kelly-Bootle, a

longtime N-L contributor. Stan was a fount of knowledge about languages,

mathematics, computer science, sport, music, entertainment, and British

culture, among many other things, and his spirited contributions to the

List were always amusing and informative.



John Chettoe sent the following news of Stan's death:



Not sure this has been picked up on the list, but that indefatigable

polymath and contributor to the list Stan Kelly-Bootle has just passed away

at the age of 84.



He led a most remarkable life, as witnessed by the obituaries I have read

in the UK. One of those people who lived many different lives at the same

time. I attach a link to the obituary in The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/29/stan-bootle-obituary



Yours,

SES
--
Susan Elizabeth Sweeney
Co-Editor, NABOKV-L









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