Quotes from authors that died on Jun 17th
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Joseph Addison
I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
Kate Smith
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
A. C. Benson
By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers.
Donald Cram
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
Joseph Addison
Dennis Hastert 
Alfred L. Kroeber 
Addison Mizner 
Chris Squire 
George Henry Lewes 
Chet Atkins 
Max Weinberg 
Sandra Oh