Online Guest Book Created for William Styron by Legacy.com

Nation's leader in online obituaries offers a place to express condolences.

(PRWEB) November 2, 2006 -- To mark the passing of William Styron, Legacy.com has created a Guest Book where friends, family members and admirers can offer their condolences.

The Guest Book for William Styron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose explorations of the darkest corners of the human mind and experience were charged by his own near-suicidal demons, is available at http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?ID=GB19799643, and through the obituary sections of Legacy.com's 300 newspaper affiliates.

Legacy.com (www.legacy.com) posted Guest Books for almost 1 million Americans last year, including well known figures such as Rosa Parks, whose Guest Book drew notes from more than 45,000 admirers.

Others who have been honored through Legacy.com Guest Books include:

Soul singer Wilson Pickett

Country legend Johnny Cash

President Ronald Reagan

Hall of Fame outfielder Kirby Puckett

Pope John Paul II

Civil War historian Shelby Foote

R&B legend Luther Vandross

About Legacy.com

Described by CBSMarketWatch as the "granddaddy" of online obituary companies, Legacy.com powers obituary sections for 300 U.S. newspapers, providing monitored Guest Books, archive services, and other features for one in two people who die in the United States. Investors include Tribune Company.

Contact: Media relations, 888.397.9494

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