Online Guest Book Created for Kurt Vonnegut by Legacy.com

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

(PRWEB) April 12, 2007 -- To mark the passing of Kurt Vonnegut, Legacy.com has created a Guest Book where friends, family members and admirers can offer their condolences.

The Guest Book for Kurt Vonnegut, author of books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus," and regarded by many critics as a key influence in shaping 20th-century American literature, is available at http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?ID=GB87181486, and through the obituary sections of Legacy.com’s almost 400 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 almost 400 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, email or 888.397.9494.

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