The Washington Post, April 27th, 1989
It's the kind of story William Saroyan might have written, if he were still alive. The plot: What to do with the ashes of the late author, that is to say the half of his ashes that weren't sent to Soviet Armenia after he died in 1981 at age 72. The characters in this "Human Comedy," to borrow the title of Saroyan's most popular novel: Friends who want his remaining ashes interred in the local Armenian cemetery topped by a monument fitting for Fresno's famous native son. The William Saroyan Foundation, which isn't certain what should be done with the ashes. Newspaper columnist Eli Setencich, wh...
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