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Taki: RIP John Jay, my brave friend who refused to take part in vulture capitalism

The men of Wall Street might call him a loser, but they’re fat and ugly and don't know the true value of things

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

9 November 2013

9:00 AM

I suppose the secret of death is to choose not to expire the same day as famous people. I read in Lapham’s Quarterly that JFK, C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley all met with the man in the white suit on 22 November 1963.

John Jay Mortimer, a friend of very long standing, died last week and I attended his funeral in Tuxedo Park, the seat of his very old and fine family.

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