From the website of Shakespeare and Company…
“On Wednesday 14th December, 2011, George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartment above his bookshop in Paris. George suffered a stroke two months ago, but showed incredible strength and determination up to the end, continuing to read every day in the company of his daughter, Sylvia, his friends and his cat and dog. He died two days after his 98th birthday.
Nicknamed the Don Quixote of the Latin Quarter, George will be remembered for his free spirit, his eccentricity and his generosity. He will be buried at Père Lachaise cemetery in the good company of other men and women of letters…”
Shakespeare and Company
37, rue Bûcherie
75005 Paris
