Almost every photo ever taken of John Updike features a burning cigarette drooping casually from his mouth or held loosely between his two fingers.Īnd, though I loathe cigarette smoking, I find myself thinking of that mischievous smile and that stupid cigarette hanging from his mouth, and the next thing you know, I'm Olivia Newton-John in Grease, pulling that damn thing slowly from his mouth, throwing it to the ground to crush under my black heel, and whispering (real close like to his face), “Tell me about it, stud.” What follows from there is none of your damn business. Updike died from lung cancer, as a result of his nasty smoking habit, but my actual question wasn't answered. That query provided me with information that I already knew, that Mr. No Waldorf salad or candied yams for you). which type of cigarettes did John Updike smoke? (My poor, poor children. While the average person may have been conducting online searches for holiday recipes this week, I was doing my own Google search.
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