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Article: Andy Kessler: 6/11/61-8/10/09.(REST IN PEACE)

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SITTING OUTSIDE smoking at the SPR coffee shop at 9am, watching the endlessly fascinating living parade of Beijing bike, walk, and drive-by, when this lanky American walks up who looks familiar--Kenny Reed. I've never met him but he's a pro skateboarder known for traveling the world, and I've seen his picture many times. "Hey, is your name Kenny?"

"Yes," slightly surprised but not too put off, and we talked for a few minutes. It's been on my mind constantly since I found out the morning I arrived in China so after a bit of banter it just came out and I told him Andy Kessler died, from a bee sting for Christ's sake. "No way, I just saw him in New York last week." ...

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