Award Winning Author, Daniel Cassidy, dies at 65.

I am VERY saddened by the death of Daniel Cassidy. Though I did not always agree with him personally and politically, I had an IMMENSE admiration for his thought-provoking intellect, charisma, and the love he had for his working class and irish roots. I had the fortune to work with him at New College of California where he taught in the Irish Studies Program. Whenever we talked, he would always give me some little bit of interesting history on the Irish. He knew that my ancestry included multiple roots in Ireland. Danny was a bit of a hot head, but what else could you expect from an Irish American New Yorker and, honestly, often, it was part of his charm. He was a straight shooter. I can still hear him talking loudly to me with his brooklyn accent (which had softened over the years) about some inane political issue going on at New College, with his hands moving, hitting my arm when he wanted to make his point, and engaging me with his unrefined honesty. I WILL MISS HIM.