A Classy Way to Die

From the NY Times, by Phil Patton

Albert Camus, the existentialist philosopher and novelist, died in a car crash 50 years ago last January. His quirky death -- and the car in which he died, a Facel Vega, both quickly became notorious.

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Camus was 46 when he died while returning to Paris from Provence after the holidays on Jan. 4, 1960, in a car driven by his friend and publisher Michel Gallimard.

In the small town of Villeblevin, Gallimard lost control of the car, and Camus was killed. Gallimard was injured and died a few days later. Camus had with him a ticket for the train he had originally planned to ride and the manuscript of his last book.

Camus, known for his ideas of the absurd, is supposed to have said that the most absurd way to die would be in a car crash.

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