Wednesday, April 09, 2003
The Future?
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Diana Kristin R. Wildash, 93, died on March 2, 2075 in a fruit accident at her vacation home in Helsinki, Finland. D.K. Wildash was discovered by her husband, Peter Wildash, at 1:33am on Thursday.
"I needed to go to the lavatory, and there she was...her head in the bowl," said Mr. Wildash. The coroner's report established her death to be an accidental drowning.
"Mrs. Wildash seemed to have slipped on a fruit of some sort. Maybe a kumquat or plum. We are currently looking in the matter," said Inspector Numminen of the Helsinki police precinct.
D. Wildash was a well-known conservationist, editor, journalist, writer of fiction, and nonfiction. Her first and most well-known book, Fear and Loathing in the Forest: The Selling of National Parks, is written in what Wildash calls, "Piggy Journalism." In this book, she takes a look at the US economy, and its needs to sell national parks to pay off the national debt. Her other works include: Me, Myself and I: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems, The Guide to Watching Monty Python; her Pulitzer Prize winning, The House, The Repair and Restoration of Antique Toilets: A Collaborative Effort with Bob Vila,How to Make a Cookie Round, co-authored by Martha Stewart; and Freaks: My High School Years.
"She was the most beloved author we ever had," said Rupert Crabb, historian and editor-in-chief of Penguin Press. "Diana had a calming effect on us all."
Diana Kristin R. Wildash, was born in Japan to Josh and Eve Lyn R. of Dublin, Ireland, on September 9, 1981. She began her schooling at Peggy Wood's Finishing School for Girls, and graduated from The Alexander School in Richardson, Texas. She earned a BA in Journalism in 2005 from the University of Dallas at Washington State. She continued her education at Oxford University, where she met Peter Wildash of Chessington Zoo, Chessington. He was an actor who starred in the BBC's, The New MP's Flying Circus. They were married in the fall of 2020 at Burnt Stub Mansion, Wildash's ancestral home.
Mrs. Wildash is survived by her grandmother, Ineko Ishimori, founder and leader of The Fountain of Youth Cult; sister, Sarah Anne Van Der Beek, film star; her husband, Peter Nicholas; and her son, Harris James of South West London, a fancier of parrots and a purveyor of fine cheese.
"She won't be missed by any of us!" said an anonymous family member.
Funeral services are private, but a memorial is being planned for October at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall in South West London.
Memorials may be made to Raitalinna Oy, Tiivista Lammounsaastoa, Pu Ittiitie 15 00810 Helsinki 81, Vaihde.
The family aks that donations be made to Jessica's Fruit Bowl, 1669 Marbles Wy, Tadworth, London.
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Pulitzer Prize winning author, Diana Kristin R. Wildash, 93, died on March 2, 2075 in a fruit accident at her vacation home in Helsinki, Finland. D.K. Wildash was discovered by her husband, Peter Wildash, at 1:33am on Thursday.
"I needed to go to the lavatory, and there she was...her head in the bowl," said Mr. Wildash. The coroner's report established her death to be an accidental drowning.
"Mrs. Wildash seemed to have slipped on a fruit of some sort. Maybe a kumquat or plum. We are currently looking in the matter," said Inspector Numminen of the Helsinki police precinct.
D. Wildash was a well-known conservationist, editor, journalist, writer of fiction, and nonfiction. Her first and most well-known book, Fear and Loathing in the Forest: The Selling of National Parks, is written in what Wildash calls, "Piggy Journalism." In this book, she takes a look at the US economy, and its needs to sell national parks to pay off the national debt. Her other works include: Me, Myself and I: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems, The Guide to Watching Monty Python; her Pulitzer Prize winning, The House, The Repair and Restoration of Antique Toilets: A Collaborative Effort with Bob Vila,How to Make a Cookie Round, co-authored by Martha Stewart; and Freaks: My High School Years.
"She was the most beloved author we ever had," said Rupert Crabb, historian and editor-in-chief of Penguin Press. "Diana had a calming effect on us all."
Diana Kristin R. Wildash, was born in Japan to Josh and Eve Lyn R. of Dublin, Ireland, on September 9, 1981. She began her schooling at Peggy Wood's Finishing School for Girls, and graduated from The Alexander School in Richardson, Texas. She earned a BA in Journalism in 2005 from the University of Dallas at Washington State. She continued her education at Oxford University, where she met Peter Wildash of Chessington Zoo, Chessington. He was an actor who starred in the BBC's, The New MP's Flying Circus. They were married in the fall of 2020 at Burnt Stub Mansion, Wildash's ancestral home.
Mrs. Wildash is survived by her grandmother, Ineko Ishimori, founder and leader of The Fountain of Youth Cult; sister, Sarah Anne Van Der Beek, film star; her husband, Peter Nicholas; and her son, Harris James of South West London, a fancier of parrots and a purveyor of fine cheese.
"She won't be missed by any of us!" said an anonymous family member.
Funeral services are private, but a memorial is being planned for October at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall in South West London.
Memorials may be made to Raitalinna Oy, Tiivista Lammounsaastoa, Pu Ittiitie 15 00810 Helsinki 81, Vaihde.
The family aks that donations be made to Jessica's Fruit Bowl, 1669 Marbles Wy, Tadworth, London.
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