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Check out The Original Tombstone Tourist website at thetombstonetourist.com/graves/tom-wolfe for the complete biography and more exciting content!
Tom Wolfe was an innovative journalist and novelist whose technicolor, wildly punctuated prose brought to life the worlds of California surfers, car customizers, astronauts and Manhattan’s moneyed status-seekers in works like "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities.” But as an unabashed contrarian, he was almost as well known for his attire as his satire. He was instantly recognizable as he strolled down Madison Avenue — a tall, slender, blue-eyed, still boyish-looking man in his spotless three-piece vanilla bespoke suit, pinstriped silk shirt with a starched white high collar, bright handkerchief peeking from his breast pocket, watch on a fob, faux spats and white shoes. Once asked to describe his get-up, Mr. Wolfe replied brightly, “Neo-pretentious.”
Tom Wolfe is buried in Section 31 at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. As you enter the cemetery take an immediate left onto Eastvale Avenue. Drive to the first intersection and turn right onto Freeman Avenue. Drive up the hill to the third intersection and turn left onto Clark Springs Circle driving 200 feet and then park. Walk approximately 12 graves into Section 31 on your left and look for the “W” atop the square monument to signal the final resting place of Tom Wolfe.
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Check out The Original Tombstone Tourist website at thetombstonetourist.com/graves/tom-wolfe for the complete biography and more exciting content!
Tom Wolfe was an innovative journalist and novelist whose technicolor, wildly punctuated prose brought to life the worlds of California surfers, car customizers, astronauts and Manhattan’s moneyed status-seekers in works like "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities.” But as an unabashed contrarian, he was almost as well known for his attire as his satire. He was instantly recognizable as he strolled down Madison Avenue — a tall, slender, blue-eyed, still boyish-looking man in his spotless three-piece vanilla bespoke suit, pinstriped silk shirt with a starched white high collar, bright handkerchief peeking from his breast pocket, watch on a fob, faux spats and white shoes. Once asked to describe his get-up, Mr. Wolfe replied brightly, “Neo-pretentious.”
Tom Wolfe is buried in Section 31 at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. As you enter the cemetery take an immediate left onto Eastvale Avenue. Drive to the first intersection and turn right onto Freeman Avenue. Drive up the hill to the third intersection and turn left onto Clark Springs Circle driving 200 feet and then park. Walk approximately 12 graves into Section 31 on your left and look for the “W” atop the square monument to signal the final resting place of Tom Wolfe.
#famousgraves #gravesite #grave #cemetery #cemeterylovers #writer
