Farewell, Erma!

Author(s)

Donna Gephart

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

4-22-2017

Abstract

(The Philadelphia Inquirer published Donna Gephart's letter following the death of Erma Bombeck on April 22, 1996.)

When the disc jockey announced Erma Bombeck's death today, I dropped the plate I was washing and sunk into a chair. I told my boys, "We lost a friend."

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Gephart, Donna, "Farewell, Erma!" (2017). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 1581.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/1581