The 10 best first lines in fiction. The 10 best first lines in fiction. Ulysses (1922)âStately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.â This is the classic third-person opening to the 20th-century novel that has shaped modern fiction, pro and anti, for almost a hundred years.
On the sign-in desk, however, was another announcement. This one detailed the funeral arrangements of the assistant supervisor of this shelter. His name was Ray Felix, and he died of a heart attack at age 60 on Sunday. It is curious that his life and death, and the life of Patrick Ewing should be juxtaposed here.
Vanity Dead: Prince Protege, Vanity 6 Singer Dies at 57. Vanity, the lead singer of girl group Vanity 6 and former protege of Prince, has died from kidney failure and an abdominal illness, reports The Hollywood Reporter. She was 57. The '80s singer, nee Denise Katrina Matthews, died in a hospital in Fremont, California, on Monday, February 15, according to TMZ.