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Bernard Wilson Jr. Shir-Cliff

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1924 - 2017Bernard Wilson Shir-Cliff, Jr., 92, passed away peacefully February 28, 2017 at his home in Central Point, Oregon. He was born on November 7th, 1924 in Troy, New York. Bernard attended Mountain Lakes High School in New Jersey. He served in the 11th Airborne Division as a...

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Bernard Shir-Cliff was an editor in the tradition of Maxwell Perkins. A lover of literature and the creative use of language, he was never the hustler or salesman. Bernie cherished writers, coddled them, tolerated their tantrums and edited them brilliantly. Any writer who had the good fortune to be edited or represented by him as an agent came away a better writer. Intuitively, he could fix any problem with the manuscript. I found that, in the end, he was right about changes he suggested....

Gone and will not be forgotten, God's comfort and blessings as your dear one R.I.P Very soon our God will erase the effects of sin and death, making eternal life in paradise possible. John :3:16

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