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Robert M. Durling

New York, New York

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1929 - 2015Robert M. Durling (1929-2015) Robert M. Durling, Professor Emeritus of Italian and English Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died May 21st in Oakland, California, from heart failure; he was 86. Born in New York on March 11, 1929, Durling...

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Miss you Bob. Albert

Bob, On pense à toi. Tu es toujours dans nos coeurs. A bientôt ....

Bob Durling enabled us through the erudition he wore so lightly and shared so generously to remember our deepest history and the heart's unquenchable longings. Sincere condolences for the loss of his irreplaceable humanity to his wife Nancy, his family, and all whose lives were touched and enlarged by him.

Here was a translator of the heart for all of us; sharp, sweet, in humor, and so welcome.

Bob always said the class with Charles Singleton changed his life. Our classes with Bob changed our lives. He taught us things we have thought about and used every day since. His ears must have been ever ringing as his name was always invoked in our home, as it will continue to be.

Here was a man. So gifted, and so loving. Goodbye. You will be greatly missed.

It was an honor and delight to know you.


Nancy : avec mes condoléances les plus sincères.
Bob nous manque déjà, à tous. Comme nous allons
le regretter.

May flights of angels sing you to thy rest.

Goodbye, dear Bob.