I don’t normally check the news first thing in the morning, but when I glanced at Yahoo!’s headlines, I was suddenly saddened with the announcement that Kurt Vonnegut had died at the age of 84. While he is known for his satirical writing and some pretty darn good science fiction, I admired him most for his role as a skeptic, and Humanist. Since Isaac Asimov’s death in 1992, he has been the honorary president of the American Humanists Association and he was Humanist of the Year in 1992.

He will be missed.