Kurt Vonnegut, nephew of the novelist and friend of the family, dies

Kurt Vonnegut died unexpectedly Sunday night. He was the nephew of the novelist (after whom he was named) and the son of Bernie Vonnegut, a distinguished University at Albany astronomer. The Vonneguts lived on Norwood Street, near the university.  Their dog Roland, a German shepherd that they found wandering about lost on a beach in