
“A fitting end to a wretched life,” the New York Times declared, and there were few, either inside or outside of Italy, who disagreed. The death of Benito Mussolini on Apwas one of those latter occasions. At other times, however-and we have to be honest about this-it can make us feel contented, perhaps even happy. Sometimes the death of a man has the power to move us, to make us stop what we’re doing, and to contemplate our common humanity and the cruelty of fate.
