The essence of Catch-22 is that if you are concerned enough for your safety to ask to be declared insane, then you are sane enough to go into battle. The essence of Catch-23 is that if you stop breathing, you can't write anymore.

Name
Joseph Heller
Birthday
May 1, 1923
Age
76
Died on
Sunday, December 12th, 1999
Famous
Confirmed
Tuesday, April 28th, 1998
Joseph Heller
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Joseph Heller was never played in a game.

 
 

 

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He was called "The Master of Malaprop", which is where you purposely use the wrong word in a sentence, making it hilarious. For example, saying "You could have knocked me over with a fender." We assume the word "hilarious" meant something different back in the 60's.

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