Asa Baber, 66; wrote Playboy's 'Men' column Wisecracking South Sider was beloved professor, writer

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 18, 2003| Author: Debra Pickett | Copyright information

"I am here to urge you to be a little more brave, a tad more courageous and self-controlled," Asa Baber wrote in his last column, which appears in this month's issue of Playboy magazine, "and to take some private time to contemplate the mysteries of the universe and ask yourself how you plan to spend whatever time you have left.

"How can you avoid wasting your life?"

Mr. Baber, the longtime author of Playboy's "Men" column, died Monday morning at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. H...

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