Poetic Obituaries: [Jaroslav] Vajda, of Webster Groves, Mo.,

died last week at the age of 89, and left the world of hymnody--the art of composing of sacred songs in praise of God--very different from when he entered it.

"He was more or less the dean of hymn writers in North America," said Carl Daw, executive director of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada at Boston University.

from Coulee News: Poet laureate of American hymns dies at 89

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