"the good artist" epitaph

[Nils Lid Hjort]

I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting 
Gerry Tank yesterday evening, in Oslo. Gerry 
ahs been one of the persons closest to Carl Barks
(geographically, practically and emotionally)
during the ten last years of Carl's life. 
We chatted for two past-midnight hours 
(his plane was late, as was the schedule for 
my duties in service of the Norwegian and Spanish 
prime ministers), about the many aspects of Carl's 
life, work and influence, and in particular about
his last decade amongst us. 

What I wished to relate to the list is one
simple and touching detail, namely about the
gravestone where Carl Barks is buried. The 
epitaph under his name reads, in grand and wise 
simplicity, "The good artist". 

Nils Lid Hjort