Found Deceased Canada - Richard Vaughan, 55 (Writer under the name RM Vaughan) FREDERICTON, NB, 12 Oct. 2020

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R. M. Vaughan - Wikipedia

N.B. police renew public appeal for information in disappearance of poet RM Vaughan
N.B. police renew public appeal for information in disappearance of poet RM Vaughan

Police are casting a wider net in their search for writer Richard Vaughan a week after his disappearance in New Brunswick. Vaughan, who writes under the name "RM Vaughan" and is shown in this undated handout photo from Fredericton Police, was last seen near his home in downtown Fredericton on Monday afternoon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fredericton Police

"FREDERICTON - Police are casting a wider net in their search for writer Richard Vaughan a week after he went missing in New Brunswick.

The Fredericton Police Force is asking the public to share surveillance videos of the area where the 55-year-old, who writes under the name RM Vaughan, was last seen on Oct. 12.

Investigators said last week that they didn't suspect foul play in Vaughan's disappearance, but a spokeswoman says police are concerned for his well-being and not ruling anything out at this time.

Public information officer Alycia Bartlett says an investigator has followed up on several leads in the case to no avail, and even a small piece of information from the public could change the course of the investigation.

Bartlett says Vaughan's colleagues in the creative community have also led informal search efforts into his disappearance.

A respected figure in Canada's LGBTQ arts scene, Vaughan's bibliography spans poetry, novels, plays and essay collections, and his short videos have been featured in festivals and galleries around the world.''

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/police-surveillance-footage-writer-1.5768324

Vaughan, originally from Saint John, pursued his career in larger centres such as Berlin and Toronto and returned to New Brunswick earlier this year to be artist-in-residence at UNB. (María José Burgos/CBC)

''Police are now asking residents of the downtown area who may have security camera footage — from doorbell cams, for example — to turn it over to police.

They are specifically interested in footage from Oct.12 between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

The specific areas they are looking for are:

• 200-700 blocks of Aberdeen Street
• 300 block of Regent Street
• 300 block of Carleton Street
• 300 block of York Street

The 55-year-old author, playwright and poet returned to his home province earlier this year to become the writer-in-residence at the University of New Brunswick and stayed on after the residency finished in May.''

"While we have no reason to believe foul play is involved, until we locate Mr. Vaughan we cannot rule anything out."

Vaughan was last seen wearing a black and red plaid jacket.

He is described as five feet 10 inches with short grey hair and glasses''

 

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N.B. police renew public appeal for information in writer RM Vaughan's disappearance

(Courtesy Finding Richard RM Vaughan/Facebook)

 

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Fredericton Police say his body was found on Friday, 10 days after he was reported missing, and that his death is not being treated as suspicious.

Fredericton Police say writer RM Vaughan found dead days after going missing - CochraneToday.ca

Found deceased

 

[kelsie]

He struggled with insomnia, that can really wear a person down.

 

[dotr]

RIP Mr Vaughan.
Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures by R.M. Vaughan

''Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures (Exploded Views)

by
R.M. Vaughan
For forty years, RM Vaughan has been fighting, and failing, to get his forty winks each night. He's not alone, not by any stretch.

More and more studies highlight the health risks of undersleeping, yet we never been asked to do more, and for longer. And we can't stop thinking that a lack of sleep is heroic: snoozing is a kind of laziness, after all. But why, when we know more about the value of sleep, are we obsessed with twenty-four-hour workdays and deliberate sleep deprivation?

Working outward from his own experience, Vaughan explores this insomnia culture we've created, predicting a cultural collision—will we soon have to legislate rest, as France has done?—and wondering about the cause-and-effect model of our shorter attention spans. Does the fact that we are almost universally underslept change how our world works? We know it's an issue with, say, pilots and truck drivers, but what about artists—does an insomnia culture change creativity? And what are the long-term cultural consequences of this increasing sacrifice for the ever-elusive goal of "total productivity"?

 

[meanmaryjean]

RIP Mr Vaughan.
Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures by R.M. Vaughan

''Bright Eyed: Insomnia and Its Cultures (Exploded Views)

by
R.M. Vaughan
For forty years, RM Vaughan has been fighting, and failing, to get his forty winks each night. He's not alone, not by any stretch.

More and more studies highlight the health risks of undersleeping, yet we never been asked to do more, and for longer. And we can't stop thinking that a lack of sleep is heroic: snoozing is a kind of laziness, after all. But why, when we know more about the value of sleep, are we obsessed with twenty-four-hour workdays and deliberate sleep deprivation?

Working outward from his own experience, Vaughan explores this insomnia culture we've created, predicting a cultural collision—will we soon have to legislate rest, as France has done?—and wondering about the cause-and-effect model of our shorter attention spans. Does the fact that we are almost universally underslept change how our world works? We know it's an issue with, say, pilots and truck drivers, but what about artists—does an insomnia culture change creativity? And what are the long-term cultural consequences of this increasing sacrifice for the ever-elusive goal of "total productivity"?

As someone whose master's and doctoral research is in the area of sleep and fatigue (as it relates to shift work) I cannot but feel for this man. And yes, we have a whole culture of 'sleep is for sissies' that MUST be understood for the lie it is and overcome for the good of our fellow humans. The best quote I brought back from an international sleep conference was this - 'Man is the only species that pretends to be nocturnal".
RIP Mr. Vaughn

 

[LadyL]

RIP Richard Vaughan.