Goodman was more interested in solving philosophical problems than in his celebrity as a philosopher. He authorized only two interviews (Goodman 1980, 2005), did not write an autobiography, and rejected the invitation to be honored with a volume in the prestigious Schilpp Library of Living Philosophers (Elgin 2000a, 2). Sparse bits of information about his personal life can only be gathered from the autobiographies of his contemporaries and their published correspondences (e.g., Quine 1985; Creath 1990) or his obituaries (e.g., Carter 2000; Elgin 1999 (Other Internet Resources), 2000a, 2000b; Elgin et al. 1999; Mitchell 1999; Scheffler 2001; Scholz 2005; Schwartz 1999). Goodman died on November 25, 1998, in Needham, Massachusetts, at the age of 92, after a stroke.