Carla Fracci salutes her partner and friend Richard Cragun

Carla Fracci, frequent partner of the American ballet star Richard Cragun, who died yesterday at 67, remembers the dancer with the words of English poet W H Auden:

Dear Richard,

I honour your passing with these great words by Auden:

“The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.”

Goodbye, with love,

Carla Fracci
Rome, Italy