Puts me in mind of Stephen King writing the guy who hit him with a van into the Dark Tower series, making him borderline retarded and incredibly stoned, and not even changing his name. All of this done years after the man in question passed away, of course.

Also, does anyone recall the name of the big-leagues author who made the news a few years back because he stuck a real person in his book and made them a sex pervert for revenge? It's driving me crazy.