It is a year ago that Christopher Hitchens, arch-atheist, died of brain cancer, which came from oesophageal cancer. So many of us were praying for him despite his long career of God and Church bashing. I think we liked Christopher's brother, Peter, so much that we wanted Christopher to convert. He did not. If you have not read Peter Hitchen's The Abolition of Britain, you should.
God gave mercy on the soul of Christopher Hitchens and on us all.