Fans and readers are mourning author, public intellectual and outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens, who died Thursday night at 62 after a battle with cancer.

Hitchens remained a prolific writer and debater after learning of his illness in 2010. Tributes abound online, as do best-of collections of his writing and quotes.

In 2008, Fountain Street Church was the site of a debate between Christopher and his brother, Peter Hitchens, also an author and syndicated columnist. The event was hosted by Grand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies with support from the Center for Inquiry.

Their contentious discussion -- which Peter would later describe as a "ghastly circus" -- dealt primarily with religion and the war in Iraq. (Christopher was a supporter of the U.S.-led invasion.) It took place shortly after Christopher published his bestselling book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," and would prompt Peter to write a rebuttal, "The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith."

The brothers met for a second debate in 2010 after vowing they would not repeat the Grand Rapids experience.

Here's a video of the full Fountain Street Church debate: