diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
index 20cdf90..8bc511e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
@@ -95,10 +95,9 @@
                 var view = new ViewType({model: model, widget_manager: this, cell: cell});
                 view.render();
 		model.views.push(view);
+		model.on('destroy', view.remove, view);
 		/*
-                // jng: Handle when the view element is remove from the page.
-		// observe the view destruction event and do this.  We may need
-		// to override the view's remove method to trigger this event.
+                // TODO: handle view deletion.  Don't forget to delete child views
                 var that = this;
                 view.$el.on("remove", function () { 
                     var index = that.views.indexOf(view);
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@
 
                     // Close the comm if there are no views left.
                     if (that.views.length() === 0) {
-			//jng: trigger comm close event
+			//trigger comm close event?
                         }
 
 		        
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/base.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/base.js
index 675f98d..fcc30c5 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/base.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/base.js
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ function(widget_manager, underscore, backbone){
                 comm.on_close($.proxy(this._handle_comm_closed, this));
                 comm.on_msg($.proxy(this._handle_comm_msg, this));
             }
-
             return Backbone.Model.apply(this);
         },
 
@@ -54,12 +53,11 @@ function(widget_manager, underscore, backbone){
 
         // Handle when a widget is closed.
         _handle_comm_closed: function (msg) {
-	    // jng: widget manager should observe the comm_close event and delete views when triggered
-	    
 	    this.trigger('comm:close');
             delete this.comm.model; // Delete ref so GC will collect widget model.
             delete this.comm;
             delete this.widget_id; // Delete id from model so widget manager cleans up.
+	    // TODO: Handle deletion, like this.destroy(), and delete views, etc.
         },