Near Misses for 2005

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Rock journalist Aronowitz dies, 77

 

 

Al Aronowitz, a US pioneer of rock journalism who introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles, died on Monday in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was 77.

 

Aronowitz died of cancer, said his son, Joel Roi Aronowitz.

 

Al Aronowitz became a journalist after studying at Rutgers University in the mid-1950s. In 1959, at the New York Post, he wrote a 12-part series on the "beat" movement.

 

In reporting the series, he became a friend of such early counter-culture luminaries as poet Allen Ginsberg and novelist Jack Kerouac.

 

"He really fell into the whole lifestyle," said Gerry Nicosia, author of the Jack Kerouac biography Memory Babe.

 

The pieces have been described as early examples of participatory journalism, a technique perfected by better-known writers such as Tom Wolfe and Hunter S Thompson.

 

The 1964 summit of the Beatles and Dylan came about as Aronowitz was covering the British band for the Saturday Evening Post.

 

He also claimed Dylan wrote Mr Tambourine Man in his kitchen.

 

In his last years, Aronowitz self-published two books, Bob Dylan and the Beatles and Bobby Darin Was a Friend of Mine.

 

He was working o

[Paul Bearer 5,692]

Can you provide links to your reports please Windsor?

I would but I'm not very good with technology.

 

How does one send a link exactly?

say for instance you get the story on BBC website, copy the http thingy in its entirity. Come back into deathlist.net Click the http:// , insert the http, next you will give a title, (see edwyn collins thread) Then post. Or write something under the post. I hope this is the right way to do it, no doubt you will let us know if it worked or not.

 

FYI I'm not exactly computer literate either

[Windsor 2,144]

Ah - as easy as that. I shall give it a go when I find something.

[Windsor 2,144]

Former Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond Dies at 83

 

[BrunoBrimley 83]

Former Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond Dies at 83

 

Now if you could only post about somebody that somebody within the 42 states has an interest in.

 

 

 

 

Alaska? What are you, baked?

[Typhoid Harry 21]

Hey! Jay Hammond was a terrific guy, lived a varied and full life, and is one of my personal heroes because of it. He gave the finger to politicians and then beat them at their own game in favor of the everyday people he represented. Because of him, every single resident of the state of Alaska got just over $900 last year as a share in the oil profits via the pipeline. That's pretty noteworthy in my book. (And no, I'm not a fan of socialism, but when the commodity comes from public resources, it bloody well BELONGS to the public.)

[Guest Guest]

what would you all say if i told you theres just been a newsflash to say that Margaret Thatcher has died?

[Anubis the Jackal 76]

what would you all say if i told you theres just been a newsflash to say that Margaret Thatcher has died?

I'd say "Really, which channel is that on?"

 

Why do you ask?

[Windsor 2,144]

what would you all say if i told you theres just been a newsflash to say that Margaret Thatcher has died?

I would look forward to see what type of funeral she got to end an earlier debate.

[Magere Hein 1,397]

I would look forward to see what type of funeral she got to end an earlier debate.

Is binning the corpse legal in the UK?

 

regards,

Hein

[Lady Die 63]

I would look forward to see what type of funeral she got to end an earlier debate.

Is binning the corpse legal in the UK?

 

regards,

Hein

You can bury the corpse in your back garden as long as it's deep enough & far enough from drains etc

[Slave to the Grave 22]

I would look forward to see what type of funeral she got to end an earlier debate.

Is binning the corpse legal in the UK?

 

regards,

Hein

You can bury the corpse in your back garden as long as it's deep enough & far enough from drains etc

Not sure I'd want her buried in my garden, she might wither my herbaceous border.

Edited August 5, 2005 by Slave to the Grave

[Lady Die 63]

I would look forward to see what type of funeral she got to end an earlier debate.

Is binning the corpse legal in the UK?

 

regards,

Hein

You can bury the corpse in your back garden as long as it's deep enough & far enough from drains etc

Not sure I'd want her buried in my garden, she might wither my herbaceous border.

Look on the bright side - the neighbourhood cats might sh*t on her grave.

[TheProfessor 0]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/0...t.ap/index.html

 

Don't know if he passes the fame test in the U.K.

 

Hell, I don't know if he passes the fame test in the U.S.A or even the U.A.E, for that matter.

 

Apparently CNN thought he was worth a mention.

[Lady Die 63]

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer has died

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4128560.stm

[Magere Hein 1,397]

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer has died

Damn.

 

regards,

Hein

[Lady Die 63]

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer has died

Damn.

 

regards,

Hein

My thoughts exactly.

[BrunoBrimley 83]

Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer has died

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4128560.stm

Oh gosh, I hope this doesn't mean the cost of cigars will go up .

 

(Never heard of him, but thanks for the info. always nice to learn about somebody new.... even if they're deceaselated)

[Banshees Scream 107]

Oh gosh, I hope this doesn't mean the cost of cigars will go up .

I surely hope not. There's nothing like a good old

cigar every now and then!

[Magere Hein 1,397]

There's nothing like a good old cigar every now and then! 

Words fit for a president.

 

regards,

Hein

[Tempus Fugit 212]

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[TheProfessor 0]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/07/j...obit/index.html

 

Peter Jennings died today after a 4-month battle with lung cancer.

 

Didn't put up much of a fight, methinks. My granddad lived for 10 years with pancreatic cancer. :-p

 

Don't know if he passes the fame test in the U.K. but since he was born Canadian and naturalized American, he only needed a few more citizenships to be world renowned.

[football_fan 41]

Don't know if he passes the fame test in the U.K. but since he was born Canadian and naturalized American, he only needed a few more citizenships to be world renowned.

He was famous enough to get an obituary on the BBC website:

 

Veteran newsreader Jennings dies

 

Regards,

 

ff

[Lady Die 63]

Looks like the impending death of the 35mm camera (yes I know it's not a person but at least it's famous)

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4130620.stm

[BrunoBrimley 83]

I cannot say as how this really effects me since I have not used my camera for almost 3 years and it had been 7 years prior to that.

 

I am also curious...is this the first non-breathing thing that has made it to Deathlist?