Obits
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Merv Griffin is Dead; Long Live Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin and Eva Gabor Appearing Prominently Heterosexual at the Opening of the Reagan Library, by Robert Christy. Artist, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s a painting called, "Merv Griffin and Eva Gabor Appearing Prominently Heterosexual at the Opening of the Reagan Library, by Robert Christy, Artist". Great painting. Great producer. God bless us all.
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Yeltsin Dead
AP coverage. Here’s a poem I wrote 13 years ago.Yeltsin appears in the apartment of the poet. Yeltsin’sbeen drinking. He pours another. The poem itself isread in a hoarse whisper, like Roddy McDowellin “Planet of the Apes” The Scolding of Yeltsin Alright:How often does the sun come up over the hill?At what point, exactly, does…
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Kurt Vonnegut is Dead
Died last night in Manhattan. He was a great man; towering. I felt better knowing he was alive somewhere, scratching his head at newspapers. Don’t know why I cried my eyes out when I learned of his death. I know he’d think it was silly, but I did. God bless us all.
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Wesley Willis Obituary Printing Plate for Sale on Ebay
Here’s a eBay item that hits a trifecta of my obsessions (obituaries, Wesley Willis, and newspapers): Chicago Tribune printing plate from Wesley Willis’ obituary. Some new I didn’t know: Wesley died on the same day as artist Johna Coplans.
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God Bless President Gerald R. Ford
And take him into heaven.He did us no harm.