Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016)

Subject: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Apr 16 - 05:43 PM

An author, not a musician, so in the BS category. However, a number of Mudcatters have cited him amongst their favorite writers.

Jim Harrison: December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/arts/jim-harrison-free-spirited-writer-dies-at-78.html?_r=0

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Subject: RE: Obit: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016
From: Jack Campin
Date: 15 Apr 16 - 06:21 PM

Page Not Found.

The Wikipedia page about him has been updated.

Macho ruralism is not my thing and I'd never heard of him.

Subject: RE: Obit: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Apr 16 - 08:35 PM

Never heard of Jim Harrison.

Ever hear of Wallace Stegner or Edward Abbey? Not to mention Doug Peacock who is still alive, still publishing books, and wrote a nice memorial for Jim Harrison? Sigh.

Ever hear of a film called Legends of the Fall, whose actors include Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt? Adapted from a Harrison book. In fact you might look at www.imdb.com, because I believe Mr. Harrison was rather well-known in Hollywood, writer-wise; so I suspect he has got his own IMDB page.

The truth is that I have not sat down and read my way through one of Harrison's full-length books myself; but he is one of those North American writers with a reputation: people in general have heard his name if they haven't read one of his books, and other writers have positively heard of him even if they never encountered him.

Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Apr 16 - 02:13 PM

His IMDB entry:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365659/

Subject: RE: Obit: Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
From: keberoxu
Date: 17 Apr 16 - 04:38 PM

The first obituaries and reports gave no cause of death; well, that was last month. It is now a few weeks later. The more recent reports are saying that a heart attack was the cause of death, and suggesting that it must have happened quickly and relatively easily.

He was not well anyway. He was a recent widower, and one of the online eulogies insists that he died of a broken heart, following the loss of his wife. His diabetes was a thing to contend with. He also suffered from shingles, badly, and he had had spinal surgery within the past five years.

More:

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/04/03/news/jim-harrison-prolific-autho-and-an-outdoorsman-dies-at-78/

Doug Peacock, in The Daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/02/jim-harrison-and-the-art-of-friendship.html

Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Apr 16 - 04:32 PM

"Nothing is quite so grotesque as the meeting of a child and a bullet."

--Legends of the Fall, chapter II (sorry, no page number)

Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Apr 16 - 02:40 PM

An appreciation of Jim Harrison's writing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/books/an-appreciation-of-jim-harrisons-voracious-life.html?_r=0

Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
From: harpgirl
Date: 19 Apr 16 - 11:48 PM

I liked Harrisons books. Mr Z. And I especially liked Dalva.