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15 Apr 16 - 05:43 PM (#3785529) Subject: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016 From: keberoxu 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 Link hopefully repaired. Nothing appeared to be wrong with it, except it wasn't working. Head scratcher . . .
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15 Apr 16 - 06:21 PM (#3785532) Subject: RE: Obit: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016 From: Jack Campin Page Not Found. The Wikipedia page about him has been updated. Macho ruralism is not my thing and I'd never heard of him. |
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15 Apr 16 - 08:35 PM (#3785547) Subject: RE: Obit: BS Obit: Jim Harrison, 1937-2016 From: keberoxu 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. |
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16 Apr 16 - 02:13 PM (#3785639) Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) From: keberoxu His IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365659/ |
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17 Apr 16 - 04:38 PM (#3785780) Subject: RE: Obit: Jim Harrison (1937-2016) From: keberoxu 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 |
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18 Apr 16 - 04:32 PM (#3785904) Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) From: keberoxu "Nothing is quite so grotesque as the meeting of a child and a bullet." --Legends of the Fall, chapter II (sorry, no page number) |
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19 Apr 16 - 02:40 PM (#3786115) Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) From: keberoxu 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 |
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19 Apr 16 - 11:48 PM (#3786201) Subject: RE: Obit: author Jim Harrison (1937-2016) From: harpgirl I liked Harrisons books. Mr Z. And I especially liked Dalva. |