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Obituary

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Tuli Kupferberg, 86, Bohemian and Fug / Sisario, Ben; Sanders E., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51279-72368
Scope and Contents

In this obiturary, Kupferberg was described as "A Beat figure and a founder of a rambunctious rock group of the 1960's." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Wally Depew Obituary / Anonymous., 2007

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Identifier: CC-51396-72490
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Wally Depew, an artist, musician, poet and writer, died August 18, 2007 in Patagonia, Arizona, two months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 69. He was born in Scranton, PA. in 1938. He gained Phi Beta Kappa student honors at Keystone College and earned a degree in psychology at Drew University. He played trumpet in the First Army Band in New England, was a jazz musician, one-time publisher of Poetry Newsletter and editor of Dust magazine. In the early 1970s he managed Van's Health Foods in Livermore before settling in the Southwest. He was an exponent of concrete poetry, composer of electronic music and a digital artist who combined words, shapes and colors. A deeply knowledgeable baseball fan, he loyally followed the New York Yankees his entire life. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Linda Depew of Patagonia; sister, Jean Attenborough of Westfield, N.J.; and niece, Suzanne Attenborough of Palo Alto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

When Harry Met Sally / Welty, Rachel Perry., 2012

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Identifier: CC-56918-10000284
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A collage by Welty recreates Meg Ryan's soliloquy from Nora Efron's film using letters from Ephron's obituary in The New York Times. Stored in box with other New York Times magazines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Willard Espy, Who Delighted in Wordplay, Is Dead at 88 / Thomas, Robert McG. Jr.., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32016-33547
Scope and Contents

Author of "The Game of Words," "Words at Play" and other books of wordplay and rhymes held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

With Failure as an Ingredient, He Made His Own Magic / Schwendener, Martha; Gysin B; Burroughs WS., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51368-72459
Scope and Contents

This is a review of an excellent, detailed exhibition of the lifetime works of Brion Gysin at the New Museum in New York. An exhibition catalogue was issued that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010