Obituary
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Spanish Literature Loses Cuba Writer, Icon / Santiago, Fabiola; San Martin, Nancy; Cabrera-Infante G., 2005
Tributes: Lawrence Going / Phillips, Tom., 1991
Tuli Kupferberg, 86, Bohemian and Fug / Sisario, Ben; Sanders E., 2010
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.
Waldo Hunt, King of the Pop-Up Book, Dies at 88 / Fox, Catherine., 2009
Wally Depew Obituary / Anonymous., 2007
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.
W.D. Snodgrass, 83, A Poet of Intensely Autobiographical Themes / McDonald, William., 2009
When Harry Met Sally / Welty, Rachel Perry., 2012
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.
Willard Espy, Who Delighted in Wordplay, Is Dead at 88 / Thomas, Robert McG. Jr.., 1999
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.
With Failure as an Ingredient, He Made His Own Magic / Schwendener, Martha; Gysin B; Burroughs WS., 2010
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.