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I gotta stop doing this.
Jul. 12th, 2010 09:46 amHarvey Pekar is dead. About the time he died, I was sitting up in bed reading The Beats: A Graphic History, written by Harvey Pekar, illustrated by many, published in April of this year and bought by me just that day.
The night James Brown died, I was watching an old VHS tape of Dr. Detroit, a Dan Aykroyd comedy which featured James Brown prominently. (http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/137375.html)
I have to be more careful about what I look at and when. Maybe I should restrict my reading to works by people who are already dead - though I did pick up Harlan Ellison's The Glass Teat last week, and want to get to it soon - can I resist temptation?
Oh, and I broke another tooth - most of a molar this time. Dammit dammit dammit. [edit: saw a dentist quickly and got the crown put on that should have been put on last time it broke. Sore right now but better than having a tooth open to the elements.]
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Comics writer Harvey Pekar dies at 70
Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010 | 12:07 PM ET CBC News
Noted comic book writer Harvey Pekar, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series, has been found dead by police at his home in Cleveland.
Pekar, who was 70, had been suffering from prostate cancer and other ailments, according to police spokesman Capt. Michael Cannon.
The authorities were called to Pekar's home by his wife, Joyce Brabner, at about 1 a.m. local time Monday morning, Cannon said.
A spokesman for the coroner's office said an autopsy will be performed, but gave no further details about Pekar's death.
The Cleveland-born Pekar's passion for jazz led to a friendship with comics icon Robert Crumb.
In 1976, Pekar began publishing his autobiographical stories, with Crumb and others illustrating the tales of his life as a curmudgeonly Veteran's Administration hospital file clerk and freelance jazz and book critic living in Cleveland.
The series inspired the critically lauded 2003 film adaptation American Splendor, starring Paul Giamatti as Pekar.
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The night James Brown died, I was watching an old VHS tape of Dr. Detroit, a Dan Aykroyd comedy which featured James Brown prominently. (http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/137375.html)
I have to be more careful about what I look at and when. Maybe I should restrict my reading to works by people who are already dead - though I did pick up Harlan Ellison's The Glass Teat last week, and want to get to it soon - can I resist temptation?
Oh, and I broke another tooth - most of a molar this time. Dammit dammit dammit. [edit: saw a dentist quickly and got the crown put on that should have been put on last time it broke. Sore right now but better than having a tooth open to the elements.]
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Comics writer Harvey Pekar dies at 70
Last Updated: Monday, July 12, 2010 | 12:07 PM ET CBC News
Noted comic book writer Harvey Pekar, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series, has been found dead by police at his home in Cleveland.
Pekar, who was 70, had been suffering from prostate cancer and other ailments, according to police spokesman Capt. Michael Cannon.
The authorities were called to Pekar's home by his wife, Joyce Brabner, at about 1 a.m. local time Monday morning, Cannon said.
A spokesman for the coroner's office said an autopsy will be performed, but gave no further details about Pekar's death.
The Cleveland-born Pekar's passion for jazz led to a friendship with comics icon Robert Crumb.
In 1976, Pekar began publishing his autobiographical stories, with Crumb and others illustrating the tales of his life as a curmudgeonly Veteran's Administration hospital file clerk and freelance jazz and book critic living in Cleveland.
The series inspired the critically lauded 2003 film adaptation American Splendor, starring Paul Giamatti as Pekar.
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