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Kennedy, Lewis, Huxley, and 11.22.63

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ixnay

JFK was not the only celeb who died on November 22, 1963.

So did C.S. Lewis. So did Aldous Huxley.

Sheryl Crow pointed out the latter when she sang "She was born in November 1963 / The day Aldous Huxley died" in "Run Baby Run" on Tuesday Night Music Club (the CD that includes "All I Want to Do").

How much TV face time did Lewis and Huxley get in their careers? And were their deaths absolutely buried by TV news in light of what happened in Dallas that day?

ixnay
 
Since the ONLY news story the networks covered that weekend was the assassination, I highly doubt it was even mentioned, or if it was, only in passing. However, the newspapers noted it, although it's debateable how much space they would have given to it with nothing else going on.

One story that would have been a huge story, but was completely overshadowed that weekend, was an Ohio nursing home fire in the early morning of 11/23 that killed 63 residents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_Nursing_Home_fire
 
BD Sullivan said:
Since the ONLY news story the networks covered that weekend was the assassination, I highly doubt it was even mentioned, or if it was, only in passing. However, the newspapers noted it, although it's debateable how much space they would have given to it with nothing else going on.

One story that would have been a huge story, but was completely overshadowed that weekend, was an Ohio nursing home fire in the early morning of 11/23 that killed 63 residents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_Nursing_Home_fire
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I believe Bill Manchester mentioned that fire in The Death of a President.

ixnay
 
BD Sullivan said:
Corky Marlowe said:
Didn't Robert Stroud, the "Birdman Of Alcatraz", die that day, too?
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He died the day before.
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And had his nickname parodied in song title by SAC on the flipside of "Incense..." ("The Birdman of Alkatrash"). ;D I had an old 45 rpm copy of "Incense..."/"Birdman..." for several years (I bought it at a long gone used record shop in Newark, DE). I donated it to my church's yard sale. :(

ixnay
 
I recall the nursing home fire in Fitchville, Ohio being mentioned by one of the newsmen on NBC-TV on that Saturday morning. It was something to the effect, "there was a fire at a nursing home in Ohio that killed 63 people today which, of course, is being overshadowed by the death of the President". As I understand, Ohio Governor James Rhodes went to the scene of the nursing home tragedy twice.
 
Cincinnati Kid said:
I recall the nursing home fire in Fitchville, Ohio being mentioned by one of the newsmen on NBC-TV on that Saturday morning. It was something to the effect, "there was a fire at a nursing home in Ohio that killed 63 people today which, of course, is being overshadowed by the death of the President". As I understand, Ohio Governor James Rhodes went to the scene of the nursing home tragedy twice.
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A few years ago, a low-budget documentary was made about the fire. One of the interviewees talks about Rhodes (notorious for making big promises, then not delivering) saying he would pay for the village firemen putting in all the extra overtime. When the final bill was sent, they never even got a reply from either the state or Rhodes' office:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaVTrmx-59o
 
BD Sullivan said:
Since the ONLY news story the networks covered that weekend was the assassination, I highly doubt it was even mentioned, or if it was, only in passing. However, the newspapers noted it, although it's debateable how much space they would have given to it with nothing else going on.

One story that would have been a huge story, but was completely overshadowed that weekend, was an Ohio nursing home fire in the early morning of 11/23 that killed 63 residents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_Nursing_Home_fire
Click to expand...

I remember hearing on NBC on the WLW recordings the announcement of Aldous Huxley's death. I don't remember hearing anything about C.S. Lewis (I wonder if it would have been a broadcast story anyway; even on a slow news day. I don't believe he was at all widely known). As for the nursing home fire, I have not seen or heard coverage of that, but I would think even with the assasination of the president it would have gotten play.

Joe
 
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