Harry Houdini died on Halloween, as Predicted
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Preeminent illusionist Harry Houdini died on Halloween 95 years ago. It was a curious death. A famous fortune teller predicted it months in advance. And shortly beforehand, Houdini himself suspected it was coming. While his attending physicians identified peritonitis, occasioned by a ruptured appendix, as the official cause of death, some wondered if foul play was […]
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A Century of Living through the Eyes of NPR’s Doris Grumbach
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“Sometimes you have to put your realistic glasses on and see who you are.” Those are the words of Will Muschamp, a college football coach, most recently on the staff of the Georgia Bulldogs. Doris Grumbach isn’t a devoted sports fan, probably does not follow Georgia football, and may never have heard of Will Muschamp. But, no one […]
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End of Life Dreams Bring Comfort to the Dying
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Shortly after Dr. Christopher Kerr joined the staff of the Hospice and Palliative Care, Buffalo, New York, he encountered a 40-year-old patient named Tom. Despite a grim diagnosis, Tom was relatively fit owing to years of strict exercise. Dr. Kerr was optimistic about life preservation treatment. “I think we can buy Tom some time,” Dr. […]
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MLB Hits a Grand Slam with Field of Dreams Game
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“Baseball really hit a grand slam,” Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa said of the August 12 Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. “It turned out to be a game you think would have been scripted on a Hollywood movie lot or something.” Played at a specially constructed, six-million-dollar stadium adjacent to the Field of Dreams diamond […]
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Music World Loses a Legend
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Ed Berkeley’s unexpected death last month was a shocker in the performing arts community here and abroad. It was extraordinarily hard-hitting for the two organizations with which Berkeley had longstanding relationships: the Aspen Music Festival and School and The Juilliard School. Berkeley had been Director of the Opera Theater Center of the Festival for 40 […]
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