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RM · 01-23-2008, 12:35 AM

I was perusing through the Bloodlines digest to commiserate with those who feel a great loss with Stewart's passing. A Richard Gonzalez included this tidbit in his recollections :

"Or when we got talking about obituaries one day. My apologies to Gordon
Lightfoot fans here, but at the time Gordon was reported to be quite ill, so we
got into quite the argument about whether his obituary headline would read
"Wrote Early Morning Rain" or "Wrote Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." John said
that it's weird to know exactly what your own will read--"Member of Kingston
Trio/Wrote Daydream Believer." But being John he then kept coming up with ever
more bizarre obit headlines, like "Discovered Titanium; Never Wore Underwear."
"Invented Baths/Hated Chinese Food." You get the picture. "

01-23-2008, 12:35 AM	#28
RM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,965	Re: John Stewart dies I was perusing through the Bloodlines digest to commiserate with those who feel a great loss with Stewart's passing. A Richard Gonzalez included this tidbit in his recollections : "Or when we got talking about obituaries one day. My apologies to Gordon Lightfoot fans here, but at the time Gordon was reported to be quite ill, so we got into quite the argument about whether his obituary headline would read "Wrote Early Morning Rain" or "Wrote Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." John said that it's weird to know exactly what your own will read--"Member of Kingston Trio/Wrote Daydream Believer." But being John he then kept coming up with ever more bizarre obit headlines, like "Discovered Titanium; Never Wore Underwear." "Invented Baths/Hated Chinese Food." You get the picture. "