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Good news: Lou Reed is alive and well. A vicious
rumor
circulated Monday (May 7) that the influential artist
had died
Sunday (May 6) of something we respectfully
won't repeat even in rumor form
here.
Yeah I saw a post to
that effect on the Patti Smith news letter, but I did a
search
of all the news
services and found nothing.
So I knew it
was a phony, or mistake.
When will people
confirm a story before shooting their mouths off about it?
:(
You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows....Bob
Dylan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:23
PM
Subject: last word on lou
Good news:
Lou Reed is alive and well. A vicious rumor
circulated Monday (May 7) that
the influential artist
had died Sunday (May 6) of something we
respectfully
won't repeat even in rumor form here.
The rumor was so
widespread that it forced Reed's
publicist, Annie Ohayon, to release the
following
statement: "Contrary to false reports that have
been
circulating today, musician Lou Reed is alive and well.
Mr. Reed is
currently in Amsterdam preparing for the
opening of his latest project,
POEtry, for which he
collaborated with Robert Wilson."
According to
our sources, the rumor started in Chicago
and then ended up on some
newsgroups on the Web and
circulated as an email from a publicist in
the
industry.
POEtry, meanwhile, debuts in Amsterdam on
Wednesday
(May 9) and in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 27. It's a
performance
art project that is based on the poetry of
Edgar Allen Poe and features
music and lyrics by Reed
and set design and lighting by Wilson. In
conjunction
with the famed Thalia Theater, POEtry originally
debuted in
Hamburg, Germany, last
year.
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