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From: quint@topaz.ARPA (Amqueue)
Newsgroups: net.music.folk,net.music,net.college
Subject: Re: Add a new verse -- Harry Chapin
Message-ID: <2084@topaz.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 17:12:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 23 17:12:11 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 24-May-85 05:52:26 EDT
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Reply-To: quint@topaz.UUCP (Amqueue)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Keywords: harry chapin, death
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Summary: the posted version of his death is wrong!


     Im not up on the vagaries of the various netnews programs, so I
cant include the message I am replying to. The person was talking about
Chapin's death and the circumstances surrounding it.

     Living in the NY Metro area, we got a lot of press reports on the
accident. Apparently, harry was driving along at about 90mph, wihtout a
license, when he had a heart attack and lost control of the car. He had no
license cause it had been taken away for speeding. (stupid twit). In any
case, as he swerved across the highway, a truck hit the car. The name of
the truck driver was not released, because of fear for the man's life
(there are some rather militant chapin fans in this area...). It was
announced loudly and long that Harry was dead immediately, that the truck
driver had nothing to do with it and it wasnt his fault. 

     He was NOT drunk! He was NOT murdered! 

defensively
/amqueue