Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
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Deanna Durbin aka Edna Mae Durbin
Youthful singing sensation and actress -- via the New York Times. Her precocious vocal talents and sweet, wholesome screen image made her popular -- so much so that she is said to have saved Universal Pictures after their string of 1930s horror films lost momentum. When she got older, she quit the biz and lived happily ever after!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Dave Ismay
Columnist, comedian, announcer, and agent -- via the Birmingham Mail. In 2009, he was told he had three months to live. Two months later, they told him they were wrong. He's actually dead this time, though.
Albert Hofmann
Chemist; inventor of LSD; first synthesizer of psilocybin -- via Wired. On April 19, 1943, Hofmann ingested 250 micrograms of acid and bicycled home -- what forever after would be remembered as "bicycle day."
For those of us of that pioneer pharmaceutical era, LSD was a mixed bag -- very harmful if taken during unpleasant circumstances (like loud, crowded, chaotic rock concerts, which is where many people mistakenly took it) , or if not mentally prepared to become blissfully unhinged for quite a stretch of time. However, when taken in a calm and prepared manner, it could be quite entertaining and enlightening -- although the profound notes one took whilst tripping balls usually didn't hold up in the light of sober reality. Ultimately, an interesting interdimensional experience that can help individual consciousness to evolve. Thanks, doc!
“LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.”
For those of us of that pioneer pharmaceutical era, LSD was a mixed bag -- very harmful if taken during unpleasant circumstances (like loud, crowded, chaotic rock concerts, which is where many people mistakenly took it) , or if not mentally prepared to become blissfully unhinged for quite a stretch of time. However, when taken in a calm and prepared manner, it could be quite entertaining and enlightening -- although the profound notes one took whilst tripping balls usually didn't hold up in the light of sober reality. Ultimately, an interesting interdimensional experience that can help individual consciousness to evolve. Thanks, doc!
“LSD wanted to tell me something. It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation.”
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