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RIP Clay Felker
« on: July 03, 2008, 09:33:53 AM »
I'd never heard of him before this morning, when Jon Carrol featured him in today's column.  Thought you copy edit types might find it interesting, esp. Gaz...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/DD8B11IPDG.DTL
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Re: RIP Clay Felker
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2008, 09:37:30 AM »
I'd never heard of him before this morning, when Jon Carrol featured him in today's column.  Thought you copy edit types might find it interesting, esp. Gaz...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/DD8B11IPDG.DTL

indeed, I was gonna post it yesterday (I came of age reading New York magazine), but figured no one else here would know his name
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Re: RIP Clay Felker
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2008, 09:58:51 AM »
I'd never heard of him before this morning, when Jon Carrol featured him in today's column.  Thought you copy edit types might find it interesting, esp. Gaz...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/DD8B11IPDG.DTL

indeed, I was gonna post it yesterday (I came of age reading New York magazine), but figured no one else here would know his name
I'd never heard of him before yesterday - Tom Wolfe wrote his obit for Time.
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Re: RIP Clay Felker
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2008, 02:40:06 PM »
I'd never heard of him before this morning, when Jon Carrol featured him in today's column.  Thought you copy edit types might find it interesting, esp. Gaz...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/DD8B11IPDG.DTL
indeed, I was gonna post it yesterday (I came of age reading New York magazine), but figured no one else here would know his name
I'd never heard of him before yesterday - Tom Wolfe wrote his obit for Time.
I recognized his name, but wouldn't have been able to tell you who he was.
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Re: RIP Clay Felker
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2008, 05:20:15 PM »
I'd never heard of him before this morning, when Jon Carrol featured him in today's column.  Thought you copy edit types might find it interesting, esp. Gaz...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/DD8B11IPDG.DTL
indeed, I was gonna post it yesterday (I came of age reading New York magazine), but figured no one else here would know his name
I'd never heard of him before yesterday - Tom Wolfe wrote his obit for Time.
I recognized his name, but wouldn't have been able to tell you who he was.

I remember reading a piece on him and the Chron's own Phil Bronstein (I think) in Rolling Stone back in the 70s. Can't remember much more than that though.
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