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John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death

Jim O'Donnell

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Description:The title piece in this 10-story book tackles the question of whether former Beatle John Lennon died a swift death in seconds when he was shot in 1980, or an appallingly slow death over several excruciating minutes. Urban legend has it that Lennon was actually able to speak within minutes after being shot. But through many interviews with doctors and police officers, and a thorough look at various reports, author Jim O’Donnell dislodges this urban legend about a legend. Although some of the details about Lennon’s death are graphic, they serve to show that Lennon most likely died a fast death, not a slow, tormented one. For example, there were two officers first on the scene where Lennon was shot. One of them told O’Donnell: “His [Lennon’s] face was right into the floor, actually, face down. He wasn’t turned left or right. His arms were spread out in front of his head, almost like you were taking a dive. He was actually turning white at that point.” It is that kind of detail that made O’Donnell write: “It is time to put to rest the story that after being shot John Lennon was living, talking, conscious. Actually, he was dying, moaning, unconscious.” The remaining pieces in the book present the stories of nine other deceased people from the world of rock, including six rock stars, a DJ, a TV host, and a writer. Contents1. John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death 2. Jim Morrison: Rock’s Wildest Celebrant 3. Elvis Presley (Occupation: Pop Singer)4. And the Wind Cries Jimi 5. Janis Joplin: Lone Star6. Getting Zapped by Zappa 7. Bill Haley: Rock’s William the Conqueror 8. The Freed Kingdom 9. A Dick Clark Special 10. Ray Coleman: Author, Journalist, Mentor Excerpts:Jim Morrison: “No singer before or since has had such a gift for embodying and dramatizing the search for self. He ate up every deep, dark aggression in the room, and sent it back in the emotional colors of his art. He was a natural. All Jim Morrison did for stardom, claimed Jim Morrison, was stop getting haircuts.”Elvis Presley: “It is the face that sailed a thousand hips. Twentieth-Century man—and woman, especially—knows the first name better than any other two names that ever graced the lips of humankind—Charlie Chaplain and Beethoven, Walter Cronkite and Sandy Koufax, Jane Fonda and Harry Truman, notwithstanding.” Jimi Hendrix: “He raised the performance level of rock ‘n’ roll in one blazing fell swoop. He was virtuosity AND flash. And once you saw him put the two together, the image was harder to shake than dandruff. You couldn’t help demanding more from every performer you saw thereafter.”Frank Zappa: “Ugliness objectively correlates Zappa’s thoroughly anarchic notion that acting and thinking strictly within society’s unwritten rules prevents you from being fully and freely you. (Whew! What a long way of saying nicety is the mother of prevention.)”Janis Joplin: “Some performers let off steam on a stage. Janis Joplin let off lava. She was so volcanic, her back-up bands functioned mainly as rumbling blue clouds harboring her lightning bolts.”Alan Freed: “He is the reason the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland—not in Memphis or Liverpool. He gave rock ‘n’ roll its name by using rock to do what it’s supposed to do: free the spirit. And he freed many.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death. To get started finding John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The title piece in this 10-story book tackles the question of whether former Beatle John Lennon died a swift death in seconds when he was shot in 1980, or an appallingly slow death over several excruciating minutes. Urban legend has it that Lennon was actually able to speak within minutes after being shot. But through many interviews with doctors and police officers, and a thorough look at various reports, author Jim O’Donnell dislodges this urban legend about a legend. Although some of the details about Lennon’s death are graphic, they serve to show that Lennon most likely died a fast death, not a slow, tormented one. For example, there were two officers first on the scene where Lennon was shot. One of them told O’Donnell: “His [Lennon’s] face was right into the floor, actually, face down. He wasn’t turned left or right. His arms were spread out in front of his head, almost like you were taking a dive. He was actually turning white at that point.” It is that kind of detail that made O’Donnell write: “It is time to put to rest the story that after being shot John Lennon was living, talking, conscious. Actually, he was dying, moaning, unconscious.” The remaining pieces in the book present the stories of nine other deceased people from the world of rock, including six rock stars, a DJ, a TV host, and a writer. Contents1. John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death 2. Jim Morrison: Rock’s Wildest Celebrant 3. Elvis Presley (Occupation: Pop Singer)4. And the Wind Cries Jimi 5. Janis Joplin: Lone Star6. Getting Zapped by Zappa 7. Bill Haley: Rock’s William the Conqueror 8. The Freed Kingdom 9. A Dick Clark Special 10. Ray Coleman: Author, Journalist, Mentor Excerpts:Jim Morrison: “No singer before or since has had such a gift for embodying and dramatizing the search for self. He ate up every deep, dark aggression in the room, and sent it back in the emotional colors of his art. He was a natural. All Jim Morrison did for stardom, claimed Jim Morrison, was stop getting haircuts.”Elvis Presley: “It is the face that sailed a thousand hips. Twentieth-Century man—and woman, especially—knows the first name better than any other two names that ever graced the lips of humankind—Charlie Chaplain and Beethoven, Walter Cronkite and Sandy Koufax, Jane Fonda and Harry Truman, notwithstanding.” Jimi Hendrix: “He raised the performance level of rock ‘n’ roll in one blazing fell swoop. He was virtuosity AND flash. And once you saw him put the two together, the image was harder to shake than dandruff. You couldn’t help demanding more from every performer you saw thereafter.”Frank Zappa: “Ugliness objectively correlates Zappa’s thoroughly anarchic notion that acting and thinking strictly within society’s unwritten rules prevents you from being fully and freely you. (Whew! What a long way of saying nicety is the mother of prevention.)”Janis Joplin: “Some performers let off steam on a stage. Janis Joplin let off lava. She was so volcanic, her back-up bands functioned mainly as rumbling blue clouds harboring her lightning bolts.”Alan Freed: “He is the reason the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland—not in Memphis or Liverpool. He gave rock ‘n’ roll its name by using rock to do what it’s supposed to do: free the spirit. And he freed many.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death. To get started finding John Lennon Did Not Die A Slow Death, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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