Ed Sullivan namesake

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> At 4/16/2008 11:58 AM, Doug Harris wrote:
> > From the IMDb bio of Ed Sullivan:
> >Date of Birth: 28 September 1901, NY, NY
> >
> >Date of Death: 13 October 1974, NY, NY (cancer of the esophagus )
> >
> >Birth Name: Edward Vincent Sullivan
> >
> >Nickname: 'The Great Stone Face'
>
> Nickname:  'The Great Stone Face'
>
> Formal Name:  The Old Man of the Mountain.
>
> Date of Death:  May 3, 2003, Cannon Mountain, NH (frontal collapse)
>
> Must have been quite a shew.  Unfortunately, not observed (as far as
> I know), because it occurred in the dark of night.  The next day I
> read for a few friends from Hawthorne.

FWIW, Wikipedia says Sullivan was nicknamed "Old Stone Face". "The
Great Stone Face" I associate with Buster Keaton.


--Ben Zimmer

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