Ed Sullivan namesake

[Joel S. Berson]

'Twill teach me to verify my secondary sources!

Joel

At 4/16/2008 05:53 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>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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