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DUBLIN (AP) — “Banjo Barney McKenna, the last original member of the Irish folk band The Dubliners, died Thursday while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year with the troupe.Mr. and Mrs. Roman (Chris- Sunday, April 1. tine Rassmann) Galysh, NewFollow Us On:eqGettysburg Times(USPS 218140) 717-339-2062Is published daity except Sundays and Christmas arid New Year’s Day hv Tim** anrfNeun Puhliahino CoIrish classical guitarist Michael Howard, who was with McKenna when he died, said he was talking with his longtime friend at his kitchen table, when “all of a sudden Barney's head dropped down to his chest. It looked as if he'd nodded ofT.’’ Howard said paramedics over the phone talked him through emergency revival procedures, but McKenna was pretty much gone.The comfort that I take from it is. he passed away very peacefully sitting at his own breakfast table having a quiet cup of tea and a chat.” Howard said.“What a lovely' way to go.” said McKenna’s Dubliners band-mate for a quarter-century, guitarist and singer Eamonn Campbell.McKenna was considered theit 111 i tun 11 'il Inti in titside your head.But is that what people want?There is a lot of data about the world that would be great if more people had access to as they are walking down the street, said Jason Tester, research director at the nonprofit Institute For the Future in Palo Alto, California.Barney McKenna, last of original Dubliners, diesThat said, once that information is not only at our fingertips but literally in our field of view, it may become too much.Always-on smartphones with their constant Twitter feeds, real-time weather updates and Angry Birds games arc already leaving people with a sense of information overload. But at least you can put your smartphone away. Having all that in front of your eyes could become too much.Sometimes you want to stop and smell the roses, said Scott Steinberg, CEO of technologyIn nn’t 1
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