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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1997

Page

6

Cosbys Make Public Appearance After Son Ennis Cosby Death

Bill and Camille Cosby attend the Essence Awards in New York while Ennis Cosby, 27, is remembered after being shot in Los Angeles while changing a tire. A Los Angeles teenager is charged with murder. Jada Pinkett Smith praises the couple as strong figures. Jay Leno funds a mechanic scholarship at McPherson College amid honors for his Collector Car Hobby Person of the Year award.

Bill Camille Cosby Los Angeles Madison Square Garden New York Ennis Cosby Bill Cosby Jay Leno McPherson College McPherson Kan California Megular

Beat poet Allen Ginsberg dies at 70 in New York

Allen Ginsberg, counterculture poet laureate of the Beat Generation, died in his Lower East Side apartment at age 70 after terminal liver cancer and a stroke. Close friends described his farewell as a final, personal contact with generations of admirers. He influenced artists from Dylan to Patti Smith and shaped decades of art and politics.

New York Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg Lower East Side Bill Morgan Morgan Lenny Kaye Patti Smith David Cope

Rushdie says fatwa chills publishers not writers

Salman Rushdie told Amherst College that Iran’s fatwa over The Satanic Verses has not silenced him but has deterred publishers and stifled creative expression. He warned that fear now shapes literary risk as writers hesitate to speak.

Salman Rushdie Iran Rushdie Amherst College Amherst Mass Associated Press

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