140 year old Thoreau manuscript to be published
NEW YORK AP Thoreau's unfinished project Wild Fruits will be issued by W W Norton this fall nearly 140 years after his death The work compiles natural history notes from Concord Massachusetts with entries on elm tree dandelion and strawberry and argues against commerce of fruits The editor Bradley Dean notes Thoreau sought to study nature scientifically historically and aesthetically to capture Concord's broader natural history
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Jerry Lewis Fights Illness During Telethon
Jerry Lewis, 73, battled double vision and headaches during the Labor Day Telethon while hosting segments from backstage. He appeared Sunday night for three hours and returned Monday for the finale as the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon raised a record 53.1 million dollars in pledges.
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Funt, Creator of Candid Camera, Dies at 84
Allan Funt, creator of the hidden camera comedy Candid Camera, died Sunday at age 84 from complications of a 1993 stroke. He built a TV genre that inspired modern reality entertainment and faced imitators while preserving his vision of lighthearted humor.
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John Prine Beats Cancer to Release Duet Album
John Prine, Grammy winner and Nashville resident, faced cancer in 1997 98 delaying a vocal comeback. He completed In Spite of Ourselves a 15 duet country tribute with Iris DeMent Connie Smith and others due Sept 14. He returned to touring last spring and acted in Billy Bob Thornton's Daddy and Them while continuing music.
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