What's Opera, Diehl?
Diehl or No Diehl
William Diehl, war hero turned author of mayhem, has died of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 81. Diehl had a knack for being in the right place at the right time – babysat by Mae West, witness to the explosion of the Hindenburg, ball turret gunner on a B-24 during World War II and not only surviving but earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, surviving having his throat slashed while accompanying Martin Luther King on a trip to Mississippi. Still, it was a midlife crisis that led to his 9 thrillers, most notably Sharky’s Machine and Primal Fear, both turned into major motion pictures, or as major as a Burt Reynolds movie can be.
Don’t worry, take a dirt nappy
Robert McFerrin Sr., the first black man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, has died of a heart attack at the age of 85. McFerrin was also the father of conductor-vocalist Bobby McFerrin, arguably his least creative production. McFerrin won the Met national audition in the less than enlightened year of 1953, debuting in Aida in 1955, the first of 10 operatic roles at the Met in three years.
William Diehl, war hero turned author of mayhem, has died of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 81. Diehl had a knack for being in the right place at the right time – babysat by Mae West, witness to the explosion of the Hindenburg, ball turret gunner on a B-24 during World War II and not only surviving but earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, surviving having his throat slashed while accompanying Martin Luther King on a trip to Mississippi. Still, it was a midlife crisis that led to his 9 thrillers, most notably Sharky’s Machine and Primal Fear, both turned into major motion pictures, or as major as a Burt Reynolds movie can be.
Don’t worry, take a dirt nappy
Robert McFerrin Sr., the first black man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, has died of a heart attack at the age of 85. McFerrin was also the father of conductor-vocalist Bobby McFerrin, arguably his least creative production. McFerrin won the Met national audition in the less than enlightened year of 1953, debuting in Aida in 1955, the first of 10 operatic roles at the Met in three years.
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