Steven Miessner, keeper
of the Academy’s Oscars,
died of a heart attack at 48
on Wednesday, July 29, 2009:
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Steve Miessner, the keeper of the Oscars,
packages the statues for transport
to Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles
in preparation for the 81st
Academy Awards ceremony held
on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009
(Chris Carlson/AP).
From the date of
Miessner’s death:
Log24 on Thursday, July 30, 2009Annals of Aesthetics, continued: Academy Awards “First of all, I’d like “A poem cannot exhaust reality, — At War with the Word: |
— Quoted here July 29, 2009
(the day the keeper of
the Oscars died)
Possible clues:
From Google News at about
7 AM ET Mon., Aug. 3, 2009:
Henry Louis Gates Jr. mulls moving over death threatsBoston Herald – – 6 hours ago
CHILMARK – Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. has received numerous death threats since he accused a white officer of …
Death threats may make Gates moveThe Daily Inquirer – 4 hours ago
Henry Louis Gates Jr. said yesterday that Harvard University suggested he move after receiving numerous death threats since he accused a white officer of …
Gates: I’ve received death threatsNECN – 9 hours ago
… Gates spoke at a book signing on Martha’s Vineyard. He also said that he has received death and bomb threats after the incident at his Cambridge home. …
Black scholar says he’s able to joke about arrestThe Associated Press – – 17 hours ago
Gates said he received numerous threats after the incident, including an e-mail that read, “You should die, you’re a racist.” Gates has changed his e-mail …
Gates grateful for island havenCape Cod Times – – 4 hours ago
As a result of death threats and bomb threats, he hasn’t returned to his Cambridge home, leased from Harvard University. The university has encouraged him …
Gates makes public appearance after race debateWorcester Telegram – – 20 hours ago
Gates, who spoke at a book signing on Martha’s Vineyard Sunday, says there also have been some serious moments. He says he received death and bomb threats …
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