Comments on: My best friend died today… http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/ Pop culture and nothing but. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Pop View » Blog Archive » Songs of Death http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-121052 The Pop View » Blog Archive » Songs of Death Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:15:29 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-121052 [...] You may recall that John Higgins died suddenly last year, right before Thanksgiving. My mother-in-law passed away a couple weeks ago, after an eight-month fight with pancreatic cancer. I was up in New York for her final week. [...] [...] You may recall that John Higgins died suddenly last year, right before Thanksgiving. My mother-in-law passed away a couple weeks ago, after an eight-month fight with pancreatic cancer. I was up in New York for her final week. [...]

]]> By: jackie paper http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-89711 jackie paper Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:16:30 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-89711 red dog died a few years back. i was i amsterdam, covering some convention. he fell asleep just dint wake up. this was his song too- Signal got lost to the satellite Got lost in the Rideup to the Plungedown Man sends the ray of the electric light Sends the impulse Through the air Down to home And you can stand On the arms Of the Williamsburg Bridge Crying Hey man, well this is Babylon... ---glad it means stuff to other folk too. red dog died a few years back. i was i amsterdam, covering some convention. he fell asleep just dint wake up. this was his song too-

Signal got lost to the satellite
Got lost in the
Rideup to the
Plungedown

Man sends the ray of the electric light
Sends the impulse
Through the air
Down to home

And you can stand
On the arms
Of the Williamsburg Bridge
Crying
Hey man, well this is Babylon…

—glad it means stuff to other folk too.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-80097 Peggy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:52:14 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-80097 I just now learned of John's passing; it is July 10, 2007. I attended Marquette University with John, who of course was a journalism major. Reading all the tributes at the B&C blog, brought back memories of knowing him in the mid-80's: The uniform was in place then and he was a fountain of facts, knowledge and good cheer. He was a gentleman. After graduation, John looked me up in Chicago and invited me to attend a <em>Chicago Tribune</em> party of some sort. I went for the free drinks; John , I am sure was scooping and looking for contacts. In fact, the now-shamed Bob Greene was at this party. Most memorable of the evening was his car getting towed and our trip to the smelly underworld of Chicago Car Impound. $200 was an absolute TON of money to some poor just-out-of-college kids. From all the tributes I've read, I regret that I did not know him past our college years, as his wisdom, tenacity and kindness and love of his craft I'm sure would have been wonderful gifts to treasure as a friend. I just now learned of John’s passing; it is July 10, 2007. I attended Marquette University with John, who of course was a journalism major. Reading all the tributes at the B&C blog, brought back memories of knowing him in the mid-80′s: The uniform was in place then and he was a fountain of facts, knowledge and good cheer. He was a gentleman.

After graduation, John looked me up in Chicago and invited me to attend a Chicago Tribune party of some sort. I went for the free drinks; John , I am sure was scooping and looking for contacts. In fact, the now-shamed Bob Greene was at this party. Most memorable of the evening was his car getting towed and our trip to the smelly underworld of Chicago Car Impound. $200 was an absolute TON of money to some poor just-out-of-college kids.

From all the tributes I’ve read, I regret that I did not know him past our college years, as his wisdom, tenacity and kindness and love of his craft I’m sure would have been wonderful gifts to treasure as a friend.

]]> By: Eric http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-25184 Eric Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:40:16 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-25184 John Higgins was the Lester Bangs of contemporary trade journalism. He knew his stuff, lived large and well and never compromised. I was fortunate enough to share some time with him in some of the best venues in the U.S. -- Los Angeles, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. John and I were trade reporters and he made me look like a hack -- an amateur. He could have worked for any major publication in the world. He was that good. One of the many regrets I have is not being able to spend more time with him and study under his tutelage (even though he was only three years older than me, he was at least 20 years ahead of me in experience). I will miss him. Eric Glick John Higgins was the Lester Bangs of contemporary trade journalism. He knew his stuff, lived large and well and never compromised. I was fortunate enough to share some time with him in some of the best venues in the U.S. — Los Angeles, New Orleans, Washington, D.C. John and I were trade reporters and he made me look like a hack — an amateur. He could have worked for any major publication in the world. He was that good. One of the many regrets I have is not being able to spend more time with him and study under his tutelage (even though he was only three years older than me, he was at least 20 years ahead of me in experience). I will miss him.

Eric Glick

]]> By: Sonia Marrone http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-25136 Sonia Marrone Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:28:49 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-25136 Thank you so much for your kind words. I am John's sister-in-law, and we loved him very much. He was so good to Debi, his wife. I loved the way he would look at her and hold her hand. And of course, there was always his welcoming hugs whenever we saw him. I appreciated his humor (dry, sometimes so dry - as in "are his eyes laughing at me or is he serious?") and his ability to make you feel comfortable with him regardless of your background. We could actually discuss just about anything, and he was always able to respectfully agree to disagree when it came to that. Thank you, John, for allowing us the pleasure of knowing you. You are sorely missed. Sonia Marrone Thank you so much for your kind words. I am John’s sister-in-law, and we loved him very much. He was so good to Debi, his wife. I loved the way he would look at her and hold her hand. And of course, there was always his welcoming hugs whenever we saw him.

I appreciated his humor (dry, sometimes so dry – as in “are his eyes laughing at me or is he serious?”) and his ability to make you feel comfortable with him regardless of your background. We could actually discuss just about anything, and he was always able to respectfully agree to disagree when it came to that.

Thank you, John, for allowing us the pleasure of knowing you. You are sorely missed.

Sonia Marrone

]]> By: béatrice http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-24665 béatrice Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:03:35 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-24665 It is sad... Your friend was still very young... It is sad… Your friend was still very young…

]]> By: Geoffrey Martin http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-24664 Geoffrey Martin Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:49:35 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-24664 John, you will be missed. Thanks for being one of those people I actually wanted to talk to. God bless and rest in peace. John, you will be missed. Thanks for being one of those people I actually wanted to talk to. God bless and rest in peace.

]]> By: The Pop View http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/2006/11/21/my-best-friend-died-this-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-24430 The Pop View Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:03:27 +0000 http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=449#comment-24430 John also made the occasional contribution to this blog, such as <a href="http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=84">here</a>, <a href="http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=113">here</a> and <a href="http://www.thepopview.com/wordpress/?p=69">here</a>. John also made the occasional contribution to this blog, such as here, here and here.

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