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Old 07-24-2009, 12:17 PM
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Author E. Lynn Harris Passes Away at 53

Author, Arkansas Fan E. Lynn Harris Passes Away at 53

Author E. Lynn Harris, cheerleading sponsor/coach for Arkansas and a passionate Razorbacks fan, has passed away at 53. He was on a book tour of the West Coast.

Harris, a best-seller whose work dealt with black, gay culture and delved into athletics, was a passionate Razorbacks fan. For the past eight semesters, Harris served as a "visiting" professor for the English department. Harris detailed his life, inspiration and passion for the Razorbacks in a September 2008 Q&A with ArkansasSports360.com
Most recently, Harris' wrote his 11th novel, "Basketball Jones", which involved an NBA player and the player's gay lover. Before "Basketball Jones," Harris penned "Just Too Good To Be True," a novel detailing the life of Heisman Trophy candidate Brady Manning. Harris' novel focused on the pressures surrounding Manning and the support system the star athlete leaned on to help him through dark and troubling times.


http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/spor...t.asp?pID=4740
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:18 PM
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People die everyday but a lot of celebrities have passed in the past 3 weeks.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:28 PM
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WOW!!!!!! Dayum!!!!
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:31 PM
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Wow. That was pretty random. What's going on with all of these celebrities??

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Old 07-24-2009, 12:34 PM
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What the eff?

First, I thought he was a bit older than 53. Second, didn't Carnation know him at Arkansas? Third, what the eff?
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:36 PM
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This is very strange to me. VERY strange. I'm baffled.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:47 PM
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This is very strange to me. VERY strange. I'm baffled.
I'm also finding it strange that only one news source has reported it.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:53 PM
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I'm also finding it strange that only one news source has reported it.
I agree. I'm looking for more because I want it to be a hoax or a mistake.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:54 PM
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and the plot thickens...

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkans...is_report.aspx

And he just had a book released earlier this year...Is the afterlife short on entertainment???
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:55 PM
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If you Google it there are a number of stories on this. He just passed today so the media is just catching on.

Someone has already updated his Wikipedia.
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Old 07-24-2009, 01:00 PM
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If you Google it there are a number of stories on this. He just passed today so the media is just catching on.

Someone has already updated his Wikipedia.
Just tried Google, Yahoo and Bing...none haven't really updated beyond the arkansas report and all I put was his name..and wikipedia?

You aren't serious.

This is what happens when you aren't Michael Jackson...reminds me of what happened with Sinbad a few years ago when his death was exaggerated...LOL
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Old 07-24-2009, 01:05 PM
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If you Google it there are a number of stories on this. He just passed today so the media is just catching on.

Someone has already updated his Wikipedia.
Other than a few blogs here and there, I haven't found any "real" news source. But, after MJ's death, maybe blogs are the place to go for this kind of thing?
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Old 07-24-2009, 01:06 PM
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There are a few articles floating. The news was probably not supposed to be released quite yet, so that could be why there is not a lot out about it.

Death is all we seem to hear about in recent days.
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Old 07-24-2009, 01:08 PM
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and wikipedia?

You aren't serious.
Yes, someone updated his Wikipedia.

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This is what happens when you aren't Michael Jackson...reminds me of what happened with Sinbad a few years ago when his death was exaggerated...LOL
Michael Jackson's death was rumored for about an hour.
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Old 07-24-2009, 01:09 PM
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There are a few articles floating. The news was probably not supposed to be released quite yet, so that could be why there is not a lot out about it.

Death is all we seem to hear about in recent days.
and probably haven't been released until a cause of death has been confirmed....so many reasons but still enough to say !!DAMN!!

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Yes, someone updated his Wikipedia.
Yeah, I know..I went and noted that no source was quoted.

I wasn't asking you seriously. We have enough comon sense enough to know to take wikipedia with a grain of salt.

Now...let's wait to see if TMZ reports it...heh.
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