A bit of fine tuning on what’s ‘known’, Bill, neatly done.
Doug
> On Oct 4, 2017, at 6:57 AM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Yes, Bill, it's in the definitions!
>
> Tho' I thought I recalled the Lennon thing as 'assassination' seems I
> was wrong.
>
> J
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> Subject:Assassination
>
> Different from outright murder somehow,
> not the action
> or the weapon even.
>
> A status thing.
> Reserved for presidents and politicians,
> royalty even.
>
> Tom Petty's dead now.
> Could never have been assassinated,
> even if he hadn't suffered a heart attack.
>
> John Lennon I suppose
> was,
> 37 years ago
>
> but was it ever so reported?
> No. Just check. Ex-Beatle
> 'shot dead', 'slain'.
>
> Get run down in Nice
> or blasted in Vegas, you will not
> have been assassinated.
>
> You see,
> you lack
> prominence.
>
> bw
> 3.10.17
>
Douglas Barbour
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