Make a will, people!
Yikes:
"Joe Nash's vast archive on black dance in America made him a leading figure in the dance world. It also may have helped kill him.
Last Thanksgiving, he stumbled over a pile of materials in his packed apartment in a West Harlem housing project. As he fell, he clutched at a stack of books, which tumbled down on him, according to Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, a friend who took care of him. Mr. Nash, a lecturer and essayist whose flowing African robes made him a familiar figure at dance events in New York, lay on the floor for five days, until friends heard his cry for help, she said."
Seriously, the (quite sad) story deals with what happens when collectors pass away without making plans for the disposition of their materials...in this case, they were seized by New York City and may be auctioned off. I shudder to think of the collections that have been dispersed like this that didn't make the Times.
Make a will, people!
"Joe Nash's vast archive on black dance in America made him a leading figure in the dance world. It also may have helped kill him.
Last Thanksgiving, he stumbled over a pile of materials in his packed apartment in a West Harlem housing project. As he fell, he clutched at a stack of books, which tumbled down on him, according to Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr, a friend who took care of him. Mr. Nash, a lecturer and essayist whose flowing African robes made him a familiar figure at dance events in New York, lay on the floor for five days, until friends heard his cry for help, she said."
Seriously, the (quite sad) story deals with what happens when collectors pass away without making plans for the disposition of their materials...in this case, they were seized by New York City and may be auctioned off. I shudder to think of the collections that have been dispersed like this that didn't make the Times.
Make a will, people!
posted by Jeff at 4:54 AM
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