[JPL] Question about posthumous birthdays

[Nou Dadoun]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Arturo Gomez <arturogomez at kuvo.org> wrote:

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> If and when you acknowledge a birth date of a deceased musician, is there a
> certain etiquette in how to handle it? For instance,  Joe Saxist was born
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> 1930, would you say celebrating the 79th birthday of Joe Saxist as if he
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> still alive? Would you use celebrate at all or use honor the birth date or
> commemorate the birth of so and so.  How do you handle birth date mentions
> of past musicians?
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> Arturo
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I would usually say the 79th anniversary of his birth. (e.g. the centennial
of Ben Webster's birth); I know what you mean though, Ben Webster's 100th
birthday would probably be correct strictly speaking but doesn't feel right
... N


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