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Date: 24 January 1947
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Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer and songwriter. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of which is also well-known. He also wrote major hits that were recorded by other artists, including "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Mohammed's Radio", "Carmelita" and "Hasten Down the Wind". Per The New York Times, "Mr. Zevon had a pulp-fiction imagination" which yielded "terse, action-packed, gallows-humored tales that could sketch an entire screenplay in four minutes and often had death as a punchline. But there was also vulnerability and longing in Mr. Zevon's ballads, like 'Mutineer,' 'Accidentally Like a Martyr' and 'Hasten Down the Wind'."
Zevon had early music industry successes as a session musician, jingle composer, songwriter, touring musician, musical coordinator and bandleader. However, he struggled to break through with a solo career until Linda Ronstadt performed his music on her 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind. It launched a cult following that lasted 25 years, with Zevon making occasional returns to album and single charts until his death from mesothelioma in 2003. He briefly found a new audience by teaming up with members of R.E.M. in the blues rock outfit Hindu Love Gods for a 1990 album release, although no tour followed. In 2025, Zevon was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Influence Award category.
Known for his dry wit and acerbic lyrics, he was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. On Zevon's last appearance, Letterman asked him if he had learned anything about matters of life and death. Zevon said he'd learned "How much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich."
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Date: 25 January 1947
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Curbs on Finnish and foreign journalists reimposed, Helsinki
Date: 25 January 1947
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UN asks 4 Balkan govts to facilitate work of accredited correspondents covering Balkan comm activities; Bulgaria promises aid
Date: 25 January 1947
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
PRESS CONTROL: mil censorship temporarily imposed on dispatches
Date: 25 January 1947
NYC Ger-language Staats Zeitung und Herold Amer Newspaper Guild workers threaten strike for higher wages
Date: 24 January 1947
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Jersey Journal ed employes accept Amer Newspaper Guild as bargaining agent, Jersey City
Date: 25 January 1947
By BAYMOND R. CAMPSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Date: 25 January 1947
Apptd dir of Pulitzer Prizes; announces new method of judging journalism awards