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8
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Narrative excerpt / government document release
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1.83 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a narrative memoir or article included in a House Oversight document release (likely related to an investigation, given the footer stamp). The text recounts anecdotes about 1960s counterculture journalism, specifically focusing on Jules Siegel, Arthur Kretchmer, and magazines like *Cheetah* and *Cavalier*. It details a prank involving a fake obituary and a scheme to publish a rock and roll issue by altering the magazine's schedule.
People (8)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Narrator ('me') | Subject of fake obituary |
Discussing a fake obituary published about them by Jules Siegel.
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| Jules Siegel | Editor/Writer |
Editor of Cheetah magazine; writer for Cavalier; published fake obituary of the narrator.
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| Sterling Hayden | Actor |
Subject of a profile written by Jules Siegel; known for Dr. Strangelove.
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| Adam Ellsworth | Journalist |
Quoted describing Jules Siegel's work.
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| Bob Dylan | Musician |
Mentioned in the context of rock and roll history and the Newport Folk Festival.
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| Arthur Kretchmer | Managing Editor |
Managing editor of Cavalier; friend of Jules Siegel; manipulated the magazine schedule.
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| Associated Press reporter | Journalist |
Called the narrator to verify if they were dead.
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| Editorial Director (New) | Executive |
Unknowingly approved the rock and roll issue schedule created by Kretchmer.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Cheetah |
Short-lived magazine edited by Jules Siegel.
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| Associated Press |
News agency that contacted the narrator.
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| Cavalier |
Magazine described as 'Playboy-esque' where Siegel wrote and Kretchmer edited.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
Unknown
Arthur Kretchmer enters office at night to retype magazine schedule.
Cavalier offices
Locations (2)
| Location | Context |
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Event where Bob Dylan went electric.
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Mentioned in the context of the history of rock and roll.
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Relationships (2)
Text refers to Kretchmer as 'Jules' friend' and they conspired on the rock and roll issue.
Siegel published a fake obituary of the narrator without permission.
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,955 characters)
was his life so he might as well be dead. And if people regretted that they hadn't helped him, well, now they could have a second chance because he was still alive. The obituary evoked inquiries from newspapers, wire services, foreign publications, radio and TV.
"What's the meaning of it?" one editor asked me. "There's a lot of excitement at the city desk."
"That is the meaning of it."
A few years later, without my permission, Jules Siegel, the editor of a short-lived magazine, Cheetah, published a fake obituary of me. I thought it was funny. An Associated Press reporter called, and I explained that it was a hoax.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Of course. I would tell you if I was dead."
Siegel started writing for Cavalier. His first assignment was a profile of Sterling Hayden, an actor best known in Dr, Stranglove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Journalist Adam Ellsworth described Siegel's "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God" with his most famous example of rock journalism, but his most revolutionary was his article, "The Big Beat." It appeared in the Playboy-esque Cavalier magazine in 1965 and was one of the earliest writings he'd ever seen on the development of rock and roll, from slaves singing in chains on their way to America to Bob Dylan "going electric" at the Newport Folk Festival.
Then Jules' friend, Arthur Kretchmer, became Cavalier's managing editor. "When the editorial director later resigned," Kretchmer said, "there was a 24-hour hiatus before the new editor arrived." Siegel and Kretchmer had been discussing the possibility of publishing an issue on rock and roll, so to make it happen, Kretchmer went into the office at night and retyped the magazine's schedule to include their ideas.
When the new editorial started, Kretchmer handed him the schedules and said, "Here's what we're working on." The new editorial director suspected nothing and the rock and roll issue went
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