Merce Cunningham...DEAD!

[paracetamol flanders]

Everyone's favourite avant garde dancer fanned his last dango on Sunday. Zombie John Cage is thrilled to pieces.



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[mikeyboy]

My wife was sad.

[paracetamol flanders]

Oh, I bet. Virginia and I got to see him (not dancing) with his dance company a couple years ago. One of my faves.

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

Was it AIDS?

[WampusCrandle]

Was it AIDS?

no. He had dancing AIDS.

[paracetamol flanders]

His was one of the very earliest cases of AIDS, back when they called it Male-Dancer-Cancer. That old-school shit would take you out in 60-80 years.

[A.J.]

Was it AIDS?

"Pneumonia".