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providing this one:
"Correction: We have learned that the obituary for Erik Humphrey Gordon '95, which appeared in the July-August '01 issue, was based on false information provided by the subject himself in an effort to get off Harvard's mailing list. Mr. Gordon is alive and well in New York City. We apologize for the error. See www.crabwalk.com/misc/harvard.php for Mr. Gordon's side of the the story." -- Harvard Magazine, July-August '03
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(Well, actually, no, my first thought was to be quite amused. But...)
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I would guess false, because
- The URL cited is attributed as "taken from an e-mail making the rounds."
- Back issues of Harvard Magazine are online; the obits page for Jul-Aug '01 does not list Mr. Gordon. http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/0701121.html
- A search on the magazine site for erik + gordon does not show any references to him.
- A google search for this name produced only references to the fake obituary. http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/gordon/ is clearly not the same person.
I will note, though, that each page on the site contained at least one solicitation for a donation. :-)
The class of '95 is one of the few that does not have a web site per https://www.aad.harvard.edu:443/class/html/class_sites.html
Please investigate. (I suspect one e-mail to the obits editor at Harvard Magazine will demonstrate that this is false.)
Thanks.
- Aliza
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