Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Well, Some...at Least One...of the Greats Do
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Thu Nov 30 16:15:26 2006
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Quoth the Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>:

> But there are others who've hit the silk while shooting an 
> assignment. Capa for one! Actually he should've known better, but 
> like I said..... "dumb ass photographers do that looking for a better 
> picture!"


If memory serves, Eisie was on his way to do a LIFE cover shoot and
dropped dead of a heart attack as he left the office building.

He was 96, I think.

Not a bad thing to aim at.




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