Philosopy
28-09-2006, 10:43
"Do you know what it's like to have grandchildren calling you and say, 'Grandpa, you're still alive?'" said 76-year-old Vance.
I don't know if anyone saw this, but yesterday the papers were running the story that the author of the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini had died. Now it turns out that he is in fact still alive.
The mistake came about because of the widow of another man, Paul Van Valkenburgh, claimed that he had written the song.
Mrs Leroux said her late husband, who was 68 when he died, had always told her he sold the royalties to the song in his late teens.
"It's such a long time ago. To have it come out now, I'm kind of devastated," said Mrs Leroux.
So, the Itsy Bitsy bikini lives. Does anyone else have any stories of lies they were told that went on for so long that you couldn't believe it when you found out they weren't true?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5387834.stm
I don't know if anyone saw this, but yesterday the papers were running the story that the author of the song Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini had died. Now it turns out that he is in fact still alive.
The mistake came about because of the widow of another man, Paul Van Valkenburgh, claimed that he had written the song.
Mrs Leroux said her late husband, who was 68 when he died, had always told her he sold the royalties to the song in his late teens.
"It's such a long time ago. To have it come out now, I'm kind of devastated," said Mrs Leroux.
So, the Itsy Bitsy bikini lives. Does anyone else have any stories of lies they were told that went on for so long that you couldn't believe it when you found out they weren't true?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5387834.stm