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...three. What people want today is money and often there is plenty to be made when the artist dies before his or her work is released. A good example—and there are many—is Jimi Hendrix. As we all know, Hendrix had already achieved demi-god status among in the burgeoning rock and roll scene of the late ’60s when he suffocated on his own vomit in 1969. Hendrix hasn’t been alive for over 30 years, although some fans may take solace in the notion that he lives on proverbially...

Author: By Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life After Death | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

...onwards, and the huge popularity of that auction, proves that point especially. The world of Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind, James Cagney and Marilyn Monroe, all seem to go back to a time when going to the movies was special and every star was precisely that - an untouchable, demi-god like star...

Author: By Cheryl Chan and Jennifer Liao, S | Title: Cinemanic | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...onwards, and the huge popularity of that auction, proves that point especially. The world of Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind, James Cagney and Marilyn Monroe, all seem to go back to a time when going to the movies was special and every star was precisely thatan untouchable, demi-god like star...

Author: By Cheryl Chan and Jennifer Liao, S | Title: Cinemanic: Skinner's Motion Pictures, Posters and Ephemera Auction | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...Airness has provided the American public with a basketball demi-god and a place to invest their collective athletic pride...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: A Few Good Men | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...seventh inning, and the bleacher creatures join in paying homage to Sox ace reliever Lee Smith. They bow as Smith saunters confidently from the dugout to the bullpen. Chants of "Lee, Lee" ring through the air as the 6-ft., 6-in. demi-god, hardly acknowledging the adulation and screaming of his worshippers, strolls...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Red Sox Rites and Rituals | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

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