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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 4 auguSt 2018
JFK's rocking chair, other iconic memorabilia up for grabs

By WILLIAM J. KOLE urged him to use rockers to
Associated Press ease his chronic back pain.
BOSTON (AP) — Some of JFK's fountain pens, which
the most iconic items as- are being sold as a lot of
sociated with the late Presi- 15 with bids expected to
dent John F. Kennedy are start around $60,000, also
going on the auction block. were used to designate
Eldred's auction gallery in the Cape Cod National
East Dennis, on Cape Cod, Seashore — Kennedy's old
is taking bids Friday on a stomping grounds — in
rocking chair that JFK used 1961. The Peace Corps was
in the Oval Office, a tie clip signed into existence the
in the shape of the PT-109 same year.
torpedo boat Kennedy And one of the pens was
commanded during World used on the 1963 Nuclear
War II, and pens he used to Test Ban Treaty, an accord
establish the Peace Corps that helped steer the plan-
and sign a landmark nucle- et away from nuclear war-
ar arms treaty. fare a year after the Cuban
Other items up for grabs Missile Crisis brought the
include a charcoal draw- U.S. and the Soviet Union to
ing of JFK done as a study the brink.
for the slain president's of- Oddball auction items in-
ficial White House portrait; clude JFK's prized if some-
handwritten notes JFK jot- what garish silk scarf,
ted about Vietnam around decorated with bronze
1953; and his letter opener In this Oct. 7, 1963, file photo, President John F. Kennedy signs the Limited Test Ban Treaty during Democrat donkeys and
and crystal ashtray. a ratification ceremony in the White House Treaty Room in Washington. blue stars; the creased and
There are also copies of Associated Press stained 1961 inaugural ball
Kennedy's 1957 Pulitzer mirers to own some "cov- material out there," he said. $50,000 and $70,000, is par- invitation that JFK sent to
Prize-winning book, "Profiles eted" bits of history, auction "And these are some truly ticularly emblematic. JFK Frank Sinatra; and Ken-
in Courage," being auc- house vice president Bill iconic pieces." often was photographed nedy's personal stereo, in-
tioned — at least one auto- Bourne told The Associated The upholstered oak rock- sitting in it while meeting cluding records by Jackie
graphed by the POTUS. Press. ing chair, worn yet still ex- with world leaders. The Gleason and other chart-
It's a chance for JFK ad- topping artists of the day.q
"There's only so much of this pected to fetch between former president's doctors

Lady Gaga collaborator known as

Zombie Boy dead at 32

Associated Press Rick Genest, who was suicide of friend Rick Gen-
MONTREAL (AP) — A talent better known as Zombie est, Zombie Boy is beyond
agency has confirmed the Boy. Dulcedo said it "was devastating."
death of a Quebec model in shock" and called the The American singer add-
known for his head-to-toe 32-year-old represented ed: "We have to work
tattoos and participation by the agency an "icon of harder to change the cul-
in the Lady Gaga music the artistic scene and of ture, bring Mental Health
video "Born This Way." the fashion world." to the forefront and erase
In this Saturday, June 4, 2011 file photo, Canadian model Rick Dulcedo Management Lady Gaga said on her the stigma that we can't
Genest, aka Zombie Boy, appears on the runway during a confirmed on Facebook official Twitter account talk about it."q
fashion show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thursday the passing of Thursday night that "the
Associated Press
Despite bad weather, Beyonce and

Jay-Z headline fiery show

By MESFIN FEKADU yonce and Jay-Z hit the "God bless you. We appreci-
Associated Press stage at 11:08 p.m. and ate you. We love you."Fans
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) played into Friday morn- were anxious when officials
— Even severe weather ing, wrapping the energetic told the audience a thun-
couldn't stop Beyonce and show at 1:29 a.m. derstorm was on its way and
Jay-Z from performing an Beyonce thanked the audi- people had to head indoors.
explosive two-hour-plus con- ence at the end of the show But Beyonce and Jay-Z
cert for their feverish fans. in East Rutherford, New Jer- made up for the lag, per-
After bad weather forced sey, for not "letting the rain forming back-to-back hits on
concertgoers at the MetLife stop the night.""Thank y'all a large stage that included In this May 4, 2015, file photo, Jay Z and Beyonce arrive at The
Stadium inside for close to for riding. It's like 1 something fire blasts and fireworks dur- Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in
an hour Thursday night, Be- in the morning," she said. ing their On the Run II Tour.q New York.
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