[net.nlang.india] About John Higgins -- Is that true?

mouli@cavell.UUCP (Bopsi ChandraMouli) (02/10/85)

I recently heard a shocking news that John Higgins - one of the greatest 
musicians in Carnatic Music  - was a victim in an accident.  Is this
really true?(I wish it is not).  As far as my knowledge goes,
he was a professor of music in an university   in United States.
Those of you who are familiar with Carnatic Music would have known about
him; his talent, his capacity to perform this classical music with 
extreme perfection, authority and sincerety. 

Thanks.

Bopsi Chandramouli,
U of Alberta, Edmonton.
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jayasim@uiucdcsb.UUCP (02/12/85)

	Yes, it's true. Jon Higgins was killed by a hit and run truck
driver (who was later arrested) about 2 months back. I read the news in 
the NYT. He was 45 and was professor of music at the Wesleyan Univ in
Connecticut.

D.N.Jayasimha
Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
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