Daniel Cassidy

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Daniel Cassidy (1943 Brooklyn - October 11, 2008) was an American writer, filmmaker and academic.^[1]

Life

He was the son of a Navy chief petty officer. He graduated from New York Military Academy on a full scholarship, and from Cornell University.

He worked for the New York Times as a news assistant. He was a professional musician, starting as a reed player, and cutting an album as a singer and composer. He played Carnegie Hall, the Civic Auditorium, and the Tonight Show - performing with comedian George Carlin,^[2] Kenny Rankin, and Lilly Tomlin.

He married Clare McIntyre, in 1983. In 1995, he founded and co-directed the Irish Studies program at New College of California.^{[citation needed]}

His work appeared in the New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle,^[3] the New York Observer and the Atlantic Monthly.

He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in San Francisco.^[4]

Awards

• 2007 American Book Award

Works

Books

• How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads. CounterPunch Books and AK Press. July 2007. ISBN 9781904859604. 

Documentary Films

• "Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs" nominated in 1996 for an Emmy Award.
• "Uncensored Voices,"

Reviews

Cassidy’s book is one of those eureka moments that leap beyond the ordinary to give us a new understanding of the subject at hand.^[5]

References

1. ^ Jim Doyle (October 15, 2008). "How The Irish Invented Slang author dead at 65". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/BAK813H4B0.DTL#ixzz0Uls9C2T4. 
2. ^ http://www.irishartscenter.org/music_archive.html
3. ^ Cassidy, Daniel (July 29, 1998). "Churches of Fire in Ireland and the South". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/07/29/ED83401.DTL. 
4. ^ Jim Doyle (October 15, 2008). "How The Irish Invented Slang author dead at 65". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/15/BAK813H4B0.DTL#ixzz0Uls9C2T4. 
5. ^ "Daniel Cassidy: There’s a Sách úr Born Every Minute", Best American Poetry, Terence Winch, July 07, 2009

External links

• "Humdinger of a Project: Tracing Slang to Ireland", The New York Times, COREY KILGANNON, November 8, 2007
• "Humdinger of a Bad Irish Scholar", The Lexicographer's Rules, Grant Barrett, November 09, 2007
• "Farewell To Daniel Cassidy", AK Press blog, Alexander Cockburn, October 15, 2008

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