A few weeks back on this blog we mentioned a guy who jumped from the 10th f
loor stairwell and richocheted off of the rails and lived. Well we were wrong about who it was. While having drinks with a former resident Friday night, she recalled that the guy who jumped but lived had written a book about his namesake, Black Panter party leader Huey P. Newton. Hugh Pearson, who had the guts to publish a warts and all biography of Newton, subsequently found himself excoriated by some members of both the black community and liberals and embraced by conservatives. Sadly, Hugh was found dead, apparently a suicide, in his Brooklyn apartment only a few months ago. (Photo: The Villager)
Still no details on the guy who claimed to have jumped from the roof and lived in 1981.
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