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Monday, August 23, 2010

RIP Jack Horkheimer AKA "Star Hustler"

On Friday afternoon Jack Horkheimer, veteran astronomer and naked-eye-astronomy enthusiast, died of “a respiratory ailment” at the age of 72.
RIP Jack Horkheimer, Astronomically Cool Geek

The above video is rather long, so I recommend that you slide the movie to the middle and start watching, then after the 'outhouse' part, just stop the video, because the rest of the video is just the sign-off for the PBS station.
The lower video is more recent. Aug 2 - 8, 2010

This is his last episode:

Links:
Wikipedia: Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
RIP Jack Horkheimer, Astronomically Cool Geek

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