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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_AbelAlan Abel - Wikipedia

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   Alan Irwin Abel (August 2, 1924 – September 14, 2018) was an American hoaxer, writer, and mockumentary filmmaker famous for several hoaxes that became media circuses. Education and early career [ edit ]

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3. www.mentalfloss.com › posts › alan-abel-hoaxerAlan Abel, History's Greatest Hoaxer - Mental Floss

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   Dec 2, 2022 · “Alan Abel, a writer, musician and film producer who specialized in satire and lampoons, died of a heart attack yesterday at Sundance, a ski resort near Orem, Utah, while investigating a ...

4. www.npr.org › 2018/09/19 › 649432714Alan Abel Has Died, For Real This Time : NPR

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   Sep 19, 2018 · Transcript. Professional hoaxer Alan Abel has died at age 94 from complications of cancer and heart failure. He once orchestrated a plan to fake his death. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We are now sorry to ...

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     Documentary about the world’s greatest hoaxer, Alan Abel

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_Abel_(musician)Alan Abel (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Alan Abel (December 6, 1928 – April 25, 2020) was an American percussionist, music educator, and inventor of musical instruments.He was the associate principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1959 until his retirement in 1997.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2018/09/17 › obituariesAlan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire, Is (on Good Authority) Dead ...

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   Sep 17, 2018 · Alan Irwin Abel was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on Aug. 2, 1924. He was reared 30 miles away in Coshocton, where the Abels were among the few Jewish families in town.

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   A concert celebrating the life of percussionist Alan Abel. Performers include Temple University alumni and former students of Alan’s from his 60-year teachin...

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   Who is Alan Abel?

   • Alan Abel (December 6, 1928 – April 25, 2020) was an American percussionist, music educator, and inventor of musical instruments. He was the associate principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1959 until his retirement in 1997.

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   Did Alan Abel die?

   • Larry Stoddard/Associated Press Alan Abel, a professional hoaxer who for more than half a century gleefully hoodwinked the American public — not least of all by making himself the subject of an earnest news obituary in The New York Times in 1980 — apparently actually did die, on Friday, at his home in Southbury, Conn. He was 94.

   Alan Abel, Hoaxer Extraordinaire, Is (on Good Authority) Dead at 94

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   Was Alan Abel funny?

   • (With Jeff Hockett, Jenny co-directed Abel Raises Cain, a documentary on Alan, which is viewable on Vimeo above, though be forewarned it contains nudity from an Alan Abel-directed mockumentary on sex.) “He was inherently funny, even when he did mundane things.

   Alan Abel, History's Greatest Hoaxer - Mental Floss

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   Who created Abel's 'Alan Abel Triangle'?

   • Abel's predecessor at the Philadelphia Orchestra, James Valerio, had a custom-made triangle which was coveted by his peers. After Valerio loaned it to Abel for two years, Abel devised a way to recreate the sound and created the "Alan Abel triangle ", which uses a piece of chromed brass.

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10. www.seattletimes.com › seattle-news › obituariesAlan Abel, hoaxer extraordinaire, is (on good authority) dead ...

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    Sep 17, 2018 · Alan Abel, a professional hoaxer who for more than half a century gleefully hoodwinked the American public, not least of all by making himself the subject of an earnest news obituary in The New ...