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LY\TEST COVID-19 DATA Oct. 14 NGHS data Oct. 14 DPH data for Hall County Total COVID-19 patients: 92 Total cases: 10,098 Gainesville COVID-19 patients: 74 Cases per 100k: 4,893.65 Braselton COVID-19 patients: 12 Deaths: 164 Total discharged: 2,409 Hospitalizations: 1,032 Total deaths: 337 Percent positive tests in last 2 weeks: 9.8% CELEBRITY REPORT Kretzmer, journalist, lyricist of Les Miserables dead at 95 Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyr icist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95. His family confirmed Wednesday that Kretzmer died after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease at the London home he shared with his second wife, Sybil Sever. Tributes poured in from giants of the London stage, including theatrical pro ducer Cameron Mackintosh, singer Elaine Paige and lyricist Tim Rice. Les Miserables producer Mackintosh said Kretzmer was instrumental in bringing Victor Hugo’s classic tale of defiance and redemption in early 19th century France to the stage in English in October 1985, five years after it had opened in Paris. “His wonderful words for Les Miserables will live on in his memory forever more,” he said in a statement. For Paige, he was a “masterful word- smith” while Rice described Kretzmer a “great lyricist and man of theatre” and a “giant of his trade.” Kretzmer, known as Herbie to his friends, was born in Kroonstad, a small town south of Johannesburg, South Africa, in October 1925. He was one of four sons of Jewish-Lithuanian immigrants who ran a grocery shop and later a prosperous fur niture store. Though his childhood under the vast expanse of South African sky was “bliss ful,” he wanted by the age of 11 to become a “newspaper man” — so he could get closer to his heroes on screen. From Johannesburg, he moved to Paris in 1953, playing the piano by night in a bar in return for a meal. A year later, he moved to London and fulfilled his dream of being at the heart of the movie action, in an award-winning journalistic career that included stints at the Daily Express and Daily Mail. His catalog of interviews reads like a Who’s Who? of 20th century entertain ment, including Muhammad Ali, Judy Garland, Groucho Marx, David Niven and Frank Sinatra. Some interviewees, like Peter Sellers and Terence Stamp, became close friends. The music was never far away though. He wrote weekly songs in the 1960s for That Was The Week That Was, the BBC’s ground-breaking satirical show that proved the launchpad for the careers of luminaries in the world of television over subsequent decades, such as John Cleese and David Frost. Some songs were humorous, such as “Goodness Gracious Me,” others more poignant, notably “In the Summer of His Years,” a tribute to President John F. Ken nedy that was written hours after his assas sination on Nov. 22,1963. There were further songs, including “She,” which he wrote with French singer Charles Aznavour and which topped the U.K. Singles Charts for a month in 1974. He explained decades later that it was about a British woman with whom he had recently broken up following a year-long affair. But the really big time never quite came. Until a young British producer by the name of Cameron Mackintosh invited Kretzmer to tea in June 1984 and his life changed. Though the expanded English version of Les Miserables — it was never Les Mis for Kretzmer — had mixed reviews at the start, it would soon become one of the big gest successes of 20th century theater. Were it not for the coronavirus pan demic, it’d still be running in London, testament to the enduring popularity of the story as well as the songs, such as “I Dreamed a Dream,” “One Day More” and “Do You Hear the People Sing?” Add “Suddenly” to that list, the song he wrote for the 2012 blockbuster film ver sion that earned him at the age of 87 an Academy Award nomination. Kretzmer has been appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and an Officer of the Order of British Empire. Associated Press ABOUT US AND OUR VALUES The public has a right to know, and The Times is dedicated to that principle and the “continued enlightenment and freedom of the people of North Georgia,” as engraved outside our building. The pursuit of truth is a fundamental principle of journalism. But the truth is not always apparent or known immediately. 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For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvilletimes.com/subscribe Does my husband only want his version of me? Dear Carolyn: I am beginning to realize my husband loves me to pieces as long as I stay “in my place,” which in our marriage means I am a supportive help to him in all the things HE wants to do. I have been with him to countless weddings, work gath erings and family functions, and he always comments on how nice it is to have someone to bring along. I mingle and talk to his people or else have a drink and entertain myself. And then last weekend, we attended the wedding of my college roommate. He complained bitterly about every part of this venture. The 45-minute drive. That he would not know anyone there. The “showy” venue and wedding style. That it cut into a football game he wanted to see. We left early. I see now that he’s behaved this way EVERY time I invite him along to any thing. I never drag him to my work par ties and socialize with my friends mostly on my own. Other areas in our relation ship feel uneven in this way. If it’s been this way for our whole eight-year marriage, would it be bait-and- switch to insist that it change now? — Double Standard OMG no. A bait-and-switch means you represented yourself as X to achieve some goal and then reverted to Y the moment you reached that goal. A bait- and-switch is tricking someone. You’re talking about an epiphany, a 2 + 2, a cosmic “aha.” That’s an honest process, even if its result is to make you Y when your husband married you for being X. It is completely appropriate for you to say to your husband now that you replayed last weekend over in your mind, and real ized the social good sportsman ship in your marriage goes only one way. Have specific examples from other events/weekends ready. And, too, be ready to see the whole picture of your marriage in weighing whether it’s fair and meeting your needs. For example, he may be a terrible wingman, but the absolute champ at something in a way few people ever are. And going solo to your stuff is a minor emotional trade off to make for it. Re: Double Standard: I dated someone very loving and vali dating who loved having me by his side. Until I realized every time we went out with my friends, he didn’t feel well. I still remember telling my friend we had to go home, as he didn’t feel great, and the look on her face as we both had the same lightbulb go on. Now it makes us laugh, but man, people are sneaky. — Lightbulb Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed Emperor of the French, arrived on the British-ruled South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he spent the last 5 1/2 years of his life in exile. In 1917, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (Margaretha ZelleGeertru- ida MacLeod), 41, convicted by a French military court of spying for the Germans, was executed by a firing squad outside Paris. (Maintaining her innocence to the end, Mata Hari refused a blind fold and blew a kiss to her executioners.) In 1940, Charles Chaplin’s first all-talking comedy, “The Great Dictator,” a lampoon of Adolf Hitler, opened in New York. In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed. In 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall on the Carolina coast as a Category 4 storm; Hazel was blamed for some 1,000 deaths in the Caribbean, 95 in the U.S. and 81 in Canada. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill creating the U.S. Department of Transportation. The revolutionary Black Panther Party was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California. In 1969, peace demonstrators staged activities across the coun try as part of a “moratorium” against the Vietnam War. In 1976, in the first debate of its kind between vice-presidential nominees, Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced off in Houston. In 1991, despite sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court, 52-48. BIRTHDAYS Singer Barry McGuire is 85. Rock musician Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) is 78. Base ball Hall of Famer Jim Palmer is 75. Singer- musician Richard Car penter is 74. Former tennis player Roscoe Tanner is 69. Singer Tito Jackson is 67. Ac tor-comedian Larry Miller is 67. Actor Jere Burns is 66. Movie director Mira Nair is 63. Britain’s Duchess of York, Sarah Fergu son, is 61. Chef Emeril Lagasse is 61. Actor Tanya Roberts is 61. Rock musician Mark Reznicek is 58. Singer Eric Benet is 54. Actor Vanessa Marcil is 52. Actor Dominic West is 51. Rhythm-and- blues singer Ginuwine is 50. Actor Devon Gummersall is 42. Actor Chris Olivero is 41. Christian singer- actor Jaci Velasquez is 41. Actor Vincent Martella is 28. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO SCOTT ANDERSON I Associated Press University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill, accompanied by her mother Erma and another family member, talks to reporters in Norman, OK., Oct. 15, 1991. Hill refused to comment on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Rnd local events at gainesvilletimes.com/calendar HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY ARIES (March 21-April 19). Here come the tough custom ers. Cover the basics before you try to fulfill their extra requests. Resist the urge to impress and don’t get too ambitious. Keep your offerings simple so you can serve them with immediacy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Most of the world’s boundaries are drawn on maps yet unseen on ground. It is not uncommon for the people who live on them and walk over them every day to be unsure of where they actually lie. This is also true metaphorically. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re not sure how much of yourself to share with some one, but if you don’t take a chance and share something, there will be no connection. So cial grace is often an estimation about what others might enjoy. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Kindness is among your core, unbending values, though it’s presentation can be unusual. “Cruel to be kind” is a legiti mate, though seldom called for, tactic. More often employed is “minding your own business to be kind.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Only try to fix that which is a true impediment. You could provide solutions to a variety of every day situations, but so often the mend can open up the door for other problems, some of them much worse. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). How about getting more rest? If you undervalue rest, then you’ll book your discretionary time with wasteful busy work and junky activities. Rest is healing, fortification and a fertility shot for wisdom. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). You’ll be reminded of how some kinds of stress are actually good for you, as they ultimately give you a sense of expansion and of being able and willing to do more than you would have were you left to your own devices. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What’s more daunting than a group you don’t want to belong to? A group you do want to belong to. You’re still figuring out what you have to do to fit in, learn the rules and live the creed. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re more concerned with your character, (largely up to you) than you are with your rep utation, which is outside of your control. Sure, you can influence your reputation, but ultimately, it’s what other people say it is. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The more a person tries to be above the others, dignified and correct, the less cool that per son is likely to be. Being cool is partly a function of accepting one’s own humanity, especially the flaws. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can be deeply emotional and yet not a slave to your feel ings. You are learning howto manage some of the uncom fortable ones and use them dif ferently than you once did. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You rely on your intuition but don’t act on every hunch, because you’re not a lemming. To follow any directive too literally, includ ing your own, is to shut out the spontaneous opportunity of the moment.
