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Alan Abel - Professional Hoaxer

He lied
He’d died!

Alan Abel faked his death and an obituary was published in the New York Times on 2nd January 1980, On January 3, 1980, he  held a press conference and said "reports of my demise have been grossly exaggerated".

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Susan Ashley Date: 11/20/2020 8:05:00 PM Jan, congratulations for your excellent win in Brian's contest with this intriguing poem. Quite the character.. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/21/2020 1:08:00 AM Thanks Susan:-) hugs jan xx

Jack Horne Date: 11/18/2020 12:05:00 PM LOL, and this reminds me of someone else... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/18/2020 12:37:00 PM lol oh Lazarus keeps re-appearing:-( hugs jan xx

Gary Radice Date: 11/17/2020 9:48:00 AM Those 2 short lines says it all Jan :) Having read your two lines I just had to Google him. He pulled off several big hoaxes during his life. I read he died in 2018 from cancer and heart failure....and now I'm just wondering if he actually did :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/18/2020 12:35:00 PM Yes i had to google him and his final demise, so sad anyone would fake their death, the amount of pain and hurt it causes would be immeasurable:-( hugs Jan xx

Constance La France Date: 11/17/2020 8:23:00 AM Jan, congratulations on your win in Brian's 2 line contest, with this beauty _Constance Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/18/2020 12:34:00 PM thanks Constance:-) hugs jan xx

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 11/17/2020 5:43:00 AM Congratulations on the win Jan! Linda Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/18/2020 12:34:00 PM Thanks Linda:-) hugs Jan xx

John Watt Date: 11/16/2020 11:23:00 PM Had a feeling this was a winner! Good choice. Hugs ~ John Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 1:56:00 PM thanks my friend:-) hugs Jan xx

Unseeking Seeker Date: 11/16/2020 6:44:00 PM Amazing! Congrats on your win! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 1:56:00 PM thanks:-) hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich Date: 11/16/2020 5:51:00 PM Love this one, Jan. Maybe a brother of you know who?? hahaha. Congrats. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 11:03:00 AM Yeah unfortunately our very own Lazarus keeps on rising from the dead;-( hugs jan xx

Akkina Downing Date: 11/16/2020 5:10:00 PM Only wicked man will do such... Lol! Congratulations on your win, Jan :) Login to Reply Akkina Downing Date: 11/17/2020 3:18:00 PM Holy Lazarus, how do you fake your death? Yeah, like I said, WICKED... LOL! Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 11:02:00 AM I have known 2 poets do it, one on this site and another who posted here, hounded a poet until he left and then faked her death and posted about it on another site:-( Jan x

Janice Canerdy Date: 11/16/2020 4:51:00 PM A big CONGRATS, Jan! Janice Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 11:01:00 AM Thanks Janice-) hugs Jan xx

John Watt Date: 11/16/2020 2:23:00 PM Maybe he'd been reading about Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls? Nice footle, and congrats on your #1 win! Hugs ~ John Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/17/2020 10:59:00 AM Thanks John:-) hugs Jan xx

Jo Chamberlain Date: 11/16/2020 1:58:00 PM No need to say anything else! Congratulations on your winning placement. :-) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/16/2020 3:34:00 PM Thanks Joanna:-) hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y. Date: 11/16/2020 1:46:00 PM Hi Jan, Happy to you on the winning list! Congratulations on your 1st place win:)Alexis Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/16/2020 3:33:00 PM Thanks Alexis:-) hugs Jan xx

Sara Kendrick Date: 11/16/2020 4:38:00 AM Great idea for the contest. Way to go. Reads like a good contender to me. Sara Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/16/2020 6:14:00 AM Thanks Sara:-) hugs jan xx

Victor Buhagiar Date: 11/16/2020 1:43:00 AM Just right for a win which I hope you'll get. ~~ Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/16/2020 6:13:00 AM thanks Victor:-) hugs Jan xx

Gershon Wolf Date: 11/15/2020 5:21:00 PM Ha, ha! I remember that! A modern-day Tom Sawyer, orchestrating his own death! :) gw Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/16/2020 6:13:00 AM Id not heard of him till I googled!:-) hugs jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 11/15/2020 4:09:00 PM ha! perfect for the contest, jan! best of luck... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 4:54:00 PM Thanks Ilene, i was thinking of the British Peer Lord Lucan who murdered their nanny and then vanished, there is talk he was whisked off abroad and it was many years after he vanished that he was eventually declared dead but it was never proven he faked his death so when I found out about. Alan Abel it was perfect for the poem:-) hugs jan xx

Michelle Faulkner Date: 11/15/2020 3:32:00 PM Crazy story, wonder why he did it (and did his family/friends know?) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 3:54:00 PM I think he faked a heart attack, had fake funeral directors etc, i feel for his family that he even pulled such a stunt in the first place:-( hugs jan xx

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 11/15/2020 11:30:00 AM He went to great lengths to die and hold a press conference the next day - quite a prankster. A clever entry though, sure it will do great in the contest Jan. Hugs and Blessings, Jennifer. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 11:43:00 AM thanks Jennifer, some idiot on soup faked his death back in 2015 when my dad really WAS dying... despite being banned for life from soup for subsequent appalling behaviour he has risen from the dead like lazarus on numerous occasions, got to pity him but i want nothing to do with him:-( hugs jan xx

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 11/15/2020 10:45:00 AM LOL It was Mark Twain who first said, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Funny obit for Abel! Love your entry and wish you success in the contest, Jan! Love, Carolyn Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 11:16:00 AM I KNEWI had heard the phrase before I couldnt think where, thanks Carolyn:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 11/15/2020 10:16:00 AM Talk about an egotist getting attention by drastic measures! A great footle Jan. Blessings xxoo Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 10:30:00 AM yes you have to pity anyone who went to such lengths to fake their death:-( hugs jan xx

Rico Leffanta Date: 11/15/2020 10:10:00 AM But no one cried! Well done! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 10:29:00 AM he really died in about 2018, ... hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. Date: 11/15/2020 9:29:00 AM Hi Jan, This is good! You should do well in the contest. Thanks for the info. Best wishes in the contest. Have a wonderful day:-) Alexis Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 9:42:00 AM Thanks Alexis:-) happy Sunday:-) hugs jan xx

Tom Cunningham Date: 11/15/2020 7:33:00 AM Brian will love this Jan. Good luck. Tom Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 11/15/2020 7:39:00 AM I hope so:-) hugs jan xx