Lou Reed's Legacy: His Wife's Role In Preserving His Memory

Webfollowing her husband’s sad passing last sunday (27 october), experimental artist laurie anderson has written a tribute in lou reed’s honour for a local paper.

Webthose last moments, it turns out, were rather more pleasant than succumbing to illness in a grey hospital bed:

Reed died doing tai chi, which he practiced obsessively.

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Look back at lou reed's remarkable career in photos

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Webso his wife, laurie anderson — an iconic musician and artist in her own right — worked alongside three of reed's friends, stephan berwick, bob currie, and scott.

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Weblou reed’s wife, experimental performance artist and musician laurie anderson, has written an obituary for her late husband in the east hampton star.

Last week, i sat down with the artist laurie anderson at her office in tribeca for what i expected would be a fairly short interview to discuss the archive of her late.

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Webreed was indeed a poet, as a new book published by cultural archivists anthology editions confirms, shining a light on the point in reed’s life just before he embarked on his.

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