Why did so many obits for Spector yesterday use a form of the construction “convicted of murder”? If you are convicted of murder, you are a murderer. The former construction seems to be an editorial comment expressing doubt about his guilt.
On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 at 4:58 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > The NY-born songwriter and producer, who pioneered the "Wall of Sound" > technique, later used it to eff up The Beatles' "Let It Be" album, and was > convicted of Lana Clarkson's murder, has an acting credit as himself* in a > third season "I Dream of Jeannie" episode featuring sometime-Monkees > collaborators Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart... > > https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t50b0 ("Jeannie" episode) > https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/entertainment/phil-spector-death/index.html > (report) > > B > *though the credits call his character "Steve Davis" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6cc10d42-4bd9-4469-a899-219eaa722885n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6cc10d42-4bd9-4469-a899-219eaa722885n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLdk9W-3pYAX-6%2BcNnVDi7k0h2rZV-orcuYTXbGHcLqDA%40mail.gmail.com.
