Jim Carroll on Facebook?

[Sandra Ludwig]

I have a funny question: Does anyone know if Jim Carroll had a Facebook account at the time of his death? Or, did Rosemary? 

I have a very clear memory of reading about his passing while I was on Facebook. I remember typing a message of thankfulness and love to him as soon as I heard. What I'm wondering is, who would have posted that he died? I wasn't a member of any musical interest groups back then, and I am pretty sure none of my friends or acquaintances at the time knew anything about Jim. It does seem sort of odd 

Can anyone confirm? Thanks very much. 

[Cassie Carter]

Yes he had a facebook account. Originally it was in the name of “Billy Wolfram” (as in the protagonist of The Petting Zoo), but it was changed to his name after his death. The profile pic is one of my favorites from the Bolinas photo shoot circa 1980.

https://www.facebook.com/billy.wolfram?mibextid=wwXIfr&mibextid=wwXIfr

I don’t remember if I announced his death on Facebook. Probably not, as I have never had much use for Facebook. I posted it on catholicboy.com and announced it on this list. I would guess a JCB member might have posted on Facebook?

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[Sandra Ludwig]

Thank you very much, Cassie. It is possible that it was a band member that posted it. I remember being so sad. 

Sometimes I don't have much use for Facebook either but I keep going back...!

Unfortunately I can't see the photo you have linked to. 

One of the photos I like best was also taken in Bolinas, I believe, but it's older. It's from Mary Greer's blog. The one where he's wearing a knit hat and has a big smile. He looks so happy. I think that was the first photo I ever saw of him smiling. 

https://marykgreer.com/2009/09/15/rest-in-peace-jim-carroll/

[jeremy roberts]

Thanks so much for these links etc. 😊 

Jeremy Roberts

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[jeremy roberts]

Hi Cassie 😉  - 

This is kind of random....I remember years ago around 2009, after Jim died, you mentioned something about some of Jim's stuff being chucked into a dumpster. Do you recall this? And - did you ever visit Jim inside his apartment?

Cheerio, 

Jeremy 👍 

Jeremy Roberts

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[Cassie Carter]

Yes, I recall that vividly, and yes I visited Jim in three of his NYC apartments on many occasions.

His stuff wasn’t being chucked into a dumpster, although that could easily have happened. What did happen was bad but in the end it saved Jim’s archive.

Rosemary had hired a cleaning woman to clean out the apartment—which was an unpleasant surprise to me because I was expecting to make several more trips there to sort and organize the contents. (I had made one trip up there with Rosemary and Lenny Kaye and we filled up the back of the small SUV with mostly books.) Anyway, the cleaning woman knew who Jim was. She had gathered up everything, photographed it, and put the photos on the internet, and she was planning some kind of exhibit when I found out about it. Freaked out, I contacted Rosemary, who immediately put a stop to all that and embarked on the process of finding a home for Jim’s archive. It is now held at the New York Public Library.

Cassie 

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[jeremy roberts]

Thanks for your detailed reply, Cassie. Much appreciated!

Jeremy Roberts

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[Sandra Ludwig]

Quite a story! Thank you for sharing it, Cassie.

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