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Melanie

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May 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/1/98
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Douglas Springsteen

BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - Douglas Springsteen, the father of Bruce
Springsteen and the inspiration for some of his son's ballads, died
Sunday. His age was not known.

The elder Springsteen worked at a variety of jobs. He did factory work
in a rug mill, drove a cab and worked as a prison guard.

In many of his songs, Bruce Springsteen sang about the difficult
relationship he had with his father. In ``Adam Raised a Cain,'' he sang,
``Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain, now he walks
these empty rooms looking for something to blame/You inherit the sins
you inherit the flames.''


Ben5059

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May 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/3/98
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>HTML>Subject: Douglas Springsteen<BR>
>From: Melanie <nite...@sunletter.com><BR>
>Date: 5/1/98 1:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>
>Message-id: <354A017B...@sunletter.com><BR>
><BR>
><FONT SIZE=3 PTSIZE=10>Douglas Springsteen<BR>
><BR>
>BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - Douglas Springsteen, the father of Bruce<BR>
>Springsteen and the inspiration for some of his son's ballads, died<BR>
>Sunday. His age was not known.<BR>
><BR>
>The elder Springsteen worked at a variety of jobs. He did factory work<BR>
>in a rug mill, drove a cab and worked as a prison guard.<BR>
><BR>
>In many of his songs, Bruce Springsteen sang about the difficult<BR>
>relationship he had with his father. In ``Adam Raised a Cain,'' he sang,<BR>
>``Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain, now he walks<BR>
>these empty rooms looking for something to blame/You inherit the sins<BR>
>you inherit the flames.''<BR>


Who really cares about Bruce's father? I sure don't.

Brad Ferguson

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May 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/3/98
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In article <199805030008...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
ben...@aol.com (Ben5059) wrote:


And I sure don't care that you don't care.

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Michael C. Berch

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May 6, 1998, 3:00:00 AM5/6/98
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> BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - Douglas Springsteen, the father of Bruce
> Springsteen and the inspiration for some of his son's ballads, died
> Sunday. His age was not known.
>
> The elder Springsteen worked at a variety of jobs. He did factory work
> in a rug mill, drove a cab and worked as a prison guard.

I got to meet him in the early 1980s -- one of his jobs was as a bus driver
for SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit). My mother, who lived in Burlingame,
CA (2 towns over from Belmont) used to ride his route and when I joined her on
a trip once she introduced me.

I was privately skeptical, since I assumed that unless they were estranged,
Bruce would have assured a comfortable retirement for him instead of a 9-5
job, but who knows.

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Michael C. Berch
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