{"id":67459,"date":"2025-07-01T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=67459"},"modified":"2025-09-13T22:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:20:59","slug":"a-great-one-died-eight-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/07\/a-great-one-died-eight-years-ago-today.html","title":{"rendered":"A Great One Died Eight Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"237\" data-attachment-id=\"26348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/07\/a-great-one-died-today-2.html\/hw-shelley-of-his-age640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,237\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heathcote Williams, the Shelley of His Age\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640-300x111.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26348\" title=\"'He was the Shelley of his age and more.' -- Gerard Bellaart\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/HW-Shelley-of-His-Age640-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">&#8216;He was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/03\/america-how-it-works-by-heathcote-williams.html\">the Shelley of his age<\/a> and more.&#8217; <em>&#8212; Gerard Bellaart<\/em> <br><br>                      \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"497\" data-attachment-id=\"26328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/dyings-annoying_feb738\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"738,497\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Dying&amp;#8217;s annoying&amp;#8217; by Heathcote Williams\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738-300x202.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26328\" title=\"'Dying's annoying' by Heathcote Williams\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Dyings-annoying_feb738-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> \u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?s=heathcote+williams\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" data-attachment-id=\"26353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/07\/a-great-one-died-today-2.html\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy.png\" data-orig-size=\"351,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HEATHCOTE WILLIAMS [Photo: JH 2013]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Heathcote Williams&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26353\" style=\"width:197px;height:auto\" title=\"Click for more about Heathcote.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy.png 351w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/heathcote-williams-photo-copy-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?s=heathcote+williams\">Heathcote Williams <\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?s=heathcote+williams\"><em>[Photo: JH, 2013]<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00b0 \u00b0 \u00b0<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8216;He was the Shelley of his age and more.&#8217; 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