Birthday for Tuesday, Nov. 3
Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays today to Larry Lehmer, owner of When Words Matter, a writing and editing service for businesses and families based in Des Moines, Iowa.
A 1968 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Larry spent four years in the U.S. Air Force, eight years at the Nonpareil of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and then 25 years as a copy editor, copy desk chief and news editor for the Des Moines Register. He was author of The Day The Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, publshed in 2003. Find Larry’s web site here.
Larry shares a birthday with actors Kate Capshaw, Dolph Lundgren, Charles Bronson, Jeremy Brett and Ken Berry; singer Stewart Leslie Goddard (better known as Adam Ant); supermodel Gemma Ward; comedians Dennis Miller and Rosanne Barr; sports greats Phil Simms (NFL) and Bob Feller (baseball); presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and journalists Tom Shales and James Reston.
Plus, today is Sandwich Day and Housewife’s Day. Seriously.
Best wishes, Larry, for a wonderful birthday today!