[Dixielandjazz] Haven't we all wanted to?

[Charlie Hooks]

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From: "David Kovnat" <davidkovnat at attbi.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:06:10 -0500
To: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks at earthlink.net>
Subject: sinatra off key

In a message dated 6/25/2003 1:38:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jazz-westcoast-request at merchant.book.uci.edu writes:

>From the Sydney, (Australia), Morning Herald

Man killed for singing Sinatra off-key

June 25 2003


A 25-year-old Filipino man has been stabbed dead for singing a Frank Sinatra
classic out of tune during a birthday party.

Police officer Noel Albis said the victim, Casimiro Lagugad, was asked to
sing Sinatra's popular song My Way during the party in the Manila suburban
city 
of Caloocan on Sunday.

"Witnesses said the suspect, Julio Tugas, 48, one of the guests and a
neighbour of the victim, got irked because Lagugad was singing out of tune,"
Officer 
Albis said. 

"Tugas suddenly attacked the victim and stabbed him in the neck," he added.

Guests rushed Mr Lagugad to the hospital, but he died while being treated.
 
Tugas later surrendered to village security officials, who turned him over
to 

authorities.

Police are preparing homicide charges against the suspect, who apparently
admitted to the crime.