Editor behind "Headless Body in Topless Bar" headline passes on

[britwrit]

New York Post editor Vincent Musetto dies on Tuesday.

Just from reading the story, about the 1983 murder in question, I was just struck by how different the city was back then:

Musetto’s headline perfectly summed up the gruesome murder of Queens bar owner Herbert Cummings.

Charles Dingle fatally shot the topless bar owner and then took four women hostage, raped one and had another cut off Cummings’ head.

The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 | New York Post

 

[Bronco77]

That headline will always be memorable, as will the New York Daily News headline from the '70s: "Ford to City: Drop Dead"

And I can't remember which paper printed it, but it was either the Post or Daily News that ran "Maris Traded to Angels" when Roger Maris passed away after a long battle with cancer.

 

[da man]

 

[da man]

There has to be a way to resize images in posts, doesn't there? I could do it in the old format.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

40th anniversary of the headline:

https://nypost.com/video/headless-b...campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

 

[Readallover]

My second all time favorite headline came when the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital caught fire (minor) in 2002 and The Trentonian ran the headline "Roasted Nuts".

 

[BTExpress]

That headline will always be memorable, as will the New York Daily News headline from the '70s: "Ford to City: Drop Dead"

And I can't remember which paper printed it, but it was either the Post or Daily News that ran "Maris Traded to Angels" when Roger Maris passed away after a long battle with cancer.

The question I would have asked the headline writer: What did the Angels give up?

 

[wicked]

“Joe Who?” was a great headline that greatly backfired.

I remain partial to Osama bin Wankin. Still makes me laugh years later.