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02-26-2008, 02:55 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/22/2008-02-22_gossip_guru_baird_jones_dead_at_53.html
Gossip guru Baird Jones dead at 53
by Joanna Molloy, Ethan Rouen and Ben Widdicombe
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 12:13 AM
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Baird Jones
Gossip reporter, celebrity art collector and club promoter extraordinaire Baird Jones died in his Greenwich Village apartment Thursday night.
He was 53.
The cause of death was not immediately known, but police said there were no signs of foul play and no drugs in the apartment.
A friend of his told the Daily News that Jones, the son of People magazine co-founder Cranston Jones, recently complained about being "sick as a dog."
In 1995, while covering Arthur Miller's 80th birthday for The News, Baird Jones asked the playwright about the most intimate details of his relationship with Marilyn Monroe. Miller, fists clenched, chased him out of the party.
After graduating from the Buckley School and Columbia University and earning several advanced degrees, Jones became one of the city's first club promoters, working the door at Studio 54 in its prime. Most recently, he was a curator at Webster Hall.
Gossip guru Baird Jones dead at 53
by Joanna Molloy, Ethan Rouen and Ben Widdicombe
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Saturday, February 23rd 2008, 12:13 AM
Arnoult/WireImage
Baird Jones
Gossip reporter, celebrity art collector and club promoter extraordinaire Baird Jones died in his Greenwich Village apartment Thursday night.
He was 53.
The cause of death was not immediately known, but police said there were no signs of foul play and no drugs in the apartment.
A friend of his told the Daily News that Jones, the son of People magazine co-founder Cranston Jones, recently complained about being "sick as a dog."
In 1995, while covering Arthur Miller's 80th birthday for The News, Baird Jones asked the playwright about the most intimate details of his relationship with Marilyn Monroe. Miller, fists clenched, chased him out of the party.
After graduating from the Buckley School and Columbia University and earning several advanced degrees, Jones became one of the city's first club promoters, working the door at Studio 54 in its prime. Most recently, he was a curator at Webster Hall.