The New York Times today issued a correction
for an error in a story that appeared in its pages 161 years ago about
African-American Solomon Northup, whose memoir '12 Years a Slave' won
the best picture Oscar this year. In an article that appeared on
Januray 20, 1853, the Times had misspelt Northup as "Northrup". The
error was pointed out by a Twitter user a day after the movie based on
Northup's life won the top award at the Oscars. The 1853 article
spelled Northup's name wrong in two different ways. It appeared as
"Northrop" in the body of the article and "Northrup" in the headline.
"An article on Januray 20, 1853, recounting the story of Solomon
Northup, whose memoir '12 Years a Slave' became a movie 160 years later
that won the best picture Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday
night, misspelled his surname as Northrop. And the headline misspelled
it as Northrup," the NYT correction said. The newspaper said the errors
came to light yesterday after a Twitter user pointed out the article in
The Times archives. '12 years a slave' set in pre-Civil War US is
based on the life of Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who
is abducted and sold into slavery. NYT said the errors
notwithstanding, "The Times described the article as 'a more complete
and authentic record than has yet appeared'." Actress Lupita Nyong'o
won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie.
Legendary playback singer Manna Dey, who mesmerised generations of listeners with his inimitable voice for over five decades with hits like 'ay mere pyara watan', 'laaga chunri me daag' and 'poocho na kaise', died at a hospital here today at the age of 94 after prolonged illness. Dey, who was in and out of Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in the last five months for respiratory and renal problems, died of cardiac arrest with his daughter Shumita Deb and son-in-law Jnanranjan Deb by his bedside when the end came at 3.50 AM. The condition of Dey, who had made Bangalore his home for the last many years, deteriorated since yesterday afternoon, hospital spokesman Vasuki said. With the demise of Dey, the void has become complete in the famous quartet of singers Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar, who dominated the Hindi music industry from 1950s to 1970s. The mortal remains of Dey, whose unique voice lent a rare dimension to his persona, were cremate...
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