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Eden Ahbez

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The Resume

    (April 15, 1908-March 4, 1995)
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Birth name was George Alexander Aberle
    Wrote the Nat 'King' Cole hit 'Nature Boy' (1948)
    Recorded the album 'Eden's Island' (1960)

Why he might be annoying:

    Like e.e. cummings and k.d. lang, he wrote his name in all lower case, which screws up the AmIAnnoying.com search engine.
    He lived with his wife and child under the Hollywood sign and in LA's Griffith Park.
    He spent much of his time on street corners, lecturing about Oriental mysticism.
    He copied the melody of 'Nature Boy' from the Yiddish song 'Shvayg Mayn Harts' and had to settle with the publishers out of court.
    He was a hippie two decades ahead of schedule.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an orphan raised in a foster home.
    He crossed the US on foot eight times before he was 35.
    'Nature Boy' became a standard recorded by everyone from Frank Sinatra to David Bowie.
    When a cop said he looked like he belonged in a mental institution, he replied, 'I look crazy but I'm not. And the funny thing is, that other people don't look crazy, but they are.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying