97-Year-Old Dies Unaware Of Being Violin Prodigy

[Deputy Chief Command]

ROCKFORD, IL?Retired post office branch manager Nancy Hollander, 97, died at her home of natural causes Tuesday, after spending her life completely unaware that she was one of the most talented musicians of the past century and possessed the untapped ability to become a world-class violin virtuoso.

She is survived by two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, all of whom will forever remain oblivious to the national treasure Hollander would have become had she just picked up a violin even once.

"We're really going to miss Mom?she was such a gentle, sensitive, perceptive person," said Hollander's son, David, unknowingly outlining qualities that would have infused his mother's interpretation of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with a singular, haunting beauty capable of moving the most jaded of souls. "Even though she never drew attention to herself, Mom had such a strong, commanding presence."

"I swear, she should have been an actress or something," he added.

Former colleagues at the U.S. Post Office branch where Hollander worked for 40 years also fondly remembered the unexploited musical genius who, had she ever taken in hand a freshly rosined bow, would have instead been fondly remembered by various musical luminaries and heads of state in a special three-hour tribute concert on PBS.

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What could have been Hollander's 70th birthday celebration, rather than dinner at a local seafood buffet.

"Nancy was the most gracious person I ever met," said retired coworker Geraldine Hunter, 82, echoing nearly verbatim what Pope John Paul II would have said after inviting Hollander to play at the Vatican in 1989. "She really lived every day to its fullest, and I don't think she could have been blessed with a better life."

Hunter also recalled Hollander's humility when being promoted to manager?the highlight of Hollander's professional life, as opposed to playing the Franck Sonata at Carnegie Hall accompanied by world-renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy as Itzhak Perlman wept openly with sheer joy from the front row.

According to sources, Hollander was very active in her church. Pastor Frank Davis said that she took the most joy in singing with the choir during holiday masses, an experience she would have found a hellish, atonal cacophony had she completed the highest level of ear-training at The Juilliard School, where she could have received a full scholarship based entirely on the strength of her student audition.

"To be honest, she didn't have the best singing voice in the world," Davis said. "But she really put her heart and soul into it, and she had an uncanny ability to sing any hymn all the way through perfectly after hearing it just once."

Davis also praised the potato salad Hollander brought to church picnics, heartbreakingly referring to it as "world famous."

Perhaps most distraught by Hollander's passing were her great-grandchildren, who seemed to have some dim perception of being robbed?along with the rest of the world?of their great-grandmother's tour de force performances in rapt concert halls from Vienna to Tokyo.

"Grammy was really funny, like when she would play silly songs on the ukulele to make us laugh," said Lilly, 6, referring to the instrument purchased for Hollander on her seventh birthday in 1920, her father having paused momentarily in the music store to consider a violin. "I miss her a lot."

"When I grow up, I want to play the ukulele just like Grammy," Lilly added.

[dynastoned]

you posted this why?

there isn't any videos of her music or anything. it's just a fucking obituary of some random old broad...

[Deputy Chief Command]

Originally Posted by dynastoned

you posted this why?

there isn't any videos of her music or anything. it's just a fucking obituary of some random old broad...

I currently reside in China , anything fun is here illegal , no music no videos ,only text based stuff you actually have to read , know it sucks

[dynastoned]

i guess that explains why you waste your day posting corny 2nd grade mexican jokes and irrelevant stories about recently deceased old women.

[Deputy Chief Command]

Originally Posted by dynastoned

i guess that explains why you waste your day posting corny 2nd grade mexican jokes and irrelevant stories about recently deceased old women.

it does yeah

[PornMD]

Fake nick is fake. *yawn*

[Deputy Chief Command]

Originally Posted by PornMD

Fake nick is fake. *yawn*

no sleep for the wicked

[uno]

someone is on an onion binge.

[tiger]

I don't get how you can be a prodigy and not know it and then some how realize it when you die.

[McSpike]

Chinese are allowed to read/post on GFY? Wow. Hu Jintao being a webmaster as well?

Hu, you here, bro?

[cykoe6]

Gotta love The Onion.

[calvinawe]

Hu's ya daddy

[Hentaikid]

*facepalm*

[greg80]

Originally Posted by dynastoned

i guess that explains why you waste your day posting corny 2nd grade mexican jokes and irrelevant stories about recently deceased old women.

seriously, music and video get's filtered out of an article in China???

[pornguy]

OK. So she never played one but could have been the best???



Me to!!!

[John-ACWM]

Tough luck, there are millions of unknown geniuses.

[Deputy Chief Command]

Originally Posted by greg80

seriously, music and video get's filtered out of an article in China???

yeah it does, for many reasons , not only does the chinese gov block certain content ( youtube, twitter, facebook , just to name some) , but other content is made unavailable by the content owners , I get messages like "you region does not alloww . .blah blah" just meaning that they cant convert useless chinese traffic and thus I can't see it ,

this only counts for western / english stuff though , all sort of random amazing chinese content is readily available , but alas I am not too interested in that bullshit