Clive Barker's OK

In the last Newschunks I posted a rather gossipy item conjecturing upon the health status of author/artist/director/etc. Clive Barker. Reader Mindy Lopkin wrote in to let me know that Barker had some vocal cord polyps removed, and while he's feeling much better it's not unlikely he'll always have some trouble with his voice. Apparently he's been quite public about it, but over the last few years I've checked out his site and his Wikipedia entry occasionally and I always missed any references to his health problems.

So, I'm glad to hear that Barker's not in any danger, and I hope my idle chatter didn't cause any offense. (See, this is why I'm crap at gossipy stuff.)

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