Editor behind "Headless Body in Topless Bar" headline passes on

New York Post editor Vincent Musetto dies on Tuesday.

Just from reading the story, about the 1983 murder in question, I was just struck by how different the city was back then:

The genius behind ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’ headline dies at 74 | New York Post

 

That headline will always be memorable, as will the New York Daily News headline from the '70s: "Ford to City: Drop Dead"

And I can't remember which paper printed it, but it was either the Post or Daily News that ran "Maris Traded to Angels" when Roger Maris passed away after a long battle with cancer.

 

There has to be a way to resize images in posts, doesn't there? I could do it in the old format.

 

40th anniversary of the headline:

https://nypost.com/video/headless-b...campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

 

My second all time favorite headline came when the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital caught fire (minor) in 2002 and The Trentonian ran the headline "Roasted Nuts".

 

The question I would have asked the headline writer: What did the Angels give up?

 

“Joe Who?” was a great headline that greatly backfired.

I remain partial to Osama bin Wankin. Still makes me laugh years later.