Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-05 | Page 13 | Famous Poet Dies of Heart Attack

FAMOUS POET DIES OF HEART ATTACK Vachel Lindsay Center of Many Controversies Succumbs Succumbs Suc Sue Suddenly I Br By Associated d Tress Press SPRINGFIELD Ill Dec 5 5 Vachel Lindsay one ona of or the leading modern poets of ot the midwest died at athis athis athis his home here at all 1 a. a m. m today of 01 heart disease The death of the poet pact was not reported rc- rc ported until a. a m. m when the coroner coroner coro coro- ner ncr called The family physician advised advised ad- ad him that the cause of death was heart icart trouble Mrs Lindsay grief griel- stricken could not be seen Three days ago Lindsay delivered his lis last public recital of his r poems oems including some which gained him in- in fame tame At that time he seemed in iR good health He was 52 years cars old Lindsay first gained attention as asan asan asan an art critic and producer of ot fantastic fantas- fantas tic ic drawings of ot Oriental type with which several of his books later were illustrated He was a newspaper man before belore the appearance of his most characteristic m modern dern poems Later he ic devoted himself to poetry and lee turing Controversy which raged around his lis poetry poetry- spread his fame and md he traveled raveled to England and held a vacation vacation vaca- vaca tion ion lectureship at Oxford university He regarded himself as as- asa a modern modem counterpart of the wandering minstrel minstrel min ruin or troubadour of the past and indicated this by publication of books entitled Adventures While hile Preaching Preaching Preach Preach- ing the tha Gospel of Beauty A Handy Snide Guide for Beggars and Songs In Exchange for tor Bread