John Lennon wrote "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" about Richard Cooke, a hunter he met at the Maharishi's camp in India. Cooke hasn't shot anything since the camp, except with his camera - he became a freelance photographer for National Geographic.
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As Doug commented on, as a graduate of the Air Force Academy, many cadets had the pleasure to hear Harry Chapin in concert in the 1970s and had an opportunity to enjoy his comments about his departure from the Academy in 1960 early during his freshman year, the toughest year, and the bogus counseling he received from the chaplain about how he'd never succeed in life if he left. Also as a graduate of the Air Force Academy, I was there as a cadet during one of those performances in the 1970s and remember the story that Harry shared so well, as Doug accurately conveyed! Harry was a great story teller, in both words and through his music....