[The story supposedly runs like this:]
Where was Megan Marshak when Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller Died?
In recounting old news stories similar to the Monica Lewinsky case, the press has often invoked the name of 27-year-old Megan Marshak, whom, they say, was at the side of former Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller when he died on January 26, 1979.
However, that is a damn lie and everybody familiar with the case knows it. Megan Marshak was not "at his side" when Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack.
Where then was she?
The official coroner�s report, issued by the competent New York State authority, states that Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack while he was having sexual intercourse. You can look it up in the archives at 28th Street and First Avenue (provided they let you look at this one).
Megan Marshak was, in fact, underneath Nelson Rockefeller when he died.
The tragedy, which was recounted daily in the press at the time, was that had there not been political considerations, his life might have been saved.
Nelson Rockefeller was a big, heavy man. When he collapsed of a heart attack, Megan Marshak was pinned underneath him. She had to struggle to get out. He was naked. It was not known that he had a mistress. For these reasons, she was reluctant to call the ambulance. Instead, Megan Marshak called her girlfriend, who lived nearby.
The girlfriend walked over, arrived, saw the naked former Vice-President sprawled on the floor, and then she and Megan Marshak had a discussion about what to do about this.
Finally, fully one hour after Nelson Rockefeller had collapsed, the girlfriend called the ambulance. Megan Marshak did not make the call.
When the ambulance arrived, Nelson Rockefeller was still barely alive. However, he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. ...
<http://www.ishipress.com/marshak.htm>
Carl
From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Of course, Nelson Rockefeller probably died because his "girlfriend" couldn't get medical care in quick enough after his heart attach -- because she was tied up at the time.
Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/
> -----Original Message----- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carrol > Cox > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] opportunities for economists > > Daniel Davies wrote: > > > > $2400 an hour might seem quite a lot of money to spend on a > prostitute, but > > you have to remember that it's a positional good. > > About 50 years ago (or more) David Rockefeller used to tuck $1000 > bills > in the stockings of cigarette girls in night clubs. That $1000 in > (say) > 1940 must have been worth quite a bit more than $2400 in 2005 > dollars. > And for quite a bit less time than an hour! > > Carrol
