Christopher john farley biography of donald
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Donald John Farley
Donald John Farley, age 62, of Clinton, NJ passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ.
He was born on November 19, 1961 in Flemington, NJ. He was a life-long resident of Hunterdon County, spending many years in Clinton, NJ.
He was the son of the late Joseph Theodore and Doris ‘Nancy’ Jean Opdyke Farley.
His beloved wife, Carol Jean Sherrerd Farley, passed away in 2014 after 30 years of marriage.
Donald had worked for Fox Lumber Inc. in Clinton, NJ in Shipping, Receiving and Sales until his retirement earlier this year.
Memberships include Host Lodge Free and Accepted Masons in High Bridge, NJ and the Clinton Presbyterian Church in Clinton, NJ.
Donald loved trains and was an avid collector. He also loved mowing his lawn, watching old movies and listening to music. He also loved playing golf and watching Sunday football. He was an avid Steelers fan.
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Interview with Chris John Farley of the Wall Street Journal
This interview with Christopher John Farley first appeared in the Kingston Book Festival supplement in the Jamaica Observer on March 3, 2013.
Background
Christopher John Farley is a Jamaican-born writer who has had a significant impact on music journalism in the United States. After graduating from Harvard University in 1988, Christopher started writing for Time magazine in 1992, holding “one of American journalism’s most sought after jobs as Time magazine’s pop-music critic.”
He has interviewed Whitney Houston, Halle Berry, Adele, and Bob Dylan among many other celebrities, and frequently appears on MTV, CNN, and MSNBC to talk about music and pop culture. If that weren’t enough, he has also written biographies of Halle Berry, Bob Marley, and Aaliyah, as well as two novels. He is currently the Senior Editorial Director of Digital Features at The vägg Street Journal.
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Christopher John Farley
Back before we relocated to Southern California, the wife, kids and I lived a house on a street that could easily be named Media Lane.
Across the way was an MSNBC producer. Down about eight lots was a local weatherman. A CNBC reporter named Sharon Epperson was nearby, as was her husband, Christopher John Farley, at the time an editor at the Wall Street Journal.
We all had our quirks and nooks and crannies, but Chris … well, he was a different bird. First, he always wore black. Always. Second, his musical knowledge was off the charts—and always delivered in all-black attire. Third, you’d spot him jogging through the neighborhood at random times of day—always in black. Fourth, truly, he was an extremely bright, extremely warm man. Would ask about the kids before anything else. Curiosity out the wazoo. Pinpoint memory. Although we didn’t know one another, Chris and I actually spent years in the same building—he at Time, I at Sports Il