Meet Martin Harris…
Wonder what all the fuss about YouTube is? Wonder why Google was willing to write out a billion plus check out to a few young kids?
Watch this video of Martin Harris Slobodkin getting started telling his life story on YouTube on September 27, 2006. He recorded several videos telling about his very interesting life. His videos were usually in the form of a response to someone’s question, in particular Peter and Jimsan1. Then, Martin died on October 8th. Six days later, his wife, Teresa Craig, uploaded a message to the viewers of Martin’s YouTube videos. In response, one of Martin’s viewers, Jimsan1, posted a reply to Teresa’s announcement of Martin’s death. YouTube is more than a good place to watch your favorite band from long ago; it is the place where people around the world meet and share stories. Amazing!
His obituary from the Provincetown Banner:
Martin Harris Slobodkin, 86, of Cambridge and Provincetown, died in his sleep on Oct. 8. He was the husband of Teresa Craig.
Born in Malden in 1920, the son of Russian immigrants, Mr. Slobodkin graduated magna cum laude in international studies from Harvard University in 1941 and has been back to every reunion bar one since then; this would have been his 65th. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the Army as a medic. Based on IQ tests, the Army sent him to graduate school at Yale to study Russian, and then to the Sorbonne in Paris to study philosophy. (His memories of WW II can be seen and heard on www.youtube.com under Mharris1920.) Read more…
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