A great tree has fallen in our forest. John Thomas Kelly the original producer of Throw It Down died on August 11th in Overland Park Kansas. He was 71.
John Kelly was a professor of English at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania for thirty four years. He taught English and Film Criticism. Dr Kelly was a Runic Scholar and an expert in Old English. For several years he taught a summer course for American students at Cambridge University in England.
He was the driving force behind many of the concepts seen in the film Throw It Down. John Kelly first met the director John Maher at the University of Oklahoma in 1967 where they worked on student films together. Over the years they stayed in contact and completed an elaborate series of film restorations. They started work on the drum corps documentary in 2005 along with another Westchester University Professor Charles Bauerlein.
John Kelly had a short comedy film made about him in 1968. That same year he appeared in the cult film "Hog Creek" directed by Mike Dirham and in "Medium Cool" a film about the Democratic National Convention in Chicago directed by Haskell Wexler.
Mr. Kelly was born in Yukon. Oklahoma on December 6th 1937.
John Kelly was a professor of English at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania for thirty four years. He taught English and Film Criticism. Dr Kelly was a Runic Scholar and an expert in Old English. For several years he taught a summer course for American students at Cambridge University in England.
He was the driving force behind many of the concepts seen in the film Throw It Down. John Kelly first met the director John Maher at the University of Oklahoma in 1967 where they worked on student films together. Over the years they stayed in contact and completed an elaborate series of film restorations. They started work on the drum corps documentary in 2005 along with another Westchester University Professor Charles Bauerlein.
John Kelly had a short comedy film made about him in 1968. That same year he appeared in the cult film "Hog Creek" directed by Mike Dirham and in "Medium Cool" a film about the Democratic National Convention in Chicago directed by Haskell Wexler.
Mr. Kelly was born in Yukon. Oklahoma on December 6th 1937.
We will always remember your smile, intelligence and kindness.
Goodbye John Thomas Kelly - You really rang the bell.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the National Brain Tumor Society.
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