Lou Reed dead/Albright grieves

[Gary Ashwill]

on 5/8/01 11:44 AM, Doug Henwood at dhenwood at panix.com wrote:
> 
> Later in his life Reed became close friends with Czech president
> Vaclav Havel and former Secretary of State Madelaine Albright, who
> was frequently seen at Reed's NYC appearances. When notified of
> Reed's death, Albright issued this statement: "Lou Reed was a close
> personal friend of mine, and an inspiration for the true freedoms
> allowed in this country. His recent secretive abuse of painkillers
> and untimely death is tragic and should be used as an example for all
> about the dangers of narcotics. Lou Reed, I will miss you."

This HAS to be a hoax...right?