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Article: Danny Pearl's legacy is a world of music.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- December 2, 2002
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Sometimes, the postscript is the real message.
At the beginning of this year, the name of Danny Pearl became synonymous with tragedy. The Wall Street Journal reporter was held hostage by terrorists in Pakistan and brutally murdered. His interrogation and grisly decapitation in January were videotaped and shown around the world. It was a hard image to forget.
But wait. Something wonderful has started happening in many corners of the world since then.
Music.
Danny Pearl's life is being celebrated in spontaneous concerts from India to Boston. The music has been surfacing with the same kind of quirky joy that he was known for. You see, ...