Poetic Obituaries: He never made it in country music,

but Mr. [Joseph Bernard] Zak had an unlikely second career in song--after his 70th birthday, he became a lyricist and occasional singer for a punk rock band on the Lower East Side called Team Spider.

Mr. Zak became a minor icon to fans a fraction of his age.

from The New York Times: A 'Family' Mourns a Punk Rocker Who Defied His Age: 80

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