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17 May 13 at 9 am

Jimmy’s insomnia posed a special problem for me: LIFE had assigned me to do a possible cover of Jimmy, and I made several appointments to shoot him. Sometimes he didn’t show up at all, and when he did, he’d look like utter hell - a two or three day growth of beard, and enormous bags under his eyes. He was only twenty-four, but the effects of his lifestyle were already beginning to show. - Dennis Stock

(Source: jamesdeandaily, via distinguishedcompany)