The Smithereens, Anthony Bourdain, Patti Smith among NJ Hall of Fame nominees

by JAY LUSTIG

The Smithereens (from left, Dennis Diken, Jim Babjak, Pat DiNizio and Mike Mesaros).

The Smithereens — whose frontman, Pat DiNizio, died in December 2017 — and Anthony Bourdain, who died this year, are among the 50 nominees for the public vote of the New Jersey Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019.

Online public voting ends Dec. 15; visit njhalloffame.org. The winner in each category, as voted by the public, is guaranteed induction.

The inductees will be announced in January, and the ceremony will be in May.

Here are the nominees:

ARTS & LETTERS

Peter Benchley; Stephen Crane; Joyce Kilmer; Fran Lebowitz; Anne Morrow Lindbergh; George R.R. Martin; John Forbes Nash, Jr.; George Segal; Gay Talese; photographer Timothy White.

ENTERPRISE

Anthony Bourdain; James E. Burke; Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.; J. Fletcher Creamer, Sr.; Fred Morgan Kirby; Tim McLoone; Denise Morrison; Dr. Victor Parsonnet; Mary G. Roebling; Arthur F. Ryan; George R. Zoffinger.

PERFORMING ARTS

Danny Aiello; Jason Alexander; Peter Dinklage; Whoopi Goldberg; Anne Hathaway; Ed Harris; Chris Rock; Patti Smith; The Smithereens; Phoebe Snow.

PUBLIC SERVICE

Samuel Alito, Jr.; Elizabeth Almira Allen; Virginia Apgar; Alfred Driscoll; Louis Freeh; Milton Friedman; Antonin Scalia; Richard Stockton; Paul Volcker; Theodore V. “Ted” Wells.

SPORTS

Rick Barry; Harry Carson; Gerry Cooney; Anne Donovan; Laurie Hernandez; Jerry Izenberg; John McMullen; Bart Oates; David Stern; Paul Tagliabue.

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3 comments

Mary-Francis Godsey November 19, 2018 - 3:44 pm

I vote for Patti Smith

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Jimi LaLumia November 22, 2018 - 7:17 am

Has Camden resident Cindy Birdsong of Diana Ross and the Supremes been admitted yet?

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njartsdaily@gmail.com November 22, 2018 - 9:21 am

Nope

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