THE PARTY IS OVER FOR BAIRD JONES
I got this news early yesterday, but the details were so small, that I decided to wait till today to publish. I am very saddened at the Death of Gossip guru Baird Jones. Having known him for around 20 years, It is very shocking to me and to the gossip world at his passing at just age 53. The cause of death was not immediately known, but police said there were no signs of foul play and no drugs were found in the apartment. A friend of his told the Daily News that Jones, the son of People magazine co-founder Cranston Jones, recently complained about being "sick as a dog." Having run into Baird at the Cutting Room a few weeks ago, he didn't look so good. His face was yellowing and he looked very run down. I spoke to him outside the club and he was asking me to put on a photo show at one of his events, something which he had been asking me to do for years. He was telling me that his e-mail list for parties was over a million people. I was sure of this, as one time I had sent...