Stanley Bard, Who Ran Chelsea Hotel as a Bohemian Sanctuary, Dies at 82

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/stanley-bard-dead-chelsea-hotel.html

“The most beloved — and enigmatic — character ever to grace the halls of the Chelsea is, of course, our illustrious proprietor, Stanley Bard,” Ed Hamilton, a tenant, wrote in “Legends of the Chelsea Hotel: Living With Artists and Outlaws in New York’s Rebel Mecca” (2007). “Among his many endearing qualities, Stanley possesses a congenital inability to admit that anything bad has ever taken place in the hotel.”