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It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still have new gold to yield up a dozen or so decades after the first ore was dredged out there.

Simpson was a defining part of a turbulent era, news of his death rippled through families and friend groups Thursday as a collection of vivid images or half-forgotten personal connections.

Its status as a half-forgotten outsider of American independent cinema makes a weird sort of sense.

Less crowded than Yosemite Valley, whose roads have been choked with visitors, Hetch Hetchy Valley is a half-forgotten realm filled with granite walls, tall falls and wildflowers.

“Sometimes when I go to the cold frames to pull something out, and I have half-forgotten what’s in there, it’s like pulling a surprise out of a grab bag,” she said.