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#108944 07/29/2003 3:14 AM
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He will be missed.


#108945 07/29/2003 3:37 AM
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You're right of course, but: Where's the rest of it?


#108946 07/29/2003 4:15 AM
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Well, praps it is worth noting for our friends across the pond that he was born an Englishman.

He will always be my Oscar MC.

And all he gave by putting himself in harm's way all those years of USO benefits just to cheer young men and women about to die in battle is more of a tribute to the man than all the show-biz memories in happier times. He was a good and decent human being...you can't say much more than that.

Thanks for the memories....


#108947 07/29/2003 6:39 PM
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Ah, good ... ! Happy, Max?


#108948 07/29/2003 7:27 PM
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>Ah, good ... ! Happy, Max?

Much better. The natural order of the cosmos has been restored, now that our obituarist has done his thang.


#108949 07/29/2003 8:09 PM
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I suppose I shoulda stayed up here where it's more subtle...


#108950 07/30/2003 2:36 AM
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one of my cousin's, Pat, was killed in one of the battles following the tet offensive. before that, he had the privledge of attending one of hopes's USO shows.

with his blond hair, and ear to ear grin, he caught the cameraman's eye, and there was a close up of him..
in the montage of Bob Hope's history, one of the clips includes Pat, his grin still shines out, undiminished by time, still youthful, when we all have grown old.

everytime they showed the clip yesterday and today, my heart skipped a beat.


#108951 07/30/2003 2:43 AM
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Thanks, of troy, for sharing that poignant memory.



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