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Notre Dame football legend, Heisman winner, Johnny Lujack dead at 98
By David Russell July 26, 2023 1:33am Updated
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Chicago Bears’ quarterback Johnny Lujack is congratulated by coach George Halas, left, on setting a National League aerial gain record of 468 yards in defeating their rivals, the Chicago Cardinals.
AP
Johnny Lujack, the Notre Dame quarterback who won three national titles with the Fighting Irish in the 1940s, died Tuesday at 98.
His granddaughter said Lujack entered hospice care recently, ESPN reported.
Lujack led Notre Dame to the championship as a sophomore in 1943, stepping in for Heisman winner Angelo Bertelli when Bertelli left the team for active duty in the Marine Corps for World War II following a 6-0 start.
Lujack himself served in the United States Navy for two years.
He returned to lead the team to the 1946 and 1947 titles, being named a unanimous All-American both years and winning the Heisman in the latter.
Lujack was the oldest living Heisman Trophy winner at the time of his death.
Lujack’s most famous play may have been a tackle in the “Game of the Century,” the 1946 matchup of No. 2 Notre Dame against No. 1 Army at Yankee Stadium.
The game ended in a scoreless tie, thanks to Lujack’s touchdown-saving tackle of Army Heisman-winner Doc Blanchard.
Lujack compiled a 21-1-1 record as Notre Dame’s quarterback.
He also played baseball, basketball and ran track while he attended the South Bend, Indiana school.
He played with the Chicago Bears from 1948-51, where he lead the NFL in passing yards (2,658) and touchdowns (23) in 1949.
In 1950, he led the league in rushing touchdowns (11).
Lujack was named to the Pro Bowl in 1950 and 1951, his final season, as he retired at 26 years old.
“Everything for me at Notre Dame was happenstance,” Lujack told UND.com in 1999. “If I played five years later, maybe people would not have even noticed that I was around. So I feel so fortunate about the timing and everything that came my way.”
He also returned to Notre Dame as an assistant coach to Frank Leahy in the early 1950s.
“Playing under Frank Leahy taught you so many important things: sacrifice, dedication, attitude, preparation, team concept,” Lujack said in 1999.
Lujack would be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.
He is survived by a daughter and son, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
His daughter Carol died in 2002 and his wife Patricia died in 2022.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/notre-dame-football-legend-johnny-lujack-dead-at-98/
Hey K², here's another article about Tony Bennett:
Hat tip to BOREALIS on the Military board.
Tony Bennett's World War II Experience Was a 'Front-Row Seat in Hell'
Honoree Tony Bennett arrives at the Los Angeles Confidential Magazine 2012 Grammys Celebration in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday, July 21, 2023. He was 96. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
21 Jul 2023
Military.com | By Blake Stilwell
Singer Tony Bennett's stint in the U.S. Army during World War II led him to legendary entertainer Bob Hope, which inspired him to pursue a career spanning more than seven decades. Only after he announced he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease in 2021 did the crooner retire from performing live shows.
He continued to rehearse his repertoire, however, and broke the Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material, at age 95. It was just one more honor earned by a man who spent a lifetime receiving awards and accolades for his work. Bennett died on July 21, 2023, two weeks shy of his 97th birthday.
His experience in World War II not only shaped the rest of his life, it put infantry rifleman Anthony Dominick Benedetto in the spotlight as a member of Special Services, singing for the Allied troops in the trenches, sometimes literally.
"The main thing I got out of my military experience was the realization that I am completely opposed to war," Bennett wrote in his 1998 autobiography, "The Good Life." "Although I understand why this war was fought, it was a terrifying, demoralizing experience for me... life can never be the same once you've been through combat."
From the age of 15, young Tony watched as his friends and relatives were drafted into service. Bennett turned 18 in the summer of 1944, and that November, he received a draft notice of his own. He was sent to the Army, completed basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and became an infantry rifleman at Fort Robinson, Arkansas.
After his post-training furlough, he waited to hear about his next assignment. He was shipped to Le Havre, France, to become a replacement troop for units that suffered heavy casualties fighting the Germans in Europe. Bennett was sent to G Company, 7th Army, 63rd Infantry Division.
Tony Bennett in the U.S. Army, 1945. (TonyBennett.com)
Bennett's group of replacements were taking over for casualties lost during the Battle of the Bulge. He recalled his batch being awakened at 4 a.m. by none other than Gen. George S. Patton himself, shouting: "Now listen up! Forget your mothers and everything else you've ever known! You're going up to the line."
The line was a terrifying place for all the replacements. Many, Bennett wrote, had no experience in combat and some had never fired a weapon. The idea was that more experienced soldiers would help instruct the replacements, but there was no time for that.
“Snow covered the ground and the front was a front-row seat in hell,” he wrote. “It was an absolutely terrifying spectacle.”
They quickly found themselves digging foxholes in the hard ground to protect themselves from German 88-millimeter artillery. During his first night on the line, Bennett was almost killed by shrapnel from a German 88. He learned the rules for the front line quickly: "Don't move."
"Most nights, we'd be awakened by the bombs that were going off around us," Bennett wrote. "On the front line, we'd see dead soldiers, dead horses and big craters in the ground where bombs had exploded. To me, it's a joke that they make 'horror' movies about things like Dracula and Godzilla, and they make 'adventure' movies about war. War is far more horrifying than anything anyone could dream up."
Bennett's company entered Germany in March 1945, pushing the Wehrmacht back and fighting house by house to take German towns. When he was finally pulled off the line, he went with a thousand other GIs to see Bob Hope perform a USO show.
"All the GIs loved him so much for boosting our dismally low morale," wrote Bennett. "He became a big part of the reason I went into show business, because at that moment he made me realize that the greatest gift you can give anyone is a laugh or a song."
The last official mission of his regiment was the liberation of a concentration camp near the town of Landsberg, 30 miles south of the Dachau Concentration Camp. The camp was still being defended by German prisoners, but Bennett's regiment fought hard to liberate those people, even fording the treacherous Lech River.
"Many writers have recorded what it was like in the concentration camps much more eloquently than I ever could, so I won't even try to describe it," he recalls in his autobiography. "Just let me say I'll never forget the desperate faces and empty stares of the prisoners as they wandered aimlessly around the campgrounds.
"We immediately got food and water to the survivors, but they had been brutalized for so long, they couldn't believe that we were there to help them and not to kill them."
Germany eventually surrendered, then Japan. Bennett had only been in the war for four months, so he had to stay on with the occupying force.
He was transferred to Special Services to entertain the Allied troops who had to stay behind. There, he met many musicians and performers who would see similar success on stage in their postwar years.
Tony Bennett singing with a U.S. Army Band, 1945. (TonyBennett.com)
In 1946, he set sail for New York, where he was honorably discharged on Aug. 15, where the war had "changed everything in ways I couldn't explain." He was ready to get his life started again.
https://www.military.com/off-duty/music/2023/07/21/tony-bennetts-world-war-ii-experience-was-front-row-seat-hell.html?ESRC=mr_230724.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mr&utm_campaign=20230724
NYC carriage drivers leave touching note on Tony Bennett’s Central Park bench: ‘Once around the park again’
By Alyssa Guzman July 22, 2023 6:35pm Updated
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New Yorkers continue to honor legendary crooner Tony Bennett in one of his favorite city spots.
Notes and flowers appeared Saturday on the Central Park bench that bears the name of Bennett, who died Friday at age 96.
The park’s iconic carriage drivers left a touching note on the perch, slightly tweaking the lyrics to his 1953 song “Please Driver (Once Around the Park Again),” to read: “Please, Tony, once around the park again…We can’t believe you’re gone…”
“RIP, Central Park icon, Tony Bennett,” they wrote.
Tourists were seen taking pictures of the multiple bouquets and note on the bench, which is located on Center Drive near Central Park South and Sixth Avenue.
The jazz singer often visited the park and was seen in the later years of his life being pushed around the beautiful greenery in a wheelchair.
The Astoria native lived on Central Park South for 25 years.
He also would sit in the park and paint his favorite spot in watercolor.
“I have many spots I like around the park,” he told the New York Times in 2015. “I always paint nature. Nature is the boss.”
The Grammy winner said at the time that the park inspired his art, and he sketched or painted around 800 different scenes from it, from men rowing boats to taxis driving in the rain.
He would usually go to Central Park early in the morning to avoid any detection or would meet up with other friends who liked to paint.
“I live in the city, but when I enter the park I’m in the forest,” he told the outlet.
Bennett often painted as a child and even learned it in high school at the High School of Industrial Arts on the Upper East Side. Throughout high school, he would paint Central Park for homework assignments, the Times reported.
Several high-profile New Yorkers remembered the singer on Friday.
“A working-class kid from Queens, Tony Bennett, sang our song to the world. Don’t let the lyrics fool you – he left his heart right here in New York City. May he rest in peace,” Mayor Eric Adams tweeted.
“I will always be grateful for his outstanding contribution to the art of contemporary music. He was a joy to work with. His energy and enthusiasm for the material he was performing was infectious,” Long Island native Billy Joel wrote on social media with several photos of the two working together.
“He was also one of the nicest human beings I’ve ever known.”
Bennett was a regular at the Brooklyn Diner on West 57th, around the corner from his Manhattan home.
“He was the sweetest, nicest guy you’d ever want to socially spend a couple of hours with. There couldn’t be a nicer New York kind of a guy,” the restaurant’s owner Shelly Fireman told The Post.
“It’s sad for America; it’s sad for New York and we’re going to miss him a lot.”
Gerard Renny, who owned Lucky’s Bar and Grill on 57th Street and Sixth Avenue, another of Bennett’s neighborhood haunts, bought one of the singer’s works — a Las Vegas cityscape — for his then-pregnant wife.
“When he found out I bought that, one day I show up and my manager hands me an envelope and it’s an autographed photo thanking me and wishing me all the best for the baby.”
https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/nyc-carriage-drivers-leave-note-on-tony-bennetts-central-park-bench/
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Oh, no! RIP Mr. Bennett. You had a long and glorious run.
Tony Bennett dead at 96 in his hometown of New York: ‘Good Italian stock’
By Rob Bailey-Millado July 21, 2023 8:34am Updated
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Tony Bennett, the legendary pop, jazz and big-band vocalist, has died after a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 96.
Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett’s death, revealing he passed away in his hometown of New York. His official cause of death — just two weeks shy of his 97th birthday — has not yet been announced.
“I come from good Italian stock — but I’ve tried to stay fit through the years,” Bennett told me nearly 20 years ago.
At the time he was a spry 72, meeting and greeting concertgoers with swagger before a benefit performance in the blazing hot Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Ariz.
For two decades beyond that, the 20-time Grammy winner kept swinging as smoothly as ever — making history as one of the only artists to chart new albums in the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and the first three decades of the 21st century.
Anthony Dominick Bennedetto was born into a poor family of Italian immigrants living in Astoria, Queens, on Aug. 3, 1926. His father Giovanni, a grocer, died 10 years later, forcing his seamstress mother Anna Maria to find new ways to win bread amid the Great Depression.
It wasn’t long before little Tony was cashing in with his vocal chords, performing at the opening of the Triborough Bridge in 1936. The legendary baritone belter was a tender tenor way back then, and reportedly received pats on the head from Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
While attending the High School of Industrial Arts, the teen realized he wanted to be a professional singer — but also started training for his other lifelong artistic passion: Painting. (Decades later, his one-time hobby became a very classy — and lucrative — side hustle.)
He took a career hiatus to serve in World War II. After returning home, he was discovered in 1949 by Bob Hope — working with Pearl Bailey at a Greenwich Village club — and signed a deal with Columbia Records.
The 25-year-old entertainer now rechristened as Tony Bennett scored his first No. 1 hit in 1951 with “Because of You,” sparking seven decades of chart success.
Well over a half-century after it hit the charts, Bennett said he never got sick of singing his 1962 signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
But there were indeed dark times.
Bennett revealed in the 2011 book “All The Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett” that multi-pronged addictions left him broke, “drug addled” and near death.
Bennett also confessed to snorting cocaine and smoking marijuana in a “reckless effort” to forget his financial woes in the 1970s and ’80s.
“I was in a completely self-destructive tailspin. I used to take pills — uppies, downies and sleepies,” he said. “I owed something like $1.2 million, which was a fortune in those days. At least half of it was in back taxes I couldn’t afford to pay.”
But he bounced back like a pro, defying the pop culture odds to win over the “I want my MTV” generation with the help of his famously protective, career-saving new manager: Son Danny Bennett, now 69.
“I’ve always been unplugged,” Bennett quipped as he took the “MTV Unplugged” stage in 1994. His comeback recording of these interpretations of classics went on to surpass platinum (million-selling) status and won the Grammy for 1995’s Album of the Year.
Fast-forward through decades of Billboard bows and Grammy wins: One of America’s last legit living legends stayed busy promoting a 2014 duets album with Lady Gaga — and maintaining an international fine arts career.
Two years in the making, Tony and Gaga’s “Cheek to Cheek” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart and features classic covers ranging from Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” to Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady” and Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.”
Bennett revealed in February 2021 that he is suffering from a progressive, degenerative brain disease. The family told AARP that his decline began in 2016, but his battle with Alzheimer’s became seriously concerning in 2018 when he was recording “Love for Sale” with Lady Gaga.
“Life is a gift, even with Alzheimer’s,” he tweeted at the time.
The not-so-unlikely duo reunited in August 2021, mid-pandemic, for a pair of heartwarming/breaking farewell concerts at Radio City Music Hall.
The show was a celebration with an element of control: Phone cameras were not allowed. Just to be sure, attendants locked them away in security pouches as fans arrived.
But The Post was there to capture the moment.
Billed as “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga,” that cryptic title had many in the audience fretting aloud that it was the “last chance ever” to see Bennett live.
It was.
Besides being a farewell for the duo, however, it was also a time for revelations. Gaga, 36, recalled the tale of her first meeting with Bennett in a backstage dressing room: “Hi, I’m Lady Gaga,” the industry newbie said bashfully upon encountering the legend in 2011.
That’s when Bennett looked the “Fame Monster” pop provocateur and future “A Star is Born” Oscar winner in the eye and said, “I know who you are — you’re a jazz singer.”
An unabashed fan, Gaga might have summed up Bennett best in her intro to their final music video together, declaring: “Tony’s always ready.”
Bennett is survived by his wife, Susan Crow Benedetto, four children — Antonia, Danny, Dae and Joanna Bennett — and two grandchildren: Kelsey and Rémy Bennet.
The Post mined the archives for some sage advice from a survivor — in his own words.
Best job security
Bennett once said the key to his longevity is maintaining high standards: “I joined the American Theatre Wing (after fighting in World War II) and it was the best choice I ever made.” The first thing he learned: “Whether it was music or dancing or singing, they taught everybody, ‘Never compromise, only do quality.’ And now it’s all paid off.”
Best mass appeal
“In the ’50s, when I would do seven shows a day at the Paramount Theatre, by the end of the night you would have sung to everybody: The young teens, the married couples, the senior citizens. I learned that it’s always better to play to a large demographic. It’s better business and it means that you have to choose excellent songs that have a universal appeal.”
Best show of respect
Don’t phone it in: Most duet recordings are done thousands of miles apart these days, thanks to digital technology, but Bennett insisted his award-winning duets be exactly that; humans singing together in a studio.
Best survival tip
Get a hobby. Bennett said it was crucial to maintaining his sanity: “It is particularly beneficial as a performer to have another art form to pursue. Whenever I get a bit burned out from performing, which is a very gregarious activity in front of thousands of people, I can find time to be all on my own and just focus on painting, which is a more internal activity.”
Best trade secret
Listen to new voices: “Besides having the whole word enjoying [Lady Gaga] right now, she has a vast group of young people who love her, and they’ve never heard of popular jazz music, classical American music,” Bennett once told the Associated Press. “And my ambition was to do this album so they would get acquainted with that music.”
With Post wires
https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/tony-bennett-dead-at-96/.
Angelo Mozilo, ex-CEO of Countrywide and face of 2008 mortgage meltdown, dead at 84
By Reuters July 17, 2023 7:25pm Updated
Angelo Mozilo at a hearing on Capitol Hill in 2008. He had defended himself several times
against accusations that he was a key architect of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
Carrie Devorah / Wenn / Avalon
Angelo Mozilo, who propelled Countrywide Financial Corp into the largest US mortgage lender before its crash in the 2008 financial crisis, has died, his family foundation said.
Mozilo, 84, died of natural causes, the foundation said in a statement on Sunday.
He became the face of the mortgage meltdown when the subprime crisis surfaced in 2007.
He was the son of a Bronx butcher who embodied a rags-to-riches success story.
In 2006, when Mozilo was the chief of the mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, the firm originated $461 billion worth of loans — close to $41 billion of which were subprime.
Subprime loans were responsible for the global financial crisis.
The firm was later bought by Bank of America for $2.5 billion, less than 10% of what it was worth in early 2007.
Mozilo was also charged by securities regulators of insider trading and securities fraud.
Once named as one of the best chief executives in the United States, the disgraced CEO was subsequently named as the second worst US chief executive of all time by Conde Nast Portfolio.
Bloomberg earlier reported news of Mozilo’s death.
Mozilo had defended himself several times against accusations that he was a key architect of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
“Somehow, for some unknown reason, I got blamed for it,” he earlier said.
https://nypost.com/2023/07/17/angelo-mozilo-countrywide-financials-former-ceo-dead-at-84/
Rest in Peace, Elise Finch.
Back when I watched TV News, I was a big fan of hers. Lovely lady. Far more intelligent than most.
She was a beauty inside and out. Losing her so early makes me sad.
Friends, colleagues mourn sudden death of beloved CBS New York meteorologist Elise Finch
By David Propper July 17, 2023 1:58am Updated
Heartbroken colleagues and friends are mourning the loss of “gifted and consummate professional” CBS-New York meteorologist Elise Finch, who died suddenly over the weekend, just a day or two after appearing on air.
Finch, who delivered the weather forecast on channel 2 across the Big Apple starting in 2007, died at a local hospital, her employer, New York affiliate CBS station WCBS, announced Sunday evening.
She was 51. Her cause of death has not been determined.
“Elise was a gifted and consummate professional who took great care with her work,” the television station wrote in a statement announcing her death. “She was also a wonderful ambassador in the community, including her hometown of Mount Vernon.”
Finch, whose full name was Elise Dione Finch Henriques, first started out as a weekend meteorologist and most recently delivered the weather forecast on the morning news.
She was also a “fiercely loving and devoted” mother to her daughter Grace and to husband Graig Henriques, who is a WCBS photojournalist, the station said.
WCBS anchor Jessica Moore choked up with grief as she announced Finch’s death on-air Sunday. She also tweeted a heartwarming message.
“Elise was fiercely loyal to those she loved, a straight shooter, a consummate professional, and made me laugh until I cried,” Moore wrote. “But above all she was completely devoted to her family, especially her daughter Grace. I love you so much, my friend. Heaven now has an angel like no other.”
Others also remembered Finch for her kindness, top-notch talent and warm personality that shined while she told New Yorkers what the weather would be for the week.
“My heart is broken. Our team will never be the same,” tweeted WCBS anchor Chris Wragge. “No one matched musical wits better. I’ll miss you much.”
WCBS reporter Tony Aiello also remembered Finch for her love of music.
“The song of her life deserved many more verses. Her gifts were many, and so too the lives she touched,” he tweeted. “My deepest condolences to Graig and little Grace, her parents and sister, and all our CBS2 family.”
WCBS reporter Ali Bauman summed it up succinctly: “Heartbroken by the loss of our friend, colleague, and role model.”
NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams also expressed condolences over the city’s loss.
“Elise served as CBS’ meteorologist for over a decade and graced thousands of households with her genius,” she tweeted. “She will truly be missed. My prayers go to her family and friends.”
Finch was on the air as recently as Friday afternoon, delivering the forecast to thousands of New Yorkers.
“Heartbroken today with the devastating news we lost our amazing friend and colleague Elise Finch,” WCBS sportscaster Steve Overmyer tweeted.
“Her smile and positive energy always left a smile on everyone’s face.”
https://nypost.com/2023/07/17/cbs-new-york-meteorologist-elise-finch-dead-at-51/
From left, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Stockton Rush. - Obtained by CNN
In addition to Rush, who was piloting the Titan expedition, the victims include two veteran explorers and a father-son duo from a prominent Pakistani business family.
Acclaimed French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet was accompanying the mission as a content expert intimately familiar with the Titanic wreckage, according to OceanGate’s archived website.
Nargeolet served as the director of underwater research at RMS Titanic Inc., the company that holds exclusive rights to salvage artifacts from the ship. He had performed 35 dives to the wreck and oversaw the recovery of 5,000 artifacts, according to his biography on the company’s website.
The diver’s family remembered him as a beloved father and husband who “will be remembered as one of the greatest deep-sea explorers in modern history.”
“But what we will remember him most for is his big heart, his incredible sense of humor and how much he loved his family. We will miss him today and every day for the rest of our lives,” his wife and children said in a statement Thursday.
Hamish Harding, a British businessman with a remarkable resume of extreme expeditions, has participated in several record-breaking trips.
Harding was a member of a 2019 flight crew that broke the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe via both poles and in 2020 became one of the first people to dive to Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean, widely believed to be the deepest point in the world’s oceans.
The globetrotter owned the aircraft brokerage Action Aviation and was beloved by his wife and two sons, his family said in a statement.
“He was a passionate explorer – whatever the terrain – who lived his life for his family, his business and for the next adventure,” the statement said. “What he achieved in his lifetime was truly remarkable and if we can take any small consolation from this tragedy, it’s that we lost him doing what he loved.”
Pakastani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman were also among those on the Titan. Their family’s business, Dawood Hercules Corp., is one of Pakistan’s largest corporations.
“Please continue to keep the departed souls and our family in your prayers during this difficult period of mourning,” family patriarch Hussain Dawood and his wife Kulsum said in a statement Thursday.
Bill Diamond, a friend of Shahzada Dawood, told CNN Wednesday that his friend was intelligent and perpetually curious. He said he didn’t think of Shahzada Dawood as an adventurist but believes he was aware of the Titan trip’s risks.
CNN’s Oren Liebermann, Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman, Gabe Cohen, Kristina Sgueglia, Nouran Salahieh, Priscilla Alvarez, Mostafa Salem, Sofia Cox and Hira Humayun contributed to this report.
‘Hair’ and ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams dead at 71 following motorcycle accident
By Alix Breeden June 12, 2023 | 10:17pm
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Treat Williams has died. He was 71.Everett Collection / Everett Collection
Treat Williams died unexpectedly Monday following a motorcycle accident in Vermont. He was 71.
Williams’ rep, Barry McPherson, first confirmed the news to People Monday night.
“He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right [and] a car cut him off,” he said. “I’m just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented.”
“He was an actor’s actor. Filmmakers loved him. He’s been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s,” McPherson added. “He was really proud of his performance this year. He’s been so happy with the work that I got him. He’s had a balanced career.”
However, McPherson did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Shortly after his rep’s announcement, the Vermont State Police released a statement and gave further details surrounding the accident.
Authorities stated that around 4:53 p.m., “a southbound 2008 Honda Element […] attempted to turn left into a parking lot.”
The initial investigation detailed that the Element “stopped, signaled a left turn, and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams.”
However, the actor “was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle.”
“He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead,” the statement read.
Officials added that the investigation is in its early stages.
Williams’ decades-long career began with his film debut in “Deadly Hero” in 1976, which led him to accrue more than 120 film credits.
He went on play in numerous films by Steven Spielberg, including “1941,” “Prince of the City,” “Blue Bloods” and “Chesapeake Shore.”
The actor landed his first Golden Globe nomination for his role in the 1979 film “Hair,” based on the Broadway musical. He would later win a Primetime Emmy award in 1996 for his role in “The Late Shift.”
Williams is survived by his wife, Pam Van Sant, whom he married in 1988, and their two children, Gill and Elinor.
Just hours before his tragic death, the actor was enjoying his home as he tweeted a photo of his lawn with the caption, “Mowing today. Wish I could bottle the scent.”
In a separate video of someone mowing his lawn, the Vermont local said, “What a real Vermonter does.”
https://pagesix.com/2023/06/12/hair-and-evermore-actor-treat-williams-dead-at-71-following-motorcycle-accident/
‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski found dead in his jail cell at 81
By Dana Kennedy June 10, 2023 1:00pm Updated
Ted Kaczynski, who became known as the Unabomber after making 16 bombs that killed three people, has died, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson.
Kaczynski was discovered in his cell Saturday morning, officials said.
He was 81.
He had been in a maximum security facility in Colorado but was moved to a medical facility in North Carolina in December 2021 because he was in ill health.
Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber was found dead in his jail cell.
AP
Kaczynski made 16 bombs that killed three people.
AP
He went almost 20 years without being captured and is considered the most prolific bomber in American history. The explosives he made also injured two dozen victims.
Kaczynski was arrested in 1996 after his brother got suspicious and told authorities to check him out.
With Post wires
https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-found-dead-in-jail-cell/
Pat Robertson, host of the ‘700 Club’ and former presidential candidate, dead at 93
By Associated Press June 8, 2023 8:20am Updated
For over 50 years, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his “700 Club” television show.
AP
Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president, and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died.
He was 93.
Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network.
No cause was given.
Robertson’s enterprises also included Regent University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia Beach; the American Center for Law and Justice, which defends the First Amendment rights of religious people; and Operation Blessing, an international humanitarian organization.
But for more than a half-century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his “700 Club” television show, and in later years, his televised pronouncements of God’s judgment on America for everything from homosexuality to the teaching of evolution.
The money poured in as he solicited donations, his influence soared, and when he moved directly into politics by seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 1988, he brought a huge following with him.
Robertson pioneered a now-common strategy of courting Iowa’s network of evangelical Christian churches, and finished in second place in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Vice President George H.W. Bush.
At the time, Jeffrey K. Hadden, a University of Virginia sociologist, and a Robertson biographer, said Robertson’s masterstroke was insisting that three million followers across the U.S. sign petitions before he would decide to run.
The tactic gave him an army.
?He asked people to pledge that they’d work for him, pray for him and give him money,” Hadden told The Associated Press in 1988. ?Political historians may view it as one of the most ingenious things a candidate ever did.?
Robertson later endorsed Bush, who won the presidency.
The pursuit of Iowa’s evangelicals is now a ritual for Republican hopefuls, including those currently seeking the White House in 2024.
Robertson started the Christian Coalition in Chesapeake in 1989, saying it would further his campaign’s ideals.
The coalition became a major force in Republican politics in the 1990s, mobilizing conservative voters through grass-roots activities.
By the time of his resignation as the coalition’s president in 2001 — Robertson said he wanted to concentrate on ministerial work — his impact on both religion and politics in the U.S. was “enormous,” according to John C. Green, an emeritus political science professor at The University of Akron.
Many followed the path Robertson cut in religious broadcasting, Green told the AP in 2021. In American politics, Robertson helped “cement the alliance between conservative Christians and the Republican Party.”
Marion Gordon “Pat” Robertson was born March 22, 1930, in Lexington, Virginia, to Absalom Willis Robertson and Gladys Churchill Robertson. His father served for 36 years as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Virginia.
After graduating from Washington and Lee University, he served as assistant adjutant of the 1st Marine Division in Korea.
He received a law degree from Yale University Law School, but failed the bar exam and chose not to pursue a law career.
Robertson met his wife, Adelia “Dede” Elmer, at Yale in 1952.
He was a Southern Baptist, and she was a Catholic, earning a master’s in nursing.
Eighteen months later, they ran off to be married by a justice of the peace, knowing neither family would approve.
Robertson was interested in politics until he found religion, Dede Robertson told the AP in 1987.
He stunned her by pouring out their liquor, tearing a nude print off the wall, and declaring he had found the Lord.
They moved into a commune in New York City’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood because Robertson said God told him to sell all his possessions and minister to the poor.
She was tempted to return home to Ohio, “but I realized that was not what the Lord would have me do … I had promised to stay, so I did,” she told the AP.
Robertson received a master’s in divinity from New York Theological Seminary in 1959, then drove south with his family to buy a bankrupt UHF television station in Portsmouth, Va.
He said he had just $70 in his pocket, but soon found investors, and CBN went on the air on Oct. 1, 1961.
Established as a tax-exempt religious nonprofit, CBN brought in hundreds of millions, disclosing $321 million in “ministry support” in 2022 alone.
One of Robertson’s innovations was to use the secular talk-show format on the network’s flagship show, the “700 Club,” which grew out of a telethon when Robertson asked 700 viewers for monthly $10 contributions.
It was more suited to television than traditional revival meetings or church services and gained a huge audience.
“Here’s a well-educated person having sophisticated conversations with a wide variety of guests on a wide variety of topics,” said Green, the University of Akron political science professor. “It was with a religious inflection to be sure. But it was an approach that took up everyday concerns.”
His guests eventually included several U.S. presidents — Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump.
At times, his on-air pronouncements drew criticism.
He claimed that the terrorist attacks that killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, were caused by God, angered by the federal courts, pornography, abortion rights, and church-state separation.
Talking again about 9-11 on his TV show a year later, Robertson described Islam as a violent religion that wants to “dominate” and “destroy,” prompting President George W. Bush to distance himself and say Islam is a peaceful and respectful religion.
He called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2005.
Later that year, he warned residents of a rural Pennsylvania town not to be surprised if disaster struck them because they voted out school board members who favored teaching “intelligent design” over evolution.
And in 1998, he said Orlando, Florida, should beware of hurricanes after allowing the annual Gay Days event.
In 2014, he angered Kenyans when he warned that towels in Kenya could transmit AIDS. CBN issued a correction, saying Robertson “misspoke about the possibility of getting AIDS through towels.”
Robertson also could be unpredictable: In 2010, he called for ending mandatory prison sentences for marijuana possession convictions.
Two years later, he said on the “700 Club” that marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government’s war on drugs had failed.
Robertson condemned Democrats caught up in sex scandals, saying for example that President Bill Clinton turned the White House into a playpen for sexual freedom.
But he helped solidify evangelical support for Donald Trump, dismissing the candidate’s sexually predatory comments about women as an attempt “to look like he’s macho.”
After Trump took office, Robertson interviewed the president at the White House. And CBN welcomed Trump advisers, such as Kellyanne Conway, as guests.
But after Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, Robertson said Trump was living in an “alternate reality” and should “move on,” news outlets reported.
Robertson’s son, Gordon, succeeded him in December 2007 as chief executive of CBN, which is now based in Virginia Beach.
Robertson remained chairman of the network and continued to appear on the “700 Club.”
Robertson stepped down as host of the show after half a century in 2021, with his son Gordon taking over the weekday show.
Robertson also was the founder and chairman of International Family Entertainment Inc., the parent of The Family Channel’s basic cable TV network. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. bought IFE in 1997.
Regent University, where classes began in Virginia Beach in 1978, now has more than 30,000 alumni, CBN said in a statement.
Robertson wrote 15 books, including “The Turning Tide” and “The New World Order.”
His wife Dede, who was a founding board member of CBN, died last year at the age of 94.
The couple had four children, 14 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren, CBN said in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2023/06/08/pat-robertson-host-of-the-700-club-dies-at-93/
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***** New, ( UpDating ) Fallen I-Hubbers ***** Thanks, Dave/Shelly .. !!
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This board had been created by our beloved Phil (may he rest in peace and save us a beer and some BBQ) to honor those fellow I-hubbers that had passed away, but has become a venue for all to pay respects to Family, Friends and Celebrity's that have passed. Based on that spirit the Mods have agreed to keep this board for the Memories of all who go before us.
THE FATHER'S LOVE LETTER_____http://www.fathersloveletter.com/fllpreviewlarge.html
This board is dedicated to the memory of all Ihub members that have passed away. We'll see you on the other side. Please be kind regardless of your experience with those fallen members listed here. This is not the forum to take your final shot but rather a place to pay your last cyber respects.
It is particularly in memory of my first Ihub friend that passed away yesterday, 03/21/2006: az2820(Marie) http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?user=18488
Goldman's wife PMed me and advised that he passed away yesterday, 12/01/07.
Goldman450 (Rob)with his "boys"..................................In his easy chair with his Grandaughter. Notice he has the remote in his hand. A true man.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=54165 http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=24952496
investorbynight advised on 12/23/07 that JackCB had passed on. I'm not sure about the exact date he passed away: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=25515942 http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=63135 Everyone please say a prayer for his family and friends.
Vexari requested I add this poster to the list: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/profile.asp?User=800
01/07/2007________________________________________ FROM MICK , MY FAMILY TO OUR FRIENDS HERE ON IHUB. OUR DAUGHTER CATHY BORN IN CHICAGO,IL. OCTOBER 6,1961 PASSED ON DECEMBER 19, 2006 CATHY WAS BURIED ON DECEMBER 28, 2006 DUE TO A LONG TERM ILLNESS {ISLET CELL CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS}. IT IS A RARE CANCER. SHE WAS STRONGER THAN ANYONE I KNOW WITH THIS TYPE OF CANCER TO LIVE FOR OVER 7 YEARS OF PAIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND BRIAN,TWO SONS NICHOLAS AND NOAH AND THREE LOVELY GRANDCHILDREN. SEE MESSAGE #msg-16032802 FROM MOM AND DAD_____ THANX PHIL_____ Prayers For All Religion: 08/17/2007 Our Father prayer: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trepass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from EVIL. Amen HAIL MARY PRAYER: Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amoung women, and blessed is thy womb of Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen GLORY BE: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen A DAILY PRAYER FOR ALL: For those that have sometimes having difficulties in prayer. this should help those in need to pray. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for building and strengthening our church community through the works of the Holy Spirit. In your loving mercy, please provide us with priestly, ministries and chaplains that we may continue to celebrate the most Sacred Prayers together and journey in support for our families, our troops and to one and another in the Church of God. We ask this through Your Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 0817/2007 These Prayers of above are for those in jewish Belief too. i know you have been waiting for JESUS every Sabbath Day. "7th day of the week." for sometime i have study almost All Faiths. I go to motivations, Robert Schuller, did some with Normal Vincent Peele, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swagger. "Jimmy is a Sinner but God will give him his Penace One Day." When comfronted by the Pearly Gates and Paradise where Our Beliefs we go to death becomes and Our Soul returns to God.
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It is with deep and sincere regret that I report this:
One of our long time IHUB NASCAR board posters and contest member lost his wife a few weeks ago. I just found out last evening. His IHUB and TalkZilla handle is iamshazzam. (Jim)
Jim has given me permission to share the PM he sent me last night:
Sent By: iamshazzam To: Phil (Hot Rod Chevy) Date:11/14/2008 11:33:00 PM
Thanks Phil. Sad news - I lost my wife of 45 years three weeks ago. Am still in a state of shock and absolutely lost. I'll keep coming here because I feel like I'm among friends. Thanks for the invite and kindness. If you're interested in Laverne's Memorial, just visit http://dignity.mem.com/Story.aspx?ID=2679224 and feel free to leave a comment in the guest book if you want. I know Pete might like to see it too so let him know if you will. We had many many wonderful years together and I have been a very Blessed man for having had her as my lifelong companion and friend.
Again, thanks for the friendship and I'll jump in here often. Time will certainly help but will never erase the great memories.
Your friend, Jim
I'm going to post this message on our memorial board here, and I also started a TalkZilla board in her honor. Please offer your condolences to Jim.
http://cars.talkzilla.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=196
Jim PMed me a pic of his wife and asked me to add it here. It is my pleasure:
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I-Hub's * Clarity * dies (aug, 11 2009) and it was from Pancreatic Cancer.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=82317
From one of his Posts/Sayings >
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved
body,
but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn-out, shouting,
'Holy shit! What a ride!'
Screw the doctors - I'm back riding my Harley. Screw the economy, I'm living
it up.
Richard ....
I-Hub's Old Drummerman (Bill) Passes (Feb, 1 2010) after struggling with Emphysema.
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Know to many as the Music Man.
compliments of Woofer, a post of some of his favorite songs.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=46214213
Jim Lur advised that arthritis65 passed away:
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JimLur
Jim------Just wanted to let you know that I lost my best friend early Thursday a.m. He had really began to weaken due to the tumors and the chemo. He was here at home with me and died peacefully. I can truthfully say that he was ready to meet His Maker which he did. I am truly blessed to know that today he is in a much better place with no pain and sorrow. You can let his chat board friends aware of his death if you wish. I just know he truly knew you and Carol were praying for him daily. Stay in touch. Amy
Dr. Feelgood advised valleytopdog passed away:
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Notice of the passing of valleytopdog on Friday May 21, 2010
I am the brother of John (valleytopdog) who wanted me to inform this board of his passing. Some of you, I believe, met with him personally. He wanted to let you know how much he enjoyed the many exchanges that he had with many of you on this board. He was a very big believer in the NanoViricides technology and was looking for it to be commercialized during his lifetime. He had a very aggressive form of lung cancer that took him in less than a month. We got him on DCA that began to help, but it was brought too late to the battle to benefit him.
Peace
Robert
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He had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure back in December.
He will be missed.. RIP Phil my friend
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