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18th March 10, 02:24 PM
#1
RIP Fess Parker
For a guy of my age, this is REALLY sad:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/...Vzc3BhcmtlcnR2
"Davy, Davy Crockett! King of the Wild Frontier!"
Brian
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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18th March 10, 02:46 PM
#2
He had a fine, long, and interesting life.
Somewhere in my mother's house there is a picture of me in my tiny 'Davy Crockett' coonskin hat; in a box in my garage, awaiting recycling, is a bottle that only recently held wine from his vineyard.
Garrett
"Then help me for to kilt my clais..." Schir David Lindsay, Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
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18th March 10, 02:51 PM
#3
Just read this on the internet...I'm bummed 
Not listed amongst his films were two of my favorites:
"The Jayhawkers" (1959) & "Smoky" (1966).
Oh, and how could I forget "Hell is for Heroes" (1962)?! 
Last edited by BoldHighlander; 18th March 10 at 02:58 PM.
Reason: Additional thoughts.
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18th March 10, 02:56 PM
#4
My coonskin cap went away decades ago, however, the memories are still there. He had a long and good life.
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Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
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18th March 10, 03:05 PM
#5
I'll wear my 'coonskin sporran in honor of him.
--dbh
When given a choice, most people will choose.
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18th March 10, 03:51 PM
#6
Just saw it on the news. Very sad indeed.
I was at the Alamo a week ago tomorrow and whenever anyone mentioned Davy Crockett, I first thought of Fess Parker.
For me, Fess was always Davy Crockett, never Daniel Boone, though I remember him well from "Old Yeller".
Virginia Commissioner, Elliot Clan Society, USA
Adjutant, 1745 Appin Stewart Regiment
Scottish-American Military Society
US Marine (1970-1999)
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18th March 10, 03:55 PM
#7
you won't believe this, but his TV wife from daniel boone lives on my street here in so. jersey...
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18th March 10, 04:19 PM
#8
For a guy of my age, this is REALLY sad:
He was one of the reasons that muzzle loading, historical reenacting, and buckskining developed.
He will always be Davy Crockett to a generation of kids
"Be sure you're right and then go ahead"
I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"
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18th March 10, 05:00 PM
#9
He was Daniel Boone to me.... as a kid, I really enjoyed that series..
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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18th March 10, 05:57 PM
#10
I vividly remember owning a coonskin cap and watching him every week.
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