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Post by billchemerka on Mar 18, 2010 14:10:26 GMT -5
Fess has died. His daughter phoned me.
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Post by Kevin Young on Mar 18, 2010 14:12:31 GMT -5
Oh-now that hurts!
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Post by sloanrodgers on Mar 18, 2010 14:21:10 GMT -5
Sad news.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 18, 2010 14:23:26 GMT -5
Horrible news. I am so sorry to hear it. His impact on my generation is inestimable and he will not be forgotten. RIP.
Allen
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Post by TRK on Mar 18, 2010 14:47:28 GMT -5
He lived a long, useful life. Rest in peace.
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Post by Hiram on Mar 18, 2010 14:48:22 GMT -5
The 8-year old boy inside me is very sad right now. I grew up knowing that Fess had portrayed Davy Crockett, but for my generation he was that great American trailblazer, Daniel Boone. I still have my lunch box from 1966. Two years later I spent the Christmas holdays in Santa Rosa Children's Hospital for corrective eye surgery. When I awoke in my room after the operation, my eyes were bandaged and I was feeling very alone and somewhat scared. The television set was on and I began to recognize a voice, it was the voice of Daniel Boone. The moment I heard that familiar sound I knew that I was going to be okay.
Fess Parker was truly one of the remarkable men of our time. A great ambassador for the Alamo, Texas, and this nation of ours. My prayers and condolences go out to the entire Parker family.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 18, 2010 16:16:49 GMT -5
I feel like the wind has been knocked out of me. We'll miss you, Fess. And we won't forget. Jim
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Post by cougar on Mar 18, 2010 16:36:04 GMT -5
Fess, you may have been Davy Crockett to a lot of other people. To me, you will always be Daniel Boone. Your program on Thursday nights was a quality one and sadly missed, as you will be. Thank you for your work. My thoughts and prayers to your family. Michael
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Post by glforeman on Mar 18, 2010 16:58:26 GMT -5
Farewell to the Mountains. There comes a giant of a man in one's lifetime that becomes the foundation of all that you are and believe in. Fess Parker swept me and many of us into a story that will stay with us to our last days. He did it with style, grace, and a special humility that became his trademark for everything he touched. Thanks for inspiring us on this journey, Fess. Long live the King! GLF
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Post by elcolorado on Mar 18, 2010 17:19:13 GMT -5
Fess was the one who started it all for me. His wonderful portrayal as "Davy Crockett" took me on a journey that continues today. With his passing, the world is a lesser place. There are no words in human language to adequately describe the loss we have just suffered. Thanks Fess, for being a part of my life. God bless. ~Glenn
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Mar 18, 2010 18:03:37 GMT -5
I just saw this on ABC World News .... I feel like I've lost a member of my family, even though I never had the privilege of meeting him. Still, he is so much a part of me, and is the man responsible for igniting the fire that is the Alamo in me.
Sleep well, good friend.
Paul
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Post by Wade Dillon on Mar 18, 2010 18:41:32 GMT -5
…and lit out a grinnin’ to follow the sun.
Farewell, Fess.
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Post by Herb on Mar 18, 2010 18:43:40 GMT -5
I'm sure Jim and others are thinking of his "surprise" visit to the Alamo Society Symposium a few years back. For me there were three things that struck me, 1st was he "was ... yes a big man" there aren't many men that I feel small and insignificant standing next to, Fess, not only, had that presence physically but also morally.
He was a man of grace, to put up with a bunch of 40 and 50 year old men acting like they were 8 years old and to put up with it all, with such good humor, even though he was under the weather. Finally there was something about his personality, even in such a brief moment, that left you with the sense that here was a man of honor.
It is rare for a cynical adult to meet a childhood hero and find that he lives up to your boyhood ideals.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 18, 2010 19:48:45 GMT -5
Herb,
You, Jim and Bill have told me about that amazing Symposium several times and it is one of my undying, great regrets that I missed it. It is a very special thing to find out that one of your heroes really IS a hero.
Allen
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Post by nybob on Mar 18, 2010 19:56:12 GMT -5
How ironic that Fess Parker died in March two weeks after we attended the Alamo Symposium. He was the one that first connected the Alamo for me. Fess will never die as long as i see him swinging old betsy to the end. REST IN PEACE BOB
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