Tuesday, June 28, 2005
FEBRUARY....1994
The movie star, Joseph Cotton, died February 6th of cancer. I had seen him in a lot of movies as a little girl. Movies were an important diversion from the hard life of the 30’s and 40’s when we lived in Omaha. Dad loved the movies and would laugh and talk about them until we saw another one. A few of them were fondly talked about forever and we laughed each time like it was the first. He was such a wonderful story teller we didn’t care how many times we heard his stories. Dad had a good memory and knew the lines perfectly. I guess I picked that up from him…..remembering things and just how it happened, word and action. I can even remember what people were wearing in my memories……and details like worn out shoes, etc; Don’t give me a lot of credit….I don’t remember anything about the day before yesterday……..
William Conrad, TV star, died of a heart attack on the 11th at 74-years of age. The same day, Neil Bonnet was killed in trials in Florida where he had been trying to make a come-back. He had been hurt in a car-wreck the year before and had been an announcer but just couldn’t get racing out of his system. He wanted to run again but it wasn’t to be. He lost control of his car and rammed head-first into the retaining wall and he died instantly.
For entertainment we spent a lot of time watching the Olympics. It’s always a source of enjoyment to see how hard the “kids” work to make good for their countries and the thrill of winning for them. On the 18th we drove up to George’s to stay a few days. George was celebrating two nice raises and took us all to dinner while we were there. We visited friends and shopped till we dropped, watching the Olympics in the evenings. It’s always fun to go back to what used to be “home” for so many years and hit our favorite old places. We left on Monday to get back in time for work on Tuesday.
Dinah Shore died on the 24th of cancer….she would have been 77-years the next week. I remembered her best from her Dinah Shore Show for Chevrolet…… “See the USA in your Chevrolet” …she always had top notch guests and a good show, throwing a kiss to the camera at the end. We lost four very public people this month in 1994.……but that’s the way it was and will remain in the archives of the stars……..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
William Conrad, TV star, died of a heart attack on the 11th at 74-years of age. The same day, Neil Bonnet was killed in trials in Florida where he had been trying to make a come-back. He had been hurt in a car-wreck the year before and had been an announcer but just couldn’t get racing out of his system. He wanted to run again but it wasn’t to be. He lost control of his car and rammed head-first into the retaining wall and he died instantly.
For entertainment we spent a lot of time watching the Olympics. It’s always a source of enjoyment to see how hard the “kids” work to make good for their countries and the thrill of winning for them. On the 18th we drove up to George’s to stay a few days. George was celebrating two nice raises and took us all to dinner while we were there. We visited friends and shopped till we dropped, watching the Olympics in the evenings. It’s always fun to go back to what used to be “home” for so many years and hit our favorite old places. We left on Monday to get back in time for work on Tuesday.
Dinah Shore died on the 24th of cancer….she would have been 77-years the next week. I remembered her best from her Dinah Shore Show for Chevrolet…… “See the USA in your Chevrolet” …she always had top notch guests and a good show, throwing a kiss to the camera at the end. We lost four very public people this month in 1994.……but that’s the way it was and will remain in the archives of the stars……..
Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther
