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Aw, jeez, Jim Horne, dead at 91
The unwanted blog ^ | 01/25/2009

Posted on 01/25/2009 7:53:55 AM PST by autumnraine

NY Times Obit:

For about 15 years beginning in the late 1940s, Mr. Horne was ubiquitous, perhaps the most widely seen male model in the country, appearing in hundreds of advertisements in magazines and newspapers, on billboards and catalog covers, in television commercials and industrial brochures. He died on Dec. 29 in Manhattan, at 91. His wife of 45 years, Francesca Marlowe Horne, said the cause was cancer, but added that he also had congestive heart failure.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Humor; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: awwjeez; jimhorne
Farewell Jim Horne.

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1 posted on 01/25/2009 7:53:56 AM PST by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

Oh No - not the “Aw Jeez” guy.....RIP.


2 posted on 01/25/2009 7:58:38 AM PST by libertarian27 (Never has so many been owed so much by so few)
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To: autumnraine
Perhaps our most oft-cited Freerepublic icon. Rest in peace, FRiend.

Kind of cool that he made it to 91, though.

3 posted on 01/25/2009 8:02:11 AM PST by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly. 2 Cor. 10:3-5)
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To: autumnraine

another freeper hero gone. :-(


4 posted on 01/25/2009 8:02:22 AM PST by Mercat (God doesn't call me to be successful. God calls me to be faithful. Mother Teresa)
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To: autumnraine

Times obit.

5 posted on 01/25/2009 8:02:36 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: autumnraine

6 posted on 01/25/2009 8:03:13 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: autumnraine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171235/posts

I mention this only because it lets me say


7 posted on 01/25/2009 8:09:00 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (This fiasco brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Man, so much for my SEARCH.

Sorry guys.


8 posted on 01/25/2009 8:09:34 AM PST by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

Fascinating. I wouldn’t even have guessed he was even still alive.

Rest well, Mr. Horne. As long as there is “this s**t” to be lamented, you will live on to help us lament it.


9 posted on 01/25/2009 8:09:46 AM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: autumnraine
Sorry guys.

No, no! It's the perfect tribute!

10 posted on 01/25/2009 8:10:39 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (This fiasco brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You are so right! It truly applies!


11 posted on 01/25/2009 8:11:38 AM PST by autumnraine
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To: autumnraine

HOLY CRAP THIS GUY WAS REAL??


12 posted on 01/25/2009 8:11:51 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The Libertarian and Constitution Parties should merge into one)
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To: autumnraine; Roscoe Karns; Charles Henrickson; Paul Heinzman; PJ-Comix

"Free at last, free at last ... thank the Almighty - free at last!"

13 posted on 01/25/2009 8:33:23 AM PST by mikrofon (RIP, Mr. Horne)
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To: Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator
RIP to Jim Horne.

I think this ought to be given prominence.

(This pic has done *so much* for Free Republic!)

14 posted on 01/25/2009 8:33:55 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: cynwoody

What a handsome man. RIP Mr. Horne.


15 posted on 01/25/2009 8:45:38 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: LottieDah

He was really good looking! I would love to know what ad that Aw Jeez look was REALLY from, does anyone know?


16 posted on 01/25/2009 9:22:43 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: autumnraine
A male model who was marred to a WOMAN for 45-years?

Oh, I guess the QUEER male models are a post-1960s phenomenon.

Rest in Peace.

17 posted on 01/25/2009 9:41:45 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: mikrofon

I wonder if he knew how popular his pic was on the internet. For some reason, I remember seeing him in ads; my father must have had some really old magazines. I wasn’t born until ‘64.


18 posted on 01/25/2009 10:00:23 AM PST by Paul Heinzman (Careful, man, there's a beverage here!)
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To: Paul Heinzman; freepertoo

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/media/25horne.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries

See the last two paragraphs.


19 posted on 01/25/2009 10:43:24 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (This fiasco brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
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