[ReformationFan]

The king of cool is now worshipping the King of Kings. RIP, Mr. McQueen.

[ConservativeStatement]

http://www.parade.com/celebrity/personality-parade/2013/01/20/pawn-stars-steve-mcqueen-car.html

Q: Has Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison ever kept for himself an item that has gone through his shop? —­Marlon Foltz, Lubbock, Tex.

A: Harrison, 47, who stars on the History channel series (Mondays) and runs the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, has had some special objects come his way, including a samurai sword and a Picasso. He singles out a 1951 Chevrolet convertible once owned by Steve McQueen as a favorite, but “if the price is right, I will sell anything,” he says. “It’s a business!” Indeed, that Chevy will soon be up for auction.

[yarddog]

I always liked him. He had a real rough and ready look.

My favorite was “The Sand Pebbles”.

[Cyman]

Papillon and Bullitt, oh my!

[Patriot Babe]

Exactly, here is a man whose mother abdandon him and I think his father walked away. Steve raised himself up and I believe he got right when he joined the military. Yes Steve was not in the Hollywood Crap of glitter - “Look at me! Am I just beautiful”. He rather be with his kids and enjoy racing cars and riding his bike out in the openess. There will never be another Steve. Yep Steve was the King of Cool.
That is what I so happy to hear that he gave his life to Christ about a few months before he died. A friend invited him to Church. I was elated to hear that on the day he died. The nurse came in to check up on him and he was laying there with his eyes closed. She thought he was sleeping so she tried to wake him up to no avail. The nurse stated that Steve has a slight smile to his face with his eyes closed and he was clutching the bible up to his chest and was opened to Psalm 23:4:

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

For the nurse to find him like that say alot he felt it was his last day and like you said he is now in Heaven with the Lord probably riding his golden bike =)

Steve Mc Queen riding a Honda CR250M Elsinore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXyVp7iw10Q

A litte side note: Steve was a Republican

[blueunicorn6]

Le Mans, Bullitt, The Sand Pebbles, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Magnificent Seven......he was great in all of them. I also liked him in On Any Sunday, a documentary about motorcycle riders.

[Kirkwood]

Across the room from where I’m sitting hangs a painting of Steve McQueen on a horse - his hand reaching for his pistol.

[CrazyIvan]

I helped move the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa Iowa a few years back. I'm not into celebrity worship but I got real thrill out of moving (and sitting on) “The Blob”- a ratty old Indian chopper that Steve rode to rallys.

[atc23]

[GreyFriar]

Read the full article at the link

[b9]

Love With the Proper Stranger 1963 - Natalie Wood & Steve McQueen

Taught me a lot, that film.

[Conservative4Ever]

King of Cool...my high school heart throb. Magnificent Seven is my fav. Sand Pebbles was hard on my young heart. RIP Mr. McQueen.

[MinuteGal]

Yesterday, TMC ran Ramon Novarro silents round the clock. It was a classic movie lover's dream.

Included was "Ben Hur" with the great chariot race duel between Novarro and Francis X Bushman. I wished I could have stayed up all day and all night for the parade of Novarro films including "The Pagan" and "The Student Prince of Heidelberg".

He was an excellent actor who died a horrible death.

Leni

[dfwgator]

[USS Johnston]

That is great to know (had just re-watched the epic, 'Papillion')...

More Good News....So did "The Mick," Mickey Mantle:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1462480/posts