Posted on 09/25/2017 3:47:45 PM PDT by PROCON
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:16a, NASB).
“What makes you different?” Steve asked.
“I’m a follower of Jesus Christ,” responded Sammy.”
The Christian faith of one of the most popular and highly paid 1960s-70s actors is the fulcrum on which Steve McQueen: American Icon is balanced. Greg Laurie, pastor, author, and long-time McQueen fan, narrates the engaging and entertaining documentary that is coming to select theaters this Thursday, September 28, for one night only.
Laurie was drawn to McQueen’s story largely because of many parallels in their lives – dysfunctional families (born to alcoholic mothers, never knew their fathers), abuse, abandonment, and rebellion.
“Steve was off the radar for some time near the end of his life,” Laurie said in an exclusive interview with AFA Journal. “But when the National Enquirer broke the story of his cancer in 1980, there was a lot of news coverage.”
Gangs and rebellion
McQueen spent a lot of his childhood at an uncle’s Missouri farm before his mother and stepfather brought him back to LA. The stepdad beat both Steve and his mother, and Steve hit the streets running with gangs until he was arrested. His stepdad sent him back to Missouri, but eventually, he was back on the streets of LA and out of control.
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Thanks for letting us know. I was a huge fan of Steve McQueen and as a child bought every movie magazine which featured him on the cover. I was terribly saddened at his pre-mature death. Since those days, I’ve met several actors who worked with him in the 50s as well as the 70s. All felt that drugs (and cigarettes) played a huge role in his behavior and in his health decline. He was an icon and will always be the King of Kool for me.
His wife, Ali McGraw, said he was the most patriotic person she ever knew.
Wow. Never knew this.
Steve McQueen was THE cool guy....and married to the most beautiful actress to ever come out of Hollywood, Natalie Wood.
God reels in some of the most unlikely people. The makeup of heaven is going to be quite surprising. But then again since God is Lord of everything we shouldn’t be surprised. Every knee shall bow one day.
Only married to her in the movies, my FRiend. He was married to Neil McQueen (a lady) and Ali McGraw.
I often think of what his take would be on the driverless car.
Believe he loaded asbestos onto the gunboats and that is how he came into contact with the stuff in it’s pure form. Plus the fireproof safety gear he wore as a race car driver was partly made of asbestos as well. This is a point of interest to me concerning McQueen’s life because my grandfather died in 1984 of the same type of asbestos related cancer (Grandpa was exposed to it working in petroleum refineries during the 1920s and 30s and building houses in the 1940s and 50s).
What got him was when he was in the Marines and was assigned a job on a ship that was being stripped to go to the scrap year. He was exposed to a lot of asbestos and later on he got Mesothelioma. That is what killed him.
We have tickets to see this Thursday night.
He definitely was the King of Cool.
One night only. Guess I’ll have to wait for it to show up on PBS.
Well yes, Dean Martin was the other King of Cool.
I'm 150 miles from the nearest theater so look forward to the DVD.
Thanks for that info - for some reason I’ve always thought they were married in real life.
I’ve never been a movie buff and still rarely watch - most are pure garbage. But Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood certainly embedded their images in my mind.
To this day, I believe Robert Wagner was involved in her death.
Five theaters within 10 miles of my residence.
Two within 5 miles.
Got tickets for the movie this Thursday night.
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