Hometown not rushing to honor actor Charles Bronson

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Sunday, September 07, 2003 | The Associated Press

[Willie Green]

EHRENFELD, Pa. -- The tiny hometown of movie tough guy Charles Bronson might honor him with a historical marker and a renamed street.

Then again, it might not.

Many residents of the borough of 234 people say Bronson -- born Charles Buchinsky on Nov. 3, 1921 -- rarely visited or looked up childhood friends.

[Willie Green]

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[Willie Green]

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[Clara Lou]

My reaction is "So what?" If Bronson was happy to be out of that place permanently, that's his privilege. The people of the town don't need to feel obliged to honor him, either.

[faithincowboys]

They should honor him. Not doing so reveals a petty vindictiveness. People who achieve much should be celebrated--he was an icon, and such people should be honored. To my knowledge he never acted like a narcissistic Hollywood celeb.

[MinuteGal]

Ernest Hemingway went to my high school in Oak Park, Illinois. He got out as soon as he could thereafter and vowed never to return. He didn't.

He considered this intellectually-stimulating, cultured Chicago suburb to be bourgeoise (it wasn't then, or now). Nevertheless, Oak Park considers him to be its own, and there's historical markers and tributes to him to this day.

He blew his brains out in a place far more bourgeoise than Oak Park.

Leni

[G.Mason]

"he was an icon"

Icon?

I liked Bronsons movies, like many, but if you think Charlie B. is / was an icon you've set the "icon bar" very low.

[Lady Jag]

Maybe he didn't want to go back because it's a dumb town.

A smart burg would paint the whole town with Charlie Bronson and attract MOOLA.

[mewzilla]

"They said Charlie didn't do a damn thing for this town."

Well, he got you this interview, Mr. Keller.

[cubreporter]

Agree. He did his thing and he was a good person. If the people of his town didn't think he did enough or anything for them so be it. They are not obligated to do signs, etc. and he was not obligated to do anything for the. Rest in Peace Charles Bronson. You were the REAL man.

[trane250]

Didn't another Pennsylvania-born actor, W.C. Fields, have his gravestone inscribed, "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia?"

Maybe Bronson's gravestone should be inscribed, "I went down a hole in Ehrenfeld?"

[mass55th]

Must be a borough full of Democrats. Only they would expect a war hero to do something for them after he had already put his life on the line for them previously.

[martin_fierro]

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[xsmommy]

it isn't as though Cambria county is so full of stuff to stand up and shout about that they should turn their nose up at charles bronson.