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Dean Jones, ‘The Love Bug’ Star, Dies at 84
Variety ^ | 9/2/2015 | Alex Stedman

Posted on 09/02/2015 2:04:15 PM PDT by Borges

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1 posted on 09/02/2015 2:04:15 PM PDT by Borges
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A very successful career and life. RIP.


2 posted on 09/02/2015 2:06:37 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Borges

Sad to hear, Dean Jones (to my knowledge) is among those in Hollywood never touched by scandal, he was AFAIK, a clean living Christian man.

Rest in Peace.


3 posted on 09/02/2015 2:07:39 PM PDT by mkjessup (Trump is the barbarian at the RINO gate, Cruz is his 'inside man' and I LIKE it !!)
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To: Borges

I met him many years ago. He was a very nice man and I enjoyed his movies. RIP.


4 posted on 09/02/2015 2:07:56 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: Borges

I remember watching him back in my kid days. Good clean fun movies.

Thanks for the memories Dean. R.I.P.


5 posted on 09/02/2015 2:08:43 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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6 posted on 09/02/2015 2:08:51 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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7 posted on 09/02/2015 2:09:08 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Borges

Seemed like a real decent guy, RIP. I was a kid when That Darned Cat came out, liked that movie alot.


8 posted on 09/02/2015 2:09:53 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: Borges

Sad, a man who made Disney movies when Disney was...well, you know.

RIP Sir, thanks for the fond memories.


9 posted on 09/02/2015 2:10:00 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: mkjessup

Fun clean movies all.

RIP Dean


10 posted on 09/02/2015 2:10:41 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Borges

RIP

One of the old Disney staples.


11 posted on 09/02/2015 2:11:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I enjoyed many of his movies as a child. He always seemed very friendly and down to earth, just like another big actor of that time, Dick Van Dyke.


12 posted on 09/02/2015 2:11:58 PM PDT by lee martell
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Dean Jones became a devout born-again Christian in 1973–1974, before his father’s death in 1979. He had a history of suffering from depression. His wife Lory said, “One night he got down on his knees and prayed that God would free him from the miserable moods that he had always suffered. He told me that in an instant it was gone and he felt peace and joy flood into his heart.”[7] Jones has appeared in several Christian films.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Jones_%28actor%29

Blackbeard’s Ghost. Still love it today.


13 posted on 09/02/2015 2:12:10 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Borges

Good wholesome image, untarnished by corruption. I think the only “villain” role I ever saw him in was “Other Peoples’ Money.” He played a backstabbing financial officer in a struggling company who sells out his boss and long-time friend for a share of a raider’s profit.


14 posted on 09/02/2015 2:12:15 PM PDT by IronJack
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He was on Broadway in 1970 in Company. He sings Being Alive,which in on You Tube. It’s worth a look.


15 posted on 09/02/2015 2:13:46 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/septemberweb-only/deanjones.html#bmb=1


16 posted on 09/02/2015 2:14:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Trivia Fact: He was the first American citizen to line up at the window and buy some gold after FDR’s ban on Americans owning gold was repealed in 1974.

RIP.


17 posted on 09/02/2015 2:14:36 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mkjessup

I loved Dean Jones. His kind has been drummed out of Hollywood for a long time now. May he reap his reward!


18 posted on 09/02/2015 2:15:02 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Even when I cannot see him I can feel it in my bones That he's still there. Trespasser by Al Stewart)
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Amen to that FRiend.


19 posted on 09/02/2015 2:17:48 PM PDT by mkjessup (Trump is the barbarian at the RINO gate, Cruz is his 'inside man' and I LIKE it !!)
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RIP

Good, clean, American movies made by Disney for the whole family to enjoy.


20 posted on 09/02/2015 2:18:41 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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