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'Running Bear' singer Johnny Preston dies
KFDM-TV ^
| March 4, 2011
| Scott Lawrence
Posted on 03/04/2011 4:07:50 PM PST by EveningStar
SOUTHEAST TEXAS - A pop ballad and rock singer from Port Arthur who became known for performing the song "Running Bear" has died.
Johnny Preston Courville, 71, died at Baptist Beaumont Hospital Friday afternoon, according to his son, Scott Preston.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: johnnypreston; jprichardson; runningbear; thebigbopper
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To: Borges
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posted on
03/04/2011 4:09:06 PM PST
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EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/04/2011 4:11:13 PM PST
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ronnied
(target shooters don't raise toilet seats...)
To: EveningStar; JoeProBono; a fool in paradise
To: Revolting cat!; EveningStar
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posted on
03/04/2011 4:19:11 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
I remember hearing this song in the bar scene in the “Crime Story” pilot back in the 80’s.
Great show.
RIP Johnny
To: EveningStar; ixtl; Envisioning
That was a good song! I remember hearing that in the early seventies on AM radio while Dad drove us to a campsite somewhere, the smell of coffee, the sound of steelbelts... memories...
RIP...
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03/04/2011 4:31:04 PM PST
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waterhill
(Up the Irons!)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/04/2011 4:52:40 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: EveningStar
My Dad Loved that song. He even had his CB Handle named “Running Bear”.
To: EveningStar
I must have been in a coma back in the day.
“Running Bear” is totally unfamiliar to me.
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03/04/2011 5:20:27 PM PST
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Mears
To: EveningStar
Running Bear was featured in Steve Martin’s Silas Marner update Simple Twist of Fate.
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03/04/2011 5:33:15 PM PST
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magslinger
(What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
To: EveningStar
Jonny Preston...
RIP...
To: EveningStar
I always loved this song but never knew who sang it. RIP
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03/04/2011 6:32:57 PM PST
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Ditter
To: EveningStar
I’ve always hated that song.
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03/04/2011 7:00:27 PM PST
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Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Wanna learn humility? Become a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!)
To: Mears
I must have been in a coma back in the day. Running Bear (loved little White Dove) was played on the radio in constant rotation back in the day.
To: MamaDearest
That’s for sure. The OldPossum remembers it.
To: Ditter
And, it was written by the ‘Big Bopper’.....
To: EveningStar
RIP Johnny, my parents still walk around humming that song.
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03/04/2011 11:44:24 PM PST
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Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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