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Brudnoy, in cancer's grip, prepares for end
The Boston Globe ^ | 12/9/2004 | Brian McGrory

Posted on 12/09/2004 6:18:48 AM PST by AMDG

David Brudnoy's voice has filled the cars and kitchens of the everyday and the elite for nearly three decades, his thoughts shaping the way tens of thousands of listeners view the world beyond their doors. But yesterday, the radio talk-show host could muster little more than a raspy whisper as he confided that a rare form of untreatable cancer has overwhelmed his body, and he expects to die within days.

'I'm ready," said Brudnoy, 64, in an interview in his room at Massachusetts General Hospital, oxygen tubes in his nostrils and the light from a picture window highlighting deep caverns that have opened on his face.

''I've said innumerable prayers within [the Catholic] tradition and other traditions," he said. ''I think whatever happens I will be able to contend with it."

''I don't believe in pitchforks and harps," added the declared agnostic.

Hours later, his longtime physician, Greg Robbins, confirmed the prognosis in a separate interview, saying, ''He has a terminal condition, and it's a matter of time. How much time is not in our control. It's a matter of hours or days.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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One of the things I miss about Boston is the David Brudnoy show. Instead of being a bomb thrower ('a la Sean Hannity), David took a more cerebral approach to his show.

He will be missed.

I wish him well on his journey.

1 posted on 12/09/2004 6:18:49 AM PST by AMDG
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To: AMDG

God speed, sir.


2 posted on 12/09/2004 6:24:32 AM PST by CTpatriot
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To: AMDG

This is sad. I'll miss him a lot.


3 posted on 12/09/2004 6:26:51 AM PST by zook
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To: AMDG

He faces with his death with great courage.


4 posted on 12/09/2004 6:29:03 AM PST by xJones
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To: AMDG

I've never heard him but based on the comments of so many folks I may have to try and find an archive of one of his shows just to get a feel for what they will all miss.


5 posted on 12/09/2004 6:30:53 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: AMDG; Dataman
"I'm ready," said Brudnoy, 64, ...the declared agnostic.

A sad miscalculation, at best.

Dan
How Can I Know God?

6 posted on 12/09/2004 6:32:02 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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He did movie reviews as well. Here's a link. I just read his review of "The Incredibles" and it is a fine example of his writing and speaking style. Check it out.
7 posted on 12/09/2004 7:10:39 AM PST by Reaganesque
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If that's a fine example then I can certainly see why he will be missed.


8 posted on 12/09/2004 7:18:16 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: Bikers4Bush
I particularly love the last paragraph:

If you need a second viewing, as I did, that might be a good sign, that some of us took it for granted the first time - hey, nice movie - and required another shot of it to see how enveloped in a philosophy of, maybe we can call it, compassionate Nietzcheanism. Anyone for whom the words "all people are not identical, not equally worthy, not capable of the same achievement" chokes in the mouth will either dislike the movie or not get it. The fantasy of identical merit in all folks is lunatic, if acted upon it is a prescription for national mediocrity. Look at Old Europe's tumble so rapidly from a repository of civilization into grumpy left-behinds imagining they amount to something and that sneering at cowboy America is the same as achieving anything other than envy on a platter of, oh, snails.

Love it. Love it.

9 posted on 12/09/2004 7:23:30 AM PST by Reaganesque
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To: AMDG

God Bless Brudnoy as he prepares to meet Him.


10 posted on 12/09/2004 7:24:06 AM PST by SuziQ (W STILL the President)
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"I'm ready," said Brudnoy, 64, ...the declared agnostic.

He didn't say ready for what.

''I don't believe in pitchforks and harps," added the declared agnostic.

He's just another misled postmodern soul that thinks reality depends on whether you believe it or not. And, like the typical arrogant postmodern agnostic, he thinks he will be able to talk himself out of any situation.

11 posted on 12/09/2004 7:46:17 AM PST by Dataman
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To: Dataman

What saddens me further is the ongoing assumption here at FR that someone we like is going to Heaven, and someone we dislike is going to Hell. As if our feelings about someone entered into the criteria.

There's only one thing determines a person's eternal destiny. And that ain't it.

Dan


12 posted on 12/09/2004 8:16:59 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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That's one of the problems with religion today. They've taken to either promoting "anything goes" to focusing on the 3 G's, God, Guns and Gays and not a realistic portrayal of God.

In general people of faith are not good ambasadors of the word.

13 posted on 12/09/2004 8:50:20 AM PST by joesbucks
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He didn't say ready for what.

I'm not sure he is prepared for an accounting of his life. This is seen in this statement:

"I've been nice to people. I can't think of anything more I can do but to accept and welcome this"

I'm pretty sure, he hasn't thought about it, saying "I've been pretty nice to people" as being his justification before Almighty God. This plea will not work with Him.

The only plea is the Savior's Blood, that He died for me and I live through Him. It is the only Ark in a world gone into liquidation.

It is a tragedy to see anyone go unprepared before the Throne.

14 posted on 12/09/2004 8:52:49 AM PST by sr4402
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He died for me

Why anyone would reject His free offer is almost incomprehensible.

15 posted on 12/09/2004 8:55:09 AM PST by Dataman
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To: joesbucks
Right, isn't that silly? Actually believing what you believe? Meaning something when you say you believe Jesus, and believe in Jesus? Such offensive people!

< /s >

Dan

16 posted on 12/09/2004 8:56:04 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: SuziQ

yeah, meet him and get turned away.

Too bad cuz he sounds like a decent fellow.


17 posted on 12/09/2004 8:58:34 AM PST by wallcrawlr
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To: BibChr

Proper communication of the scripture should be a priority among the church. There has been too much focus on the "warm and fuzzy" or the three G's. There is a lot of meat inbetween those two polar opposites that is essential for faith and salvation that seems to be overlooked because if fills seats or collection plates or checks mailed to tele/radio evangelists.


18 posted on 12/09/2004 9:19:43 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: joesbucks

Amen to THAT.


19 posted on 12/09/2004 9:58:01 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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''I don't believe in pitchforks and harps," added the declared agnostic

And I don't believe in evolution and Bill Clinton.

Is that good enough?

20 posted on 12/09/2004 10:30:24 AM PST by Gritty ("What could now sustain them but the spirit of God and his grace?-Wm Bradford,Of Plymouth Plantation)
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