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Former game show host Peter Tomarken killed in SoCal plane crash
KESQ-TV Palm Springs, CA ^ | March 13, 2006 | KESQ-TV

Posted on 03/13/2006 10:26:29 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper

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1 posted on 03/13/2006 10:26:34 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper
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host of the hit 1980's game show "Press Your Luck - Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.
2 posted on 03/13/2006 10:29:32 PM PST by Panerai
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Sympathy to the family. I enjoyed Press Your Luck, we used to watch it back when we had tv.


3 posted on 03/13/2006 10:32:54 PM PST by jamily (The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know)
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Used to watch Press Your Luck every day after school when I was growing up in the 1980's.


5 posted on 03/13/2006 10:33:51 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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He was flying to transport a person who needed medical help.

They will be with the angels for at least trying to do good things.

They died during an act of charity which I find quite sad but impressive.


6 posted on 03/13/2006 10:34:43 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: STARWISE

Saw video of it on one of the Los Angeles TV stations, and it looked like it had landed on the Santa Monica beach.


7 posted on 03/13/2006 10:35:12 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper; Admin Moderator
Trying photo again ...

Thanks, Mods ..

8 posted on 03/13/2006 10:36:22 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author:)
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To: STARWISE

Thanks for adding the photo. I was trying to find a more recent photo on Google Images, but that was the one I was going to use. :)


9 posted on 03/13/2006 10:38:55 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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You're welcome. I never saw this show .. I must've been in some twilight zone period.


10 posted on 03/13/2006 10:39:57 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author:)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
One of the best game shows ever.

RIP

11 posted on 03/13/2006 10:41:19 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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They show it on Game Show Network in reruns these days. Not sure when though.


12 posted on 03/13/2006 10:48:37 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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My grandmother likes to watch Press Your Luck. She say's it's one of her favorite "quizzers" next to Jeopardy! and Wheel Of Fortune.


13 posted on 03/13/2006 10:51:17 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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I was trying to find a more recent photo on Google Images, but that was the one I was going to use. :)

This is a little more recent (but undated) photo of Peter Tomarken from the AP:


Very sad to see a man dying while try to do good. Prayers for Mr. Tomarken, his wife Abigail, and his family.

Full AP article with more info here.
14 posted on 03/13/2006 10:59:05 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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Here's Peter Tomarken's plane as the authorities were taking it out of the water:

15 posted on 03/13/2006 11:02:48 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: A CA Guy; BurbankKarl

I was impressed also that they were going to pick up a cancer patient, as reported on local news today. Although, something is missing in the story, because on the return trip a plane like that would not be able to land at UCLA Med Center; they were probably bringing the patient back to SM Airport, then transfer to a helicopter. There is a helipad at the Med Center.

I was already planning to go to Santa Monica today, when the story broke this morning. So, unintentionally, I ended up at the scene on the beach. It was slightly north of where POP pier used to be.


16 posted on 03/13/2006 11:03:26 PM PST by La Enchiladita (United we stand, divided we fall.)
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They will be with the angels for at least trying to do good things.

I understand they were on their way to an Angel Flight mission... God bless them.

17 posted on 03/13/2006 11:03:41 PM PST by bootless (Never Forget - And Never Again)
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To: conservative in nyc

At least he hadn't picked up the person he was trying to transport. Or were they trying to fly back? Anyway, if it was engine failure, better two victims than three.


18 posted on 03/13/2006 11:04:03 PM PST by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I don't know if I would put it in the same category as "Jeopardy". ;o)

But, it was THE most enjoyable game show ever produced.

Thank you for the post, sad though it is.


19 posted on 03/13/2006 11:05:50 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: conservative in nyc

He found the "Whammy".

20 posted on 03/13/2006 11:09:16 PM PST by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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