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War hero who inspired Steve McQueen role dies at 102
The Daily Telegraph ^
| 3/27/06
Posted on 03/27/2006 7:33:39 AM PST by Borges
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:33:42 AM PST
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Borges
To: Borges
Looks like he's managed to escape again.
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:35:10 AM PST
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: Borges
Steve McQueen was born 24 March, 1930. He would have been 76 just three days ago!
To: SteveMcKing
Steve McQueen was born 24 March, 1930. He would have been 76 just three days ago! My wife dated him many years ago. She used to drive him to TJ Mexico to get experimental cancer treatments (some sort of colon flushing), which of course didn´t work. It seems like he was a good guy, but had a bad ending to his short life.
To: Borges
Great Escape - classic movie.
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:42:02 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Borges
Sleep well, sir. You've earned it.
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:46:42 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Borges
I thought the Americans in "The Great Escape" were all fictional characters. I know they added Americans to the cast for the audience, but I guess maybe even they were based on real characters from elsewhere.
I just watched "Hell is for Heroes" lately and thought that maybe that was the character this guy was based on until I read farther.
Both movies are are among my favorite McQueen movies along with "Bullit" and The Blob"(filmed locally).
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:48:24 AM PST
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Borges
I tried to find his book, but it's not listed.
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posted on
03/27/2006 7:54:05 AM PST
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:01:21 AM PST
by
zek157
To: nikos1121
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:04:43 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(I was FReepin' when FReepin' wasn't cool.)
To: Borges
"That's Captain Hilts!"
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:06:11 AM PST
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: Cementjungle
That's interesting. Legend specualtes his asbestos racing jacket was what killed him, but really it could have been many things.
My favorite Steve quote that says a lot about the man:
"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth."
In case you didn't guess yet -- my name isn't "Steve McKing". That name is a re-make dedicated to Mr. McQueen!
To: Cementjungle
As I recall, he died in Mexico undergoing an experimental, double-lung transplant that was against the law in this country. Seems like it was in the mid 70s.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:11:17 AM PST
by
El Gran Salseron
(The FR Canteen's Resident Equal Opportunity Male Chauvinist Pig! :-))
To: zek157
reaching age 102 tells me that it was one heck of a strong thread!
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:13:02 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("If I were a Cuban, I'd certainly be on a raft," Isane Aparicio Busto)
To: SteveMcKing
In the 60's, an off duty fireman took a trip into the Tehachapi mountains alone and died of a heart attack. A snow storm made access to the area all but impossible. There was a large volunteer effort to locate him. Steve McQueen and some of his motorcycle riding friends came up and helped in the effort to find him. He seemed like a down to earth person.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:16:09 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Excuse me Helen, I'm answering your first accusation. - President Bush)
To: SteveMcKing
My favorite McQueen movies were Bullit, The Great Escape, and Tom Horn.
"You killed my horse, you son of a b!tch!."
The scene where he kills all the rustlers except one, and tells the last one, "Go and tell them what you saw here." has been copied multiple times, and of course, the car chase in Bullit created the modern car chase genre. Few do it as well, though.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:20:53 AM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(I like to make everyone's day a little more surreal)
To: Richard Kimball
All are great movies. I would add Nevada Smith. At the end he said to Karl Malden, "You just ain't worth killin."
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:25:00 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Excuse me Helen, I'm answering your first accusation. - President Bush)
To: El Gran Salseron
He died in Ciudad Juárez back in 1980, only 50 years old. :-(
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:27:10 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: jazusamo
Also worth noting that his 3rd wife helped him become a born-again Christian before his death.
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:29:03 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: Borges
Hand Salute...............two
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posted on
03/27/2006 8:30:23 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(We got permits, yes we DO! We got permits, how 'bout YOU?;))
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