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Jim Horne, a Familiar Face in Ads From the 1950s, Dies at 91
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/media/25horne.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries ^
| January 24, 2009
| By BRUCE WEBER
Posted on 01/24/2009 10:34:18 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
The guy in the "Oh, no!" photo.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: awgeez; awjeez; ntsa; obituary
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To: Arthur McGowan
"Oh, no"? You mean this guy?
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01/24/2009 10:37:08 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Rastus
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:38:27 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Rastus
If it is his immortality is realized on FR.
To: eyedigress
Comparing him to the photo at the NYT, it’s safe to say it is this guy.
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:40:11 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Rastus
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:42:14 PM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 5 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Arthur McGowan
He sure has been a good addition to things here.
I hope his family gets through this time well.
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:42:23 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Who is now in charge of the "Office of the President-Elect"?)
To: Rastus
Oh no.....it's him!
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:42:30 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
Men of his generation looked like men. Now, we have sissy boys like Matt Damon.
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:44:49 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: Rastus
Aw Jeez! Thanks for the perfect expression Mr. Horne. :^)
To: null and void
Well I’ll be ......he has a place here at FR forever !!
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:47:12 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Rastus
To: Clintonfatigued; Clemenza; Impy; darkangel82; AuH2ORepublican; NewRomeTacitus; wardaddy; ...
A familiar face on FR, the “Aw, geez...” guy. He had a good long run. RIP, Mr. Horne.
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:50:16 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Arthur McGowan
From the article:
He learned the lesson of how evanescent celebrity could be without a famous name. Few, if any, of his photographs still strike a familiar chord. Well, maybe one does: a jokey shot taken in 1953 (whose rights he signed away), showing him with a sour, headachey expression of generic woe; it has been used dozens of times, even in the last decade, in ads for aspirin, tax services, hangover remedies and other stress relievers. His wife said it didn’t bother him that this was the image that survived.
“To him it was a job you did,” Mrs. Horne said. “And then you went fishing.”
Says he was a pal of Clark Gable and a decorated WWII veteran, too. The obit is well worth reading -- he had himself quite a life.
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01/24/2009 10:51:49 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(Internet Powerhouse)
To: Rastus
That’s the one. I knew someone would find it fast.
To: JennysCool
Was just ready to post what you did from the obit as well......was pals with Mickey Mantle as well.
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01/24/2009 10:54:47 PM PST
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Arthur McGowan
BTTT (Obscure yet very relevant find ping) Nice.
To: stylecouncilor
To: Jeremiah Jr
James
Horne
91
"expression of generic woe"
On so many levels ping.
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posted on
01/24/2009 10:58:05 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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