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Reports that he is still very much alive counter sick email hoax (The Gunny R. Lee Ermey is alive!)
Some ignoramus using his Mommy's email account
| 06/01/2010
| See the source and do 20 for The Gunny while you're at it!
Posted on 06/01/2010 10:05:01 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright
It's with a heavy heart that I find myself writing this about someone I've admired for many years. Ever since "Full Metal Jacket", R. Lee Ermey emboded the image of a hard-ass Marine for most of us. He was a person whose personal life was as interesting as the characters he portrayed. Serving in the Marines from 1961-1972 as a staff seargent, he was later given the honorary rank of gunnery seargent because of his ongoing support of military personnel everywhere, and because of his gritty portrayal of Gunny Hartmann.
He had a decorated career before being medically retired in 1972 because of the numerous injuries he sustained in his years of service. Ermey's service awards can be seen here:
Ermey succumbed to complications associated with pneuomonia at 3:14 AM at his home in San Diego. His nearly sixty film appearances will continue to inspire and cement his legacy for many years to come.
Give 'em hell, Gunny!
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Technical
KEYWORDS: chainemail; chat; ermey; marines; pseudogunny; rip; rleeermey; staffsergeantermey; unsourcedemail
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Rest in Peace, Gunny. May choirs of angels sing you to your rest!
Thank you for your service in the cause of
★ FREEDOM! ★
To: Neil E. Wright
Semper Fi! Rest in Peace.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:05:51 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Neil E. Wright; SevenofNine; lainie; Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:06:05 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(*)
To: Vendome
This is sad. He was an actual conservative in Hollywood.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:07:38 PM PDT
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: Vendome
He was just here in Alabama last week. He looked fine then.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:07:55 PM PDT
by
Ecliptic
To: Neil E. Wright
What a great guy and a patriotic American.
We’ll miss him.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:08:15 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Neil E. Wright
Condolences to the family.
To: Neil E. Wright
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:08:38 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life is tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Neil E. Wright
Marines die. That’s what they are here for. But the Marine Corps will live forever, so you will live forever.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:09:09 PM PDT
by
blackd77
To: Ecliptic
Nothing in news search for him yet. and wikipedia still lists him as living...
Not that FR has never scooped wiki before.
To: Neil E. Wright
He was one of the good ones. And a big personality!
RIP
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:09:52 PM PDT
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: Neil E. Wright
Damn!
America has lost another one of her great ones.
RIP Gunny. You done good.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:11:13 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("A Republic, If You Can Keep It" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: Neil E. Wright
I don’t think he is dead.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:11:41 PM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(Obama is a victim of Affirmative Action)
To: Neil E. Wright
I am off to bed right now, but I heard this on Ar15.com last night and it was a hoax according to them. Not sure what to think.. but if its true (I just met him at the shot show this year) Godspeed Gunny! RIP
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:11:55 PM PDT
by
eXe
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Neil E. Wright
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:01 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(A pro-life democrat is one who holds out for something in return for his pro-abortion vote.)
To: ConorMacNessa; Leatherneck_MT; U S Army EOD; HiJinx
Gunny R. Lee is standing his last inspection.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:07 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; ExTexasRedhead
this sucks...
RIP and Semper Fi.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:32 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(I suffer from B.S. - Barack Syndrome!)
To: Neil E. Wright
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:34 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Neil E. Wright
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:43 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: Neil E. Wright
Wow!!! Rest in Peace Gunny and God Speed,You will be missed.
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posted on
06/01/2010 10:12:56 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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