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Actor James Garner dead at 86
NYPost.com ^ | 7/20/14 | News.com.au

Posted on 07/20/2014 4:04:40 AM PDT by blueyon

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Hollywood actor James Garner, star of The Rockford Files and The Notebook has died at the age of 86, according to reports.

Garner was found dead when an ambulance arrived at his Los Angeles home around 8pm on Saturday, TMZ reports.

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To: super7man

A little trivia. He is the narrator on the Oklahoma Sooner football intro they play as the team comes on the field. Big OU fan who was born in Norman, OK. I remember a game where he was on the OU sideline and Burt Reynolds was on the Florida State sidelines.
I can watch Rockford Files all day.


81 posted on 07/20/2014 7:15:28 AM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: blueyon

I used to like his work, but after hearing him off script could not watch him. He was a very stupid man. Rest in peace.


82 posted on 07/20/2014 7:22:12 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: blueyon

Who was the tall dark stranger there
Maverick is the name
Riding the trail to who knows where
Luck is his companion
Traveling is his game
Smooth as the handle on a gun.
Maverick is the name.
Wild as the wind in Oregon,
Blowin’ up a canyon,
Easier to tame.
Riverboat, ring your bell,
Fare thee well, Annabel.
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans
Livin on jacks and queens
Maverick is a legend of the west.


83 posted on 07/20/2014 7:23:59 AM PDT by NY Cajun
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To: blueyon

At age 16, he lied about his age in order to join the Merchant Marine during the last year of World War II. After that, he decided to try living in California with his father, during which time he briefly attended Hollywood High School. But Garner didn’t finish school there, either, abandoning his classes to take a job as a model for Janzen bathing suits. “I made 25 bucks an hour!” he remembered. “That’s why I quit school. I was making more money than the teachers.”

It didn’t last long, though. In 1950, Garner became the first Oklahoman drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. Two battlefield injuries and Purple Hearts later, Garner returned to the United States. Although he never finished high school, he did earn his GED.


84 posted on 07/20/2014 7:31:46 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: blueyon

RIP Mr. Garner


85 posted on 07/20/2014 7:33:53 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: CrazyIvan

“He also did almost all of the stunt driving in his movies.”

Yes, a very accomplished stunt driver. He made popular what is now called “The Jim Rockford” maneuver. (Back up fast and spin the car around in the other direction)

A “Crazy Ivan” if you will.

He was great in “Grand Prix”. A role originally offered to Steve McQueen.


86 posted on 07/20/2014 7:36:31 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: miss marmelstein

“Stuart Margolin as Angel - hilarious!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNjv35DfSo4


87 posted on 07/20/2014 7:39:12 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: All

RIP James Garner.

Always loved the Rockford Files.

Saw a long interview with the man and he seemed like a regular guy who didn’t take himself too seriously. No matter his politics impossible not to respect his contribution to the war effort in WWII and in Korea.


88 posted on 07/20/2014 7:41:40 AM PDT by warsaw44
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To: Doctor 2Brains
He and angel together were GREAT!!!!!!!

Rockford: Sure, Angel, I'll loan you 50 bucks, even though you'd sell me out for less than 50 cents, and you never pay me back. No problem.
89 posted on 07/20/2014 7:44:21 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: blueyon

May he rest in peace. One of the great ones, and a true patriot who served in the Korean War.


90 posted on 07/20/2014 7:44:39 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: blueyon

I watched “36 Hours” last week. Actors include James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and John Banner (Sgt Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes. Check out this movie if you have not seen it.

In this psychological war-drama an Army Major is captured by the Germans during World War II. They attempt to brainwash him into believing the war is over and that he is safe in an Allied hospital, so that he will divulge Allied D-Day invasion plans.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057809/?ref_=nv_sr_1


91 posted on 07/20/2014 7:46:39 AM PDT by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: MD Expat in PA

People still use them - very artsy, now!

http://www.susannahconway.com/the-art-of-the-polaroid/


92 posted on 07/20/2014 7:50:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: blueyon






Another American legend/American treasure gone.

A real man's man- equally loved by men and women alike. A man who set an example of what it means to be a real man..a man who served his country and stayed married to the same woman for 58 years. A man who's life was untouched by scandal.

My favorites were 'Move Over Darling' (1963) with Doris Day. (a 'remake' of 'Something's Got To Give', the Marilyn Monroe/Dean Martin movie never completed due to her death), and 'Victor/Victoria' (1982) with Julie Andrews- wonderful romantic comedies.

Rest in peace, Mr. Garner. Well done.






93 posted on 07/20/2014 7:50:36 AM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: blueyon

James Scott Bumgarner was the best!

The fact he was a life long dem, is easily offset with the knowing that “in his day” dems were equally patriotic, although wrong on politics, and were not the same as the America hating socialist progressive dems who are for America’s destruction today.


94 posted on 07/20/2014 7:52:22 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: miss marmelstein

“Stuart Margolin as Angel - hilarious!”

He was great in “Kelly’s Heroes” too. See it if you haven’t.


95 posted on 07/20/2014 7:53:14 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Izzy Dunne

I figured that’s what you meant...Decent guy, yeah, that’s amazing these days...58 years.


96 posted on 07/20/2014 7:53:40 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Bush won the War in Iraq, Obozo lost the peace..and gave Iraq back to the Terrorists!)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Yep...they were definitely old school Dims. Not like the commie-lefties churned out of Hollyweird, today.

RIP, Mr Garner. Thank you for your service to our country. Thanks for the many great memories and laughs.


97 posted on 07/20/2014 7:54:13 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

One of my dad’s Korea stories was some of the days he spent in recovery beside Jim Garner after they had both been half blown to hell.


98 posted on 07/20/2014 7:54:40 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: blueyon

Truthfully, I though he died decades ago.

He had two kneecaps replaced after six or seven surgeries during Rockford, quintuple bypass surgery (which persuaded him to stop smoking 17 years later) in 1988, and a minor stroke in 2008. And finally, two months ago he had severe depression.


99 posted on 07/20/2014 7:54:48 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: wildbill

Just watched the documentary called “1” about F1 racing. Excellent archival footage from the early days especially.


100 posted on 07/20/2014 7:55:22 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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