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Bob Hope, R.I.P.
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Posted on 07/28/2003 6:09:46 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny
Bob Hope should be remembered especially for two things:
He was the greatest all-around entertainer of the 20th century. Hope could do it all--stage, screen, radio, television, sing, dance, you name it. And his comic timing and delivery were unsurpassed.
Up until his death, Bob Hope was one of the two greatest living Americans (Ronald Reagan being the other). What a patriot! What untiring service to his country!
To: EternalVigilance
Hope and Byrne?
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:48:00 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
To: autoresponder
Thanks for the Thanks for the memories
mid file !
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:48:34 AM PDT
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MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Coming Soon !: Freeper site on Comcast. Found the URL. Gotta fix it now.)
To: leadpenny
Now, there's a couple that can never be beaten: God and Hope!
To: wimpycat
"Robert Mitchum stayed married only because his wife put up with his philandering. He was notorious for that. Great actor, though, and very gracious to up-and-coming starts and film crew underlings."
He was also a combat veteran.
To: dansangel
RIP Mr. Hope.
May you be cradled in God's loving arms for all of eternity. Amen ! Thanks.
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:51:29 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Dixie Chimps! / Coming Soon !: Freeper site on Comcast. Found the URL. Gotta fix it now.)
To: dennisw
But he is perhaps best remembered for his untiring work entertaining U.S. troops overseas. It was a tour of personal duty that lasted from World War II until the first Gulf War and took him some 10 million kilometers all over the world.
Hope earned a fortune and gave generously to charity. He received so many awards he had to rent a warehouse to store them.
Born in England, Hope emigrated to the United States when he was a child. He once quipped he "was English. My family was too poor to be British." He worked at several jobs including golf caddy and boxer - joking "I've been on more canvases than Picasso" - before turning to show business.
In 1934 he married Dolores, his companion till his death. The couple adopted and raised four children.
A master of one-liners, he recently answered the question "Who would want to live to be a 100?" with "Anybody who's 99."
To honor his 100th birthday, Hollywood declared Bob Hope its citizen of the century.
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posted on
07/28/2003 9:51:57 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: Charles Henrickson
It is truly the end of an era. Bob was truly a gentleman, a role model, and a patriot.
Rest in Peace, Bob. And thanks for the memories.
To: dennisw
Not a problem! Enjoy it forever!
To: RobbyS
To: leadpenny
To: leadpenny
Thanks for the memories, Bob.
To: Lazamataz
The three great virtues are: Faith, hope, and charity--and the greatest of these is: HOPE!
To: memaw; demnomo
It isn't just you, demnomo...something must be giving the site hiccups. ;D
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07/28/2003 10:05:26 AM PDT
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hellinahandcart
("I didn't get a 'harumph!' out of you. You'd better watch your @$$...")
To: leadpenny
My all time favorite, and probably America's best loved entertainer.
He was in a class that none of today's jerks from Hollywood
can ever come close to matching.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:05:56 AM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Miss Marple
I think what was so special about the FOXNews Hope Tribute...there was no narrator...just fabulous clips...we could just watch, with great affection. I didn't know till this morning that one of Bob Hope's favorite USO sidekicks, Jerry Colonna, lost a son in World War II.
My husband had 2 Viet Nam tours...he got to see Vicki Carr..(I think he's in love with her to this day), but he didn't get to see Bob Hope. That didn't matter, we loved him, and this house never missed a Bob Hope Special.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:07:35 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
To: YaYa123
God now has a new golfing partner.
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:09:17 AM PDT
by
phil1750
(Love like you've never been hurt;Dance like nobody's watching;PRAY like it's your last prayer)
To: WestPacSailor
Seriously though, only someone who's seen him while far from home can truly appreciate the impact that man had for MILLIONS of American servicemen (and women). I never saw him live, but when I was in AFROTC field traing at Vandenberg in '71, they would show us flim clips from his shows, along with his ladies of course, to help break up long lecture classes. We weren't all that far from home, some less than others, but still for many it was the first time away from familiy for any extened period. And we definitely appreaciated both Hope and the ladies. Never thought to ask my Dad if he'd seen him during WW-II, but it's certainly possible that he, or one of my Uncles, did.
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07/28/2003 10:09:25 AM PDT
by
El Gato
To: EternalVigilance
Hell of a good review. I see he already had his act down.
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07/28/2003 10:10:43 AM PDT
by
RobbyS
To: leadpenny
![](http://domania.us/coteblanche/Hope3.jpg)
Guadalcanal, World War Two
![](http://www.warfoto.com/bh117xx.jpg)
Occupied Germany - Cold War
![](http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2000/200011216f.jpg)
Korean War
![](http://www.bobhope.com/graphics/vietnamlg.jpg)
Vietnam
![](http://www.bobhope.com/graphics/gulfwarlg.jpg)
Gulf War One
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posted on
07/28/2003 10:11:40 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic.)
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