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Bob Hope, R.I.P.
MSNBC

Posted on 07/28/2003 6:09:46 AM PDT by leadpenny

Just Breaking.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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To: cartoonistx

God Bless, Bob. I was honored to see you on Flag Day, 1973 at the Capitol. I was just an 8 year old boy, but I was in the balcony watching you being honored by Congress.

Thank you for all you've done for this great nation.

421 posted on 07/28/2003 10:18:13 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: leadpenny
Our loss is heaven's gain. Thanks for the memories, Mr. Hope. God bless you and may your family be comforted in knowing that you were loved by many people.
422 posted on 07/28/2003 11:35:24 PM PDT by molitor (Go GOP 2004)
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To: molitor
The more I have read and heard on Bob Hope since he passed away I think the word legend is truly inadequate to describe him. Johnny Carson in a statement said he was greatest entertainer of our time. Even that may be an understatement. Nancy Reagan said he was like one of the family. I well remember Bob Hope campaigning and cracking jokes for Reagan to be elected President. It's a shame Ronald Reagan in his prime couldn't deliver the eulogy.
423 posted on 07/29/2003 12:48:03 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Flyer
Big USO show in heaven tonight!

Standing Room Only, too, I bet.

424 posted on 07/29/2003 1:28:07 AM PDT by Brandon
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To: All
Thanks for the memories, Bob.
425 posted on 07/29/2003 1:57:15 AM PDT by XHogPilot
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To: TroutStalker
Isn't it actually "thanks for the memory," singular?
426 posted on 07/29/2003 8:42:42 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: CarmelValleyite
It was brought out last night on "Larry King Live" that though Hope and Crosby worked well together, they were not socially close. It was said that Bob was shocked and most saddened that the Crosby family did not invite him to Bing's 1977 funeral.
427 posted on 07/29/2003 8:44:21 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: cartoonistx

428 posted on 07/29/2003 9:50:34 AM PDT by Hal1950
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To: Theodore R.
More Than Memories
429 posted on 07/29/2003 11:41:44 AM PDT by TroutStalker
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To: Hal1950
Great minds.....!
430 posted on 07/29/2003 12:26:26 PM PDT by cartoonistx
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To: TheBigB
You are a person of taste.
431 posted on 07/29/2003 1:47:10 PM PDT by far sider
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Goodbye Bob, thanks for the memories. Thanks for all the laughs. Thanks for the clean fun... Me and my family will miss you...
432 posted on 07/29/2003 2:56:57 PM PDT by LowOiL (Drawing a Blank on Liberal Common Sense...)
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To: man of Yosemite
Very probable, since Bob did only one show at Kadena Air Base for the entire island. In a time when we were ashamed to wear the uniform in public, Bob Hope put his life on the line for the boys in fatigues. I'll always treasure the man.

I asked my brother in law today, and he said that he was at that show. He said that he started out directing traffic, and ended up guarding the stand that the cue cards were being held up on. He seemed to remember it as if it were yesterday--he was obviously close to the stage and saw the whole show from there.

434 posted on 08/05/2003 3:38:23 PM PDT by luigi
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To: TomServo

I will never forget what he did for my moral and that of all of our troops in every war of my lifetime.

435 posted on 08/12/2003 11:11:17 AM PDT by PISANO
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