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Dear Letty: My total sympathies and all hugs to you and yours. My father and I went thru the same thing with my mother a little over 3 years ago. This is the worst,most wrenching pain you will ever feel,but know beyond all doubt that your husband is now with the Source of all love.

God Bless You and Yours


P.S.: I'm glad you told us. We'd have worried if we didn't hear from you.

Dear Letty,
My deepest condolences to you and yours.
You are in my thoughts.

Oh, Letty.

I am so sorry.

Words fail me, but I have an abundance of tears. If I were there, I would kiss you. You are so dear.

I am quite sure that your husband waited until you left to go, so as not to hurt you. I've seen that happen so many times.

I am just so....sorry.

Walker Evans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 - April 10, 1975) was an American photographer made famous by his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. His work uses the large-format, dispassionate viewpoint to emphasize the plight of the American public during this period of economic unrest. He also focuses on the landscapes and architecture around him. Images like "Furniture Store Sign, Birmingham, Alabama" (1936) shows his ability for visual irony but backs it up by making a very valid social point.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended a string of schools in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, before dropping out of Williams College. After spending a year in Paris, he returned to the United States to join the edgy literary and art crowd in New York City. John Cheever and Lincoln Kirstein were among his friends. And, they held American commercialism in great disdain.

Frustrated by his efforts to become a professional writer, Evans turned to photography in 1930. His 1933 photographs in Cuba during the revolt against dictator Machado are amazing historical documentation and make points quite other than the original marxist intent [1].

In 1938 and 1939 Evans worked with and mentored Helen Levitt. In 1941 Walker Evans co-published, along with James Agee, the ground-breaking book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. It was a series of photos by Evans along with accompanying text by Agee, detailing the two's journey through the rural south during the Great Depression. Its detailed account of three farming families paints a deeply moving portrait of rural poverty.

It has been suggested that Evans provided the inspiration behind Andy Warhol's photo booth portraits, following the publication of 'Subway Portraits' in Harper's Bazaar in March 1962. Evans first experimented with the photo booth self portrait in New York in 1929, using it to detach his own artistic presence from his imagery, craving after the true objectivity of what he later described as the "ultimate purity" of the "record method".

As well as this strong documentary aspect, Evans went on to work in an abstract modernist, using the tools of both black-and-white and colour photography to cover both socio-political issues and more conceptual artistic ideas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans

Charles Bronson
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Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 - August 30, 2003) was an American actor of "tough guy" roles. In most of his roles he starred as a brutal police detective, a western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or a Mafia hitman. He was blunt, physically powerful, and had a look of danger that fitted such roles.

Early life

He was born as Charles Dennis Buchinski in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Scooptown, near Pittsburgh, one of 15 children of Polish and Lithuanian immigrants. His family was so poor that at one time he had reportedly been forced to wear his sister's dress to school because he had no other clothes.

In 1943, Bronson was drafted into the United States Army Air Corps and served as a tail gunner onboard B29 bombers.

Although Bronson was of Slavic descent, many people thought he looked like a Chicano or Mexican-American who was Mestizo (mixture of Spanish and Indian ancestry). Because of his look, Bronson sometimes played characters who were Mexican or who were part Indian.


Acting career

After the war, he decided to pursue the profession of acting, not from any love of the subject, but rather because he was impressed with the amount of money that he could potentially make in the business. During the McCarthy hearings he changed his last name to Bronson as Slavic names were suspect. One of his earliest screen appearances under his new name was as Vincent Price's henchman in 1953 horror classic House of Wax. In 1961 Bronson made an appearance with Elizabeth Montgomery in The Twilight Zone, in the episode "Two."

Although he began his career in the United States, Bronson first made a serious name for himself acting in European films. He became quite famous on that continent, and was known by two nicknames: The Italians called him "Il Brutto" ("The Ugly") and to the French he was known as "le monstre sacré," the "sacred monster." Even though he was not yet a headliner in America, his overseas fame earned him a 1971 Golden Globe as the "Most Popular Actor in the World." That same year, he wondered if he was "too masculine" to ever become a star in the US.

Bronson's most famous films include The Great Escape, (1963) in which he played Danny Velinski, a Polish prisoner of war nicknamed "The Tunnel King", and The Dirty Dozen, (1967) in which he played an Army death row convict conscripted into a World War II suicide mission. In the westerns The Magnificent Seven (1960) and the Sergio Leone epic Once Upon a Time in the West, (1968) he played heroic gunfighters, taking up the cause of the defenseless. Sergio Leone once called him "the greatest actor I ever worked with." In Hard Times (1975), he played a street fighter making his living in illegal boxing matches in Louisiana.

He is also remembered for Death Wish (1974) which spawned several sequels (also starring Bronson), In Death Wish he played a Paul Kersey, a prosperous liberal New York architect until his wife was murdered and daughter raped. He became a crime-fighting vigilante by night, a highly controversial role, as his executions were cheered by crime-weary audiences. After the famous 1984 case of Bernhard Goetz, the actor recommended that people not imitate his character.

Bronson was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1968 until her death in 1990. She was his second wife. He met her when she was still married to actor David McCallum. At the time, Bronson (who shared the screen with McCallum in The Great Escape) bluntly told McCallum: "I'm going to marry your wife." Two years later, he made good on his boast and married Jill.

Bronson died of pneumonia while suffering from Alzheimer's disease at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, California. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife Kim, four children, two stepchildren and two grandchildren. A stepson, Jason McCallum Bronson, preceded him in death after succumbing to a drug overdose in 1985. With his death, Robert Vaughn is the only survivor of the seven main stars of The Magnificent Seven.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bronson

Lulu (singer)
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Lulu (real name Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie) is a Scottish singer and songwriter most known for the 1960s international hit record "To Sir, With Love".

She was born on November 3, 1948 in Glasgow, and shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of "Shout", delivered in a raucous and extremely mature voice. Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a solo artist.

In 1966 she made her debut as a film actress in To Sir, with Love, a British vehicle for Sidney Poitier. She had a major hit with the film's title song, which shot to No. 1 in the United States. In the meantime, she continued with a thriving pop career and several television series of her own. In 1969, she represented the United Kingdom by performing the song "Boom bang-a-bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest, and was joint winner with the representatives of Spain, the Netherlands and France?-there had never been a draw before, and the rules were altered to prevent it ever happening again.

In the same year, Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a fairytale ceremony in Gerrards Cross. Their careers forced them apart, and they divorced, childless, in 1973. Lulu then married her hairdresser, John Frieda, and remained with him for twenty years until another divorce. They had one son, Jordan Frieda. She became interested in Eastern mysticism and joined Siddha Yoga Meditation.

In 1974 she performed the title song in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun.

Lulu's singing career waned, but she remained in the public eye, continuing to act. In 1987, she played Adrian Mole's mother on television, and in the 1990s she made a comeback, guesting on the cover version of the Dan Hartman song "Relight My Fire", with Take That. The single reached number one in the British charts. She also appeared as herself in an episode of the hugely popular Absolutely Fabulous.

In 2000 she was awarded an MBE by the British Government. Her 2003 autobiography is called Don't Wanna Fight No More after a hit song she wrote for Tina Turner.

In 2002 her gold album Together was a collection of duets with the likes of Elton John and Paul McCartney. In 2004 she released the album Back on Track and went on a UK-wide tour to celebrate 40 years in the business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_%28singer%29


To Sir With Love :: Lulu

Those schoolgirl days, of telling tales and biting nails are gone,
But in my mind,
I know they will still live on and on,
But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfume?
It isn't easy, but I'll try,

If you wanted the sky I would write across the sky in letters,
That would soar a thousand feet high,
To Sir, with Love

The time has come,
For closing books and long last looks must end,
And as I leave,
I know that I am leaving my best friend,
A friend who taught me right from wrong,
And weak from strong,
That's a lot to learn,
What, what can I give you in return?

If you wanted the moon I would try to make a start,
But I, would rather you let me give my heart,
To Sir, with Love

I am so sorry Letty...you are in my thoughts and prayers

Here's a sad song by Marvin Gaye, I hope fitting for today

Has any body here,
Seen my old friend Abraham,
Can you tell me, where he's gone.
He freed a lot of people,
but it seems the Good die young
I just looked around,
And he was gone.

Has anybody here,
Seen my old friend John,
Can you tell me where he's gone.
He freed a lot of people,
but it seems the good die young
I just looked around
and he was gone.

Has any body here seen my old friend Martin,
Can you tell me, where he's gone
He freed alot of people,
But it seems the good die young
I just looked around
And he was gone.

(Music peice)

Has any body here
Seen my old friend bobby.
Can you tell me
Where he's gone.
You see he freed a lot of people,
But the good they die young yeah
I just looked around
And he was gone.
Oh I just looked around
And he was gone-----------!

I am so sorry to hear the news, Letty. My thoughts are with you.

i'm not a particularily religious man, but i do love a good hymn, and nobody sang them better than johnny

I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone
Johnny Cash

When I come to the river at the ending of day
When the last winds of sorrow have blown
There'll be somebody waiting to show me the way
I won't have to cross Jordan alone
I won't have to cross Jordan alone
Jesus died all my sins to atone
In the darkness I see he'll be waiting for me
I won't have to cross Jordan alone
[ piano ]
Often times I'm weary and troubled and sad
When it seems that my friends have all flon
There is one thought that cheers me and makes my heart glad
I won't have to cross Jordan alone
I won't have to cross Jordan...
[ guitar ]
Though the billows of trouble and sorrow may sweep
Christ the Saviour will care for his own
Till the end of my journey my soul he will keep
and I won't have to cross Jordan alone
I won't have to cross Jordan...

My sincere condolences, Letty...

I think the song selections from bobsmythhawk, McTag and dj are...lovely.

Respectfully,

susan

Dear contributors.

When I have a moment, I want to read through everything. Until then, I am thinking of this:

The Chambered Nautilus

by: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main, --
The venturous bark that flings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings
In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.

Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl;
Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
And every chambered cell,
Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell,
As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell,
Before thee lies revealed, --
Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!

Year after year beheld the silent toil
That spread his lustrous coil;
Still, as the spiral grew,
He left the past year's dwelling for the new,
Stole with soft step its shining archway through,
Built up its idle door,
Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.

Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee,
Child of the wandering sea,
Cast from her lap, forlorn!
From thy dead lips a clearer note is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathèd horn!
While on mine ear it rings,
Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: --

Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!

From Letty with love

A lawyer and an engineer were fishing in the Caribbean.

The lawyer said, "I'm here because my house burned down,
and everything I owned was destroyed by the fire. The
insurance company paid for everything."

"That's quite a coincidence," said the engineer. "I'm
here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed
by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for
everything."

Looking somewhat confused, the lawyer asked, "How do you
start a flood?"

I don't get it.

Letty, A mutual friend sent me an email to let me know about your loss. Having just retunred from visiting our older son in Austin last night, this was my first chance to send my sincerest sympathies.

T. c.i.

Pssst Tico. I'll tell you but don't tell the others. The lawyer started the fire for the insurance money.

A lawyer did that? :wink:

i'd be willing to bet he had a client do it for him

Just heard from the bumbling bee of your loss. Please accept our condolences in this terrible time. Don't try to do to much for awhile and give the shock and mourning time to play themselves out. Hang in, we all know how tough you are.

Ash

Folks, you have made our cyber radio a success in that you have kept us on the air.

Bob, I always enjoy reading your bios and funny bits of humor. Thanks, Boston. Did see somewhere that it snowed in Boston today?

Dear Jane, Tico, and devri. What lovely and astute folks yawl be. Thank you so much.

dj, Soz, and McTag, the good wishes and the music was so dear. Our audience loves your choices.