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Post by mariastwin on May 13, 2010 13:19:03 GMT -6
Frank James "Gary" Cooper May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961
We all remember, Mr. Cooper. We won't forget. Here's to you, and a simpler, more golden time.
As Coop said at the end of "The Real West" "By damn, wouldn't it be fun to tear it all down and start all over again!"
And, "He is gone now. What a miracle tht he existed."
To paraphrase from "Mister Roberts" "Thanks Mr. Cooper. Thanks for everything."
Mariastwin
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Post by maggiejones on May 13, 2010 13:50:32 GMT -6
Well said, thank you for this. Wouldn't it be good if we could have it start all over again. what a dream
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Post by mariastwin on Mar 17, 2011 17:57:00 GMT -6
Didn't know where to post this, but ... nearly fifty (!) years ago was the television broadcast of NBC's Project 20, The Real West, in which our beloved Gary appeared for the last time on March 20, 1961.
I saw The Real West in a classroom in 1969-70 and even at 12-13 he made an impact on me. Later in High School one of my classes ran the documentary for their history classes and I hoped the teachers wouldn't notice that I would hang back and watch again (skipped my first class to do it).
And, in May, incredible as it seems, it will be fifty years since he has been gone ...
To paraphrase something I heard once, "I was part of that." Gary Cooper might have eloquently walked out of our lives in the last frame of The Real West, but I suspect, for many of us at some point (perhaps without our even knowing just when) he just as eloquently walked into our hearts.
And we remember, still.
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Post by Coopsgirl on Mar 17, 2011 18:10:41 GMT -6
Very well said!
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Post by maggiejones on Mar 18, 2011 11:41:05 GMT -6
I second that emotion
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Post by itsadogslife on Mar 20, 2011 1:59:15 GMT -6
second that. Couldn't have it said better myself, mariastwin. Very well said!
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Post by Coopsgirl on May 13, 2011 4:45:34 GMT -6
Today marks fifty years since Gary passed away. He's been gone for half a century yet he still brings joy to countless people through his films and his fascinating life. I want to thank everyone at the site for making this such a great place for Gary fans to come together. I think he would be happy and very humbled to know that we all still appreciate him so much.
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Post by itsadogslife on May 13, 2011 5:52:34 GMT -6
I couldn't have said it better myself, Coopsgirl. Today marks fifty years since Gary passed away. He's been gone for half a century yet he still brings joy to countless people through his films and his fascinating life. You know apparently he was liked by many people so I'm sure that the thoughts - even of strangers - would make him very happy.
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Post by girlfriday on May 13, 2011 8:40:49 GMT -6
I will definitely be "spending time" with Mr. Cooper today (I'll be watching a film, to be determined), and have him in my thoughts right now. I cannot believe it's been 50 years since he passed. I regret that, having been born in the early 1980s, I never had a chance to "know" Cooper until long after he was gone.
I agree with the previous remarks--I think he would be humble-yet-happy about how beloved he remains, how respected he is among fans, and how he is still a fixture in so many minds and hearts.
They don't make 'em like they used to: R.I.P. Frank James "Gary" Cooper.
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Post by mariastwin on May 13, 2011 11:26:25 GMT -6
in 1961 it was a Saturday - reports said it was 12:27 p.m. Pacific Time - that Gary Cooper passed from this earth. It was 1974 on this date that he was moved from the cemetery in California to the one in NY (articles I have read stated that this very much upset members of the film community).
I looked up on microfilm (it was the mid-1970s) our local newspaper for the following Monday, May 15, 1961, and there was a four picture banner of Gary Cooper through the years, an article and mention that Clark Gable had just been lost in November 1960. His son John Clark just turned fifty in March, having been born four months after his father died at 60. Then, a month later Jeff Chandler died from complications of surgery at 42.
Gary is remembered. For me, "Who is that?" came from a school showing of The Real West in 1970 and I never even saw the blue eyes because that was a black and white production ...
Condolences to his daughter who I am sure is also remembering and marveling that it has been fifty years. Having lost my own significant other unexpectedly in December 2009 I can attest that the first six months are a blur, and the time up to now ... well, you can't go back, but if you could ... I know he knew he was loved.
I know Gary Cooper and his family knew he was loved and is much admired around the world ... and we miss him, still.
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Post by itsadogslife on May 14, 2011 2:31:16 GMT -6
I suppose the reason they relocated Gary was so he could be closer to his daughter. Usually they say it's not a good idea to move bones or their souls will wander restlessly. The reason for increased ghost activity. Of course some believe it, others don't.
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, mariastwin. I believe we all know how hard it is to lose people, even pets so close to our hearts. What remains and we should remember all the time are those wonderful memories we shared while we were together on planet Earth.
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Post by itsadogslife on May 16, 2011 5:18:51 GMT -6
That reminds me of something Gary used to say before his death, that the public should remember him as he used to be.
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