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A moment of silence please.

The great Mr. Charles Bronson has passed away.


In honor of him, I will have to watch the Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and the Dirty Dozen. *does the sign of the cross*


Ah the memories of being a child and 'Tough Guy Thursdays' on channel eleven and the likely possibility of seeing a Charles Bronson flick.

Date: 2003-09-01 10:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ekdogg.livejournal.com
he was good, wasn't he?

Date: 2003-09-02 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com
He was freaking terrific.
Right up there with Steve McQueen.

Date: 2003-09-02 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ekdogg.livejournal.com
they don't make dudes like that anymore...they just run for governor of cali.

Date: 2003-09-03 11:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com
Bronson had such integrity he never would have run for political office.
Steve McQueen would have said, "fuck that."

McQueen did cool things. He would demand studios buy him extra jeans (like twenty pairs) when making a film or ask for an obscene amount of money. People thought he was a greedy bastard. It turns out he took all of the stuff he acquired and the money he got and would give it to charities and to a reform school he had been in as a kid.

Now that is hip.

Date: 2003-09-03 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ekdogg.livejournal.com
and considering what the actors do nowadays...that would be nothing to demand 20 pairs of jeans..even if it was for himself.

Date: 2003-09-03 11:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gfrancie.livejournal.com
Steve McQueen was kind of a bastard in some respects, but he was a good man at heart.
I want to nominate him for saint hood.


It is insanity what people expect when they gain a little power.
I know if I was in that position I would have my mother to keep me in my place should I ever get a big head.
Nothing more frightening then a short formidable Irish/Norwegian Catholic mother pointing out how you are being a bad person.

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