----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Death working overtime
> > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> We have a cluster of deaths going on it seems. >> Yesterday Marvin Zindler, the famed reporter who got the Chicken >> Ranch >> shut down died of pancreatic cancer. >> Today Bill Walsh, former coach of the 49ers died from leukemia and >> Tom >> Snyder, longtime talk show host died also from leukemia. >> Another notable was Bill Robinson, a baseball player on the >> championship 79 Pirates. His cause of death is currently unknown. >> >> >> xponent >> Clusters Maru >> rob > > I got this list in an e-mail titled "the final Sunday-Monday tally": > > Bill Walsh, football coach > Bill Robinson, baseball coach and player > Ingmar Bergman, Swedish filmmaker > Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian filmmaker > Mike Reid, British actor > Michael Serrault, French actor > Ulrich Meuhe, German actor > Marvin Zindler, investigative reporter > Tom Snyder, anchorman > Jimmy "T-99" Nelson, Texas bluesman > > (If any of this stuff looks Texas-centric or Houston-centric, the > list was > compiled and sent by someone who grew up near Houston and lives near > Austin.) > I have to talk about Marvin Zindler a little. I'd feel guilty if I didn't. Marvin is/was a local Icon. Everyone here knows who Marvin Zindler is and everyone knows when to say "Slime In The Ice Machine!". Oh my wife cried during the tribute to Marvin last night. She has only lived here six years and Marvin's story was mostly new to her, but she was touched as she realized what we had lost. She had previously only known Marvin Zindler as the guy who did the "Rat and Roach Report" on TV. But he was much more than that, he was a real hero to many. When Marvin first tried to break into television news reporting he was told that he was too ugly for television. May I say that a bit louder? Marvin Was Too Ugly For Television!!!! It must have hurt to have heard those words, but I think they had an effect much greater than the intended brush off. Over the years and with some regularity Marvin would find some disfigured person and coax local hospitals and doctors to provide them with plastic surgery or prosthetics. In recent years he had gone to Iraq and brought children, victims of bombings and such, along with family members here to get free prosthetics. Pain begets compassion? People here will miss Marvin and I hope we will again see his like.......and soon. Here is a clip typical of Marvin's news reports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqlbjxznZA&mode=related&search= (Read the comments if you want to get an idea how much he was loved) More on Marvin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Zindler http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6497821 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/30/AR2007073001744.html http://digg.com/television/Marvin_Zindler_died_today You can learn to say it too!: SLIIIIIIME in the Ice Machine! xponent The Quality Of A Soul Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
