[78-L] Will Rogers

[warren moorman]

Indeed, this was one of the first big celebrity deaths by plane crash, before 
Amelia Earhart, Buddy Holly, or 

any others. My father had been camping, and noticed that the August meteor 
showers were especially active that night. When he returned to town, he heard 
the news of Post and Rogers' deaths. It stayed with him so vividly that decades 
later (1993) I accompanied him to Barrow, Alaska to see the sight of the wreck. 
Interesting that unlike other tragedies, it didn't seem to produce many tribute 
songs.

Warren

----- Original Message ----
From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 1:30:37 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Will Rogers


That is one of those touchstone events, like the JFK assassination or when I got 
a Lawrence Welk Gennett for seven bucks and it became the talk of the swap meet. 
(well, maybe not the latter, but for ME it was...)

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:19:15 -0700
> From: jackpalmer1 at att.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Will Rogers
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> I remember the day clearly.  I was downtown and I noticed a big bulletin being 

> placed in the newspaper's front window announcing Will Rogers and Wiley Post 
> (both Oklahoma boys) had been killed in a plane crash.  I ran all the way home 

> to tell my mother.  I was ten at the time.    Jack
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> Will Rogers died 75 years ago today.
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