Friday - Don Knotts
Saturday - Darren McGavin
and now, come to find out Dennis Weaver -- great philanthopist, environmentalist and activist -- also died on Friday.
Friday - Don Knotts
Saturday - Darren McGavin
and now, come to find out Dennis Weaver -- great philanthopist, environmentalist and activist -- also died on Friday.
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Dennis Weaver was a great man. A few years ago, I was out in S.W. Colorado and someone pointed out his house to me. It was an "earth friendly" type of home - the house was quite non-pretentious, he had alot of acreage too in the Durango to Telluride area. I felt sorry for him having to live in such a horrible place Snark.
I remember seeing a tv show that featured his house -- solar and made of old tires, if I remember correctly. He also ran an organization that fed 150,000 people a WEEK in LA, and he founded the Institute of Ecolonomics.
How far from Durango was his place, sandy? I was out there for three and half months in '96, but no one ever mentioned it. I really wish they had.
It ALWAYS happens in threes...
...and Dennis Weaver looked like a slightly taller version of my dad.
I actually waited on Dennis at 212 when he was working on a project at Chatt. State -- some Enviro-Global-Rainforest-Worldwide-Epiphany project or some such. He seemed like a nice guy.
Plus, you have to respect a guy that can ride a horse through a city street...
The loss of Don Knotts, however, is killing me...
Hi Chad, Ridgeway Colorado is where he lived. I just read about it on a site, you can see Ridgeway here. Sometimes just looking at places, makes me want to move away and live there. Enjoy.
Oh and Alice, I remember his home was made with old tires too. Awesome to know all this about Dennis Weaver. I did not realize he was so old though, thought he was 65 or so.
While certainly a fan of Knotts and McGavin for many hours of entertainment, there are two movies with Dennis Weaver that are among the best ever made - he played an oddball motel manager in the Orson Welles classic "Touch of Evil" and then in the TV-movie "Duel" by Steven Spielberg, he gave a tour-de-force one man show. And I should also mention how dang funny he was as the voice of the alcoholic elderly cowboy actor Buck McCoy in an episode of "The Simpsons". Quite a career!
Thanks for the link, Sandy. It sure is beautiful out there.
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