There are two types of celebrities, the very nice and the very nasty. There doesn't seem to be anything in between.
I've also heard nice things about James Arness and it's nice to know he was one of the very nice celebrities. My cousin worked for a while in an ice cream shop in the Hamptons, by the beach, and she has similar stories of the very nice and very nasty. --- On Sat, 6/4/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Mr. Dillon buys the farm > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 3:36 AM > In the 1970's I was an ER doc at > Santa Monica Hospital in Santa Monica CA. I worked 12 hour > shifts, 5 days on, 5 days > off. Arness came in one evening. We all treated him like > any other patient. We had a lot of 'Hollywood' type people > in > that ED so it was not that unusual. I did not act like he > was anything other than an ordinary person and he acted > like > an ordinary person. He was a little taller that most, but > otherwise, just a nice guy. Little did he know that I grew > up > watching Gunsmoke on black and white TV with my family. My > father was not living at that time, but I know he would be > very proud to think that his kid was Matt Dillon's doctor > if only for a few hours one evening. I have a lot of > stories > like that from my time in that ED. I loved practicing > medicine - for more than 20 years. Unfortunately the > insurance > companies and lawyers eventually took all the fun out of > it. But my hobby is programming and it turned out to be a > great > second career. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete Theisen" <[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 11:01 PM > Subject: [OT] Mr. Dillon buys the farm > > > Hi Everybody, > > http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-06-03/section/attractions/james-arness-who-cast-long-shadow-as-tvs-matt-dillon-on-gunsmoke-dies-at-88/ > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/4yt4xqe > > "James Arness, who burnished the legend of America’s epic > West as > Marshal Matt Dillon, the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City > on “Gunsmoke,” > one of the longest-running dramatic series in television > history, died > on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88." > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/03c801cc228a$13c6d210$7a00a8c0@w2k3s02 > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
