My apologies for skipping over that word. You're right: it does make a difference (though I was a little surprised at Rivers' death mostly because the implication I drew from my limited awareness was that she was stabilized.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Bradford <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure that also came into play. (I did say "due PARTLY to the fact...") > But the reaction of most people I know when Rivers was rushed to the > hospital was that it was all over for her whereas > their reaction to Williams' death was shock and surprise because it seemed > to come out of nowhere. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Joe Hass <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2014 1:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Rivers Late Night Requiem > > I disagree. Robin Williams was a peer to Dave. Robin Williams was > *younger* than Dave. Rivers didn't have that much of a connection with Dave > in terms of career paths, especially in her later years. I would have been > very surprised if Dave did 10 minutes on Rivers. > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Bradford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I would guess that the difference in tone between Letterman's >> statements on Rivers and Williams might be due at least partly to the fact >> that Rivers' situation was almost a given after she went into a coma in the >> hospital and Williams happened out of the blue and was a total shock even >> to many who knew him. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4015/8159 - Release Date: 09/05/14 > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
