twobjshelbys Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 As you may have heard James Garner passed away this week. He was 86. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/movies/james-garner-actor-dies-at-86.html?_r=1http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-james-garner-motor-racing-20140720-story.htmlI always went out of my way to watch anything he was in. It started with Maverick, a whole bunch of movies, including Stalag 17 and Grand Prix, then back to TV with the Rockford Files, and all sorts of other movies and TV shows along the way.Today I got an email (via Bondurant Racing school) of Bob's recolloction of "Jim". Bob was Garner's driving teacher for the movie. Here is a pointerhttps://www.firedrummarketing.com/public_message_view.jsp?s=c5qy0qqd5oSo long Brett Maverick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Long live Jim Rockford .... you will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Bogdanich Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 My favorite movie with Mr Garner was The Great Escape. He was part of an Era when Male Actors were actually Real Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperNC Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Garner was definitely one of the greats in all respects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 My favorite movie with Mr Garner was The Great Escape. He was part of an Era when Male Actors were actually Real Men. Well said Boris and I couldn't agree more...........RIP Jimbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grok2008 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Thanks for sharing the link to the Bondurant article on Jim Garner. It is always painful when we lose Great people that we have grown up with vicariously via TV, Movies, and Sports. Great memories, he leaves a wonderful legacy of wonderful film and TV! RIP James Garner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Ruchelski Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 And his Firebird was actually pretty cool! RIP Jimbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Jim Rockford and Clint Eastwood in my book are two of a kind and will always be my absolute favorites. The Rockford Files theme song is one of those songs that makes me feel all happy inside!!! Always has...always will. I have seen most of the Rockford reruns but never get tired of him and Rocky and Dennis. The last time that a death of an individual in the limelight affected me like this, was when we lost Tim Russert at NBC. R.I.P. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIKEBOY Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 And his Firebird was actually pretty cool! RIP Jimbo. I will now charish my 1/64 scale Hot Wheel even more so!! photo (2) by shelbybikeboy, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I will now charish my 1/64 scale Hot Wheel even more so!! photo (2) by shelbybikeboy, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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