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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2003-06-12 02:53 PM




You were a giant.
When you walked onto the screen
everything seemed to be
put in proper perspective.
I can't even begin
to whisper the feeling
of how you made me feel
how you made me
believe
how you captured the essence
of the best traits
of humanity.

My hero of the big screen,
Gregory Peck,
walked off into the clouds
last night,
quietly,
with consumate dignity,
the way he did for me
when he became
Atticus Finch.

May all the mockingbirds
remember this giant,
who has moved onto
the final stage.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-12-2003 03:14 PM).]

© Copyright 2003 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
Larry C
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1 posted 2003-06-12 02:57 PM


Kacy,
It seems you always know...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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2 posted 2003-06-12 03:03 PM


This was touching Kacy. Well done.
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3 posted 2003-06-12 03:05 PM



I didn't have the news on last night.
Another hero...

oh my.

Thank you, Kacy...

you Are the poet's presence...

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4 posted 2003-06-12 03:06 PM


Larry, this man really was the good giant to me. I can barely hold back the tears as I type.
From what I read, he quietly slipped away from this realm, no fanfare, no illness...just moved on to his next stage.

Thanks Edder and Karilea.
Yes, and we also lost one of our most outstanding newsmen, David Brinkley, who was "in my home" nightly for so many years he seemed to be a permanent fixture.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-12-2003 03:08 PM).]

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5 posted 2003-06-12 04:19 PM


the voice of remembrance...

thank you for this gentle
bunch of fresh flowers
laid

kinda of weird...I had just thought of Gregory Peck a couple of weeks ago

beautiful tribute

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6 posted 2003-06-12 04:24 PM



Well, I say enough.  No more this year.  No more.

Our young people will never truly grasp how well Fonda, Cooper, Grant, Stewart, Douglas, and so many other giants of the films came into our presence during the war times, the depression, the good times...all to give us some sense of reality when all around us seemed so dark, and bleak.  They worked hard at their craft, just to make us feel better about our lives!  What actors and actresses do that today?

Ah Kacy...again, thank you.  I feel time slipping away...

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7 posted 2003-06-12 04:25 PM


enjoyed
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8 posted 2003-06-12 04:25 PM


Oh, no... I didn't know... about either of them. I saw the title and was hoping you meant something else... but my fears were realized as I read your wonderful tribute.

I grew up with Huntley and Brinkley bringing the nightly news into my home... and though To Kill a Mockingbird scared me the first time I saw it, I later counted it among my favorites... right along with Roman Holiday.

We've lost a couple of good ones.

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9 posted 2003-06-12 04:33 PM


Sunshine...so many yes..but they are of a season and it is passing...


Sad..for he was indeed a talented man with a great presence...


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10 posted 2003-06-12 06:37 PM


Kacy,  beautiful tribute...and btw...they
both were permanent fixtures in our lives.

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11 posted 2003-06-12 06:40 PM


thanks, gang
it was rough news today, hearing about losing those two giants from my childhood

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12 posted 2003-06-12 07:50 PM


Two fine gentlemen have left the stage of life. Thankyou for this. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....
                  
                       -Emily Dickinson

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13 posted 2003-06-12 08:43 PM


My hubby and I both cried watching the news clip tonight. I just can't believe this legend, this man who helped shape my thoughts on racism through Mockingbird, is gone. What a tremendous loss.

And a sad loss too of David Brinkley.

Thank you for writing this. Scout will like it.

So long old friend ....

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14 posted 2003-06-12 08:45 PM


Chris and Marti, thanks to you both, for helping to say goodbye.

Some of Love's glow left this realm today.

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15 posted 2003-06-12 09:30 PM


I will remember him for his Captain Ahab in Moby Dick.  But I think most people will remember him as you do.  Not just a good actor, a good person.  Well said.
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16 posted 2003-06-12 09:32 PM


a poetic elegy,wonderful.
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17 posted 2003-06-12 11:06 PM


Hello Kacy

Only this minute did I post a tribute poem to Gregory Peck and then I found this beautiful piece from you.  I shed a tear when I read your words as I did when I awoke to the news this morning.  He was the finest gentleman and To Kill a Mockingbird is my alltime favourite movie.  The world has lost a legend and a fine gentleman.

Take care.......Sue

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I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
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18 posted 2003-06-13 04:00 AM



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19 posted 2003-06-14 10:54 AM


Great write about a great actor.

Thanks for sharing.

Goldenrose.


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20 posted 2003-06-14 10:59 AM


Gregory Peck is, and always will be, my favorite actor.  What an incredible talent he had for reaching deep into a person's mind and bringing out wonder.  I will miss him, too.
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21 posted 2003-06-14 11:29 AM


Thanks to everyone here for your comments.
There are thousands of us out here who will miss this incredibly wonderful human.

make that millions, at least that's my guess

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (06-14-2003 11:30 AM).]

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22 posted 2003-06-15 12:39 PM


We have a whole generation of heroes fading before our eyes -- I don't know what bothers me more -- that we're losing the great ones -- or that we, somehow, have to find a way to fill their shoes?

Who will be the great statesmen and champions of our age?

Who?


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23 posted 2003-06-15 12:43 PM


very warm thoughts and memorys expressed,,,

QjQ

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24 posted 2003-06-15 08:08 AM


He was among the grandest of grand - Nicely said, MS...
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25 posted 2003-06-15 08:38 AM


thanks to each of you


And to LR: indeed, who are the new giants? It's hard to find ANYONE out here in reality land capable of withstanding the level of scrutiny public figures go through these days.
But if you look closely at the screen character of Superman, and the real man Christopher Reeve, you can still find a hero worth emulating.  And I know many people who revere Bono of U2, and there are many sports heros who manage to somehow remain untarnished. Not sure about any political heros though. Good Q. Thanks.

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26 posted 2003-06-15 09:47 AM


Thank you Kacy. Gregory Peck has a special place in my heart, as I told on icebox' post.
No there is no one like him around right now I think!
Soar high Gregory!
Love, Margherita

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Enjoyed

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