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Timothy

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Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« on: July 08, 2012, 04:54:40 PM »
A 10 year Naval Veteran, Gunners Mate 1st Class Ernest Borgnine passed today at the age of 95..

Fair Winds Ernest!
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 05:31:37 PM »
Sad!

Just watched the remake of McHale's Navy last night.  Stupid movie, but it was good to see him as a part of a remake of the show he was such a large part of.
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 05:37:16 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine

Borgnine joined the United States Navy in 1935, after graduation from James Hillhouse High School[6] in New Haven, Connecticut. He was discharged in 1941, but re-enlisted when the United States entered World War II and served until 1945 (a total of ten years), reaching the rank of Gunner's Mate 1st Class. He served aboard the destroyer USS Lamberton (DD-119). His military decorations included the Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.

In a British Film Institute interview about his life and career, Borgnine said of the war:

    After World War II we wanted no more part in war. I didn't even want to be a boy-scout. I went home and said that I was through with the Navy and so now, what do we do? So I went home to mother, and after a few weeks of patting on the back and, 'You did good,' and everything else, one day she said, 'Well?' like mothers do. Which meant, 'Alright, you gonna get a job or what?' [7]

In 2004, Borgnine received the honorary rank of Chief Petty Officer from the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry D. Scott—the US Navy's highest ranking enlisted sailor at the time—for Borgnine's support of the Navy and naval families worldwide.










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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 06:12:07 PM »
You forgot the best one.

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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2012, 05:13:11 PM »
RIP Ernest Borgnine.

Thank You.

Still admire his western and military movies. Think he did a Rod Serling Twilight Zone or original Outer Limit episode also.
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2012, 09:36:11 AM »
Only one of 'The Wild Bunch' left, now..... RIP, Dutch.
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2012, 06:12:50 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on July 12, 2012, 09:36:11 AM
Only one of 'The Wild Bunch' left, now..... RIP, Dutch.

Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Bill Holden and now Borgie - who's left?
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 06:16:51 PM »
Quote from: Pathfinder on July 12, 2012, 06:12:50 PM
Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Bill Holden and now Borgie - who's left?

You forgot Robert Ryan but he's dead too!

They're all dead now, no one is left!
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 07:09:59 PM »
Ernie is one of the few "Hollywood" types who actually got better looking as he got older. 

One morning on the Fox News Show, Ernie got essentially that same compliment from Steve Doocey and responded that he had a secret, but he couldn't tell it on TV.  Doocey leaned in and said Ernie should just whisper it to him.  Of course, Ernie was wired for sound and the world heard his secret: "I masturbate frequently."

He was a good old swabbie who found his life's satisfaction in acting.  He will be missed.

RIP, Ernie.

Respectfully,
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Re: Ernest Borgnine RIP!
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2012, 07:12:02 PM »
A guy was just telling me tonight about meeting Robert Ryan in the local train station back in the 60's.
He had a camp on the lake and was sending his daughter off to college the same time my buddy and his family were sending his brother off to the service. (he did not say what branch ).
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