Red Cent Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/hugh-o%E2%80%99brian-star-of-tv%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98the-life-and-legend-of-wyatt-earp%E2%80%99-dies-at-91/ar-AAiwlWZ?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Mr. O'Brian was at the SASS convention up in Vegas several times. I remember one time when the young person at the door didn't recognize who he was and wouldn't let him in because he had forgotten his vendor badge. He was in a wheel chair. We got him in. He was a wonderful guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He will be missed. He WILL be remembered!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boulder Canyon Bob# 32052L Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Mr. O'Brian was at the SASS convention up in Vegas several times. I remember one time when the young person at the door didn't recognize who he was and wouldn't let him in because he had forgotten his vendor badge. He was in a wheel chair. We got him in. He was a wonderful guy. I remember he had a sign by his booth at the SASS Convention that said "Hugh O'brian, is he still alive"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I hope one of the cable channels has a marathon showing of his series. I would enjoy seeing him bringing law and order to the Old West once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Wyatt Earp was, not surprisingly, my favorite western growing up. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. O'Brian at EOT in Norco back in 2001 or 02. Interesting fact is that his sister, Jean was the general manager of a May Company (now Macy's) department store in Mission Viejo, California, where my wife worked as the manager of the credit department. RIP Mr. O'Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint N. Steele Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 He did all right in "The Shootist," too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 StarZWestern (Channel 523 on Comcast Cable in Denver) runs "Wyatt Earp", "Laramie", "Wanted: Dead or Alive", "Bat Masterson", "Wagon Train" and "Cheyenne".Yes, I watched Hugh O'Brien as "Wyatt Earp" as a kid. Quite an actor! RIP, Mr. O'Brien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 One of my all time favorites! RIP Mr. O'Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Payne 13115 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Another piece of my youth is gone. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spades Hanlin SASS#66204 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Yep, another of the best is gone! I still watch the show every afternoon when I'm home in time for it . Our screen and film western heroes are leaving us at a fast pace these days making me realize my own age at times. I wonder who will teach our youths the moral of the story the way most of the old western tv show heroes did for us? R.I.P. Hugh Spades H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I wonder who will teach our youths the moral of the story the way most of the old western tv show heroes did for us? Spades H. We will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 One of the Great's, R.I.P. Wyatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond S Doug Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 StarZWestern (Channel 523 on Comcast Cable in Denver) runs "Wyatt Earp", "Laramie", "Wanted: Dead or Alive", "Bat Masterson", "Wagon Train" and "Cheyenne". Yes, I watched Hugh O'Brien as "Wyatt Earp" as a kid. Quite an actor! RIP, Mr. O'Brien. Encore western 342 on Dish also runs the same ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Mr. O'Brian was at the SASS convention up in Vegas several times. I remember one time when the young person at the door didn't recognize who he was and wouldn't let him in because he had forgotten his vendor badge. He was in a wheel chair. We got him in. He was a wonderful guy. LEP, probably the very same convention I came strolling by him in hall and he asked that I might help him with luggage, which I, of course, obliged with pleasure Then, when I saw him in the convention he insisted that we have photo made. A nice, unsuspected reward from one of the greats of the B-western screen.....and such a nice guy to boot. RIP Wyatt Earp of the TV screen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackey Cole Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Crosstie if you want I'll look for the DVD of the series that he signed when I got it at the convention and loan it to you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 When I was a kid I didn't know if I wanted to be Hugh O'Brian or Clint Walker when I grew up, but one of them for sure. Either would have been fine. So long, Wyatt, and thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawyer Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 He was one of my childhood heroes! The old westerns certainly had high moral standards that are not in today's shows. RIP MR. O'BRIEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cent Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 "Hugh O'Brian who was starring as Wyatt Earp wagered $1,000 to any Hollywood actor that could beat his timed draw. In 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing Hugh O'Brian. He confirmed this story but said it was actually $5,000 and that no one ever beat him, and some did try. He also confirmed that Audie Murphy called him out, but insisted that they use live ammunition, Hugh declined the offer."http://www.cowboyfastdraw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=26"More than 375,000 high school sophomores selected by their schools have gone through his Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership organization (HOBY), which was founded "to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation.The nonprofit organization grew out of an invitation to O'Brian from Dr. Albert Schweitzer to visit the medical missionary, a 1952 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, at his hospital in Africa."http://www.military.com/off-duty/television/2016/09/06/wwii-veteran-hugh-obrian-tv-wyatt-earp-dies-91.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major BS Walker Regulator Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 He was also the last man John Wayne ever killed in the movies, The Shootest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 RIP Sr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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