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Post by sayne on Jul 13, 2011 9:59:06 GMT -5
Surprised no one recognized the passing of Gerald Ford since there is a Beatle connection. Yeah, not a good President, but served his country and stepped in when he was called to serve. Wonder what people 100 years from now will make of Billy Preston's 'fro in the White House. (I think it was a wig. It fell off once.)
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lowbasso
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Post by lowbasso on Jul 13, 2011 14:19:02 GMT -5
Surprised no one recognized the passing of Gerald Ford since there is a Beatle connection. Yeah, not a good President, but served his country and stepped in when he was called to serve. Wonder what people 100 years from now will make of Billy Preston's 'fro in the White House. (I think it was a wig. It fell off once.) Gerald Ford died back in 2006. If you mean recognized on this board, I wasn't on this board then, so maybe somebody did remember his Beatle connection at that time. It was his widow Betty who just recently passed away.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jul 13, 2011 16:17:30 GMT -5
Surprised no one recognized the passing of Gerald Ford since there is a Beatle connection. Yeah, not a good President, but served his country and stepped in when he was called to serve. Wonder what people 100 years from now will make of Billy Preston's 'fro in the White House. (I think it was a wig. It fell off once.) Gerald Ford died back in 2006. If you mean recognized on this board, I wasn't on this board then, so maybe somebody did remember his Beatle connection at that time. It was his widow Betty who just recently passed away. I'm glad you mentioned that lowbasso as I was thinking the same thing! ;D I can't recall if we made the connection in 2006. I think President Ford did get a little miffed when Hari and crew visited the White House as he is on film asking, "Where's Betty?" and Secret Service found Betty and Billy Preston smoking a big fat doobie in a closet right off the Oval Office and shortly Betty went away for that famous hospital stay.
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Post by brothermichael on Jul 13, 2011 16:48:53 GMT -5
Ford was also on the Warren Commission, where he mainly served as a snitch -- for the FBI, I believe. Scumbag, white-shod doofus.
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Post by sayne on Jul 13, 2011 18:49:57 GMT -5
You guys are right. I missed typed. I meant Betty Ford, of course. All the footage I've seen had the President in it, so he sort of stuck in my mind. Sorry. Hope you liked the link, though, if you haven't seen it.
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