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Hollywood lost a classic yesterday- Charles Durning passed away at 89. His song and dance as the Governor from "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is timeless- and is the perfect depiction of the American Politician. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLqKVnNpQ4s
Less well known- he landed in Normandy in the first wave of D-Day with the First ID and was a POW from the Battle of the Bulge. He won the Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts.
RIP Charles Durning.
Less well known- he landed in Normandy in the first wave of D-Day with the First ID and was a POW from the Battle of the Bulge. He won the Silver Star and 3 Purple Hearts.
He will be buried at Arlington"In later years, he refused to discuss the military service for which he was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. “Too many bad memories,” he told an interviewer in 1997. “I don’t want you to see me crying.”
RIP Charles Durning.