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Friday, December 18, 2009

Politics / Sports / Celeb It's That Time of Year Again...

Posted by on Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:06 PM

The time of year when I get to thinkin' over my top three favorite things about Rosey Grier.


Three: Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men


Two:


One:

Grier served as a bodyguard for his friend, United States senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. He was guarding Ethel Kennedy, the Senator's wife, who was then expecting a child, the night that Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles in 1968. Grier and Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson heard shots fired ahead of them. Grier grabbed the gun of the assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, and jammed his finger behind the trigger, breaking Sirhan Sirhan's arm. Grier later said, "I grabbed the man's legs and dragged him onto a table. There was a guy angrily twisting the killer's legs and other angry faces coming towards him, as though they were going to tear him to pieces. I fought them off. I would not allow more violence."

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

 

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gloomy gus 1
Wow. And wasn't he half of the biracial two-headed man in that one movie too? And in a Scooby Doo once? Whatta guy.
Posted by gloomy gus on December 18, 2009 at 3:20 PM
djh 2
He was also an evangelical christian. The evil bastard. or wait is he a gender bending post racial hero.... dammit this just does not work in my binary world. I think i need to refresh my browser.
Posted by djh on December 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Betsy Ross 3
I love this song, and I love the collar on Rosie's shirt. Oh man, and a wah-wah guitar solo to boot. Yessssss.
Posted by Betsy Ross on December 18, 2009 at 4:22 PM
4
His nephew, Mike Grier, is a pro hockey player. He is perhaps the best African-American (i.e. excluding Canadians) hockey player of all-time. I don't know if he does needlepoint. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Grier
Posted by Frank Rizzo on December 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM
TVDinner 5
Oh, I'm so with you, Lindy. Rosey could teach Chuck Norris a thing or two.
Posted by TVDinner http:// on December 18, 2009 at 6:26 PM
6
I feel a little down in the dumpy.
Posted by steakhaus on December 19, 2009 at 8:02 AM

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