"The Virginian" rides off
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Bob Jersey
Apr 6, 2020, 2:18:43 PM4/6/20
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James Drury, 85, did not have the c-virus. https://www.thewrap.com/james-drury-the-virginian-star-dies-at-85/ (link)
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Apr 6, 2020, 2:31:34 PM4/6/20
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James Drury was born April 18, 1934 - six days after my father was born.
My dad started smoking when he was sixteen. He stopped smoking in 1980 at age 46. He died last October from emphysema at age 85. Thirty-nine years after he stopped smoking, a CAT scan showed his lungs were still as black as coal.
Not long after Dad passed, I heard an interview with James Drury on The Carson Podcast. Drury boasted that he still smoked two packs a day - and that he started smoking at age eight. "I've been smoking for 77 years," he said.
That interview infuriated me at the time. Now I just feel sorrow for him and his family.
Rest in peace, Mr. Drury.
My dad started smoking when he was sixteen. He stopped smoking in 1980 at age 46. He died last October from emphysema at age 85. Thirty-nine years after he stopped smoking, a CAT scan showed his lungs were still as black as coal.
Not long after Dad passed, I heard an interview with James Drury on The Carson Podcast. Drury boasted that he still smoked two packs a day - and that he started smoking at age eight. "I've been smoking for 77 years," he said.
That interview infuriated me at the time. Now I just feel sorrow for him and his family.
Rest in peace, Mr. Drury.
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