Major Richard "Dick" Winters has passed away.

Polkie2009
Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
edited January 2011 in The Clubhouse
I wasn't sure if this has already been posted, apparently he passed away last week in Pennsylvania at age 92. Hats off to a fine patriot and a true hero."Lest We Forget".
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2011
    RIP Band of Brothers, Richard Winters.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"
    "No… but I served in a company of heroes…"

    Winters' emotion made these the most memorable lines of the entire series... A fine man the likes of which we need more of... now more than ever.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, have it BR...thanks for the transfer.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    "Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"
    "No… but I served in a company of heroes…"

    Winters' emotion made these the most memorable lines of the entire series... A fine man the likes of which we need more of... now more than ever.

    +1
    RIP Mr. Winters
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited January 2011
    RIP brother. Gone ,but one will never forget.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2011
    Awesome figure of our history. We owe our freedom to people like him.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited January 2011
    R i p
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2011
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    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,712
    edited January 2011
    One of many great things about "Band of Brothers" was the casting; Damian Lewis managed to capture pretty well the character of the real Dick Winters (as shown in the BOB clips).

    RIP, Major Winters.
    Sal Palooza
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited January 2011
    What a great pic ,thanks Face:) Agreed, Damien Lewis was stellar in his role portraying Major Winters.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited January 2011
    I read about this a couple days ago, sad indeed.
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