RIP: Shelby Foote

Shelby FooteShelby Foote, the the primary narrator of Ken Burns’ Civil War mini-series, died Monday night at age 88. [here]
His voice was like butter melting in a hot frying pan. I loved listening to him speak. I will miss him.
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4 responses to “RIP: Shelby Foote”

  1. Mark in Mexico Avatar

    Shelby Foote dies.In one of the greatest documentaries ever filmed, The Civil War, by Ken Burns, Foote told two stories which I will never forget. He related a telephone conversation with the granddaughter of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate General and founder of …

  2. Mark in Mexico Avatar

    Shelby Foote dies.In one of the greatest documentaries ever filmed, The Civil War, by Ken Burns, Foote told two stories which I will never forget. He related a telephone conversation with the granddaughter of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate General and founder of …

  3. david parmet Avatar

    After the Ken Burns series, the paperback editions of the Trilogy were required commuting read for every guy who wears a suit and rides a train to work, or so it seemed.
    I burned through all three in less than a year and then did a trip with a buddy to Gettysburgh to pay homage.
    What a voice, what a writer. We’ll miss him.

  4. david parmet Avatar

    I burned through all three in less than a year and then did a trip with a buddy to Gettysburgh to pay homage. What a voice, what a writer. We’ll miss him.

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