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05-28-2010, 10:40 PM
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I got the news of Jerry Garcia's death as I was getting ready to head over to Saratoga for the day's races.
It was indeed a sad day.
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05-29-2010, 07:42 AM
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In the summer of 1994 I was sent to San Fran for a meeting. The first day I was there they had an amazing free concert in tribute to Bill Graham who died two days earlier in a similar accident to Buddy and the Bopper. The Dead closed the show playing a 40 minute set that culminated in a musical eulogy that had a dozen superstars from the Bay Area performing like Bill Graham clockwork with the day ending at 4PM as the permit declared with not a single piece of litter on the grass by 6PM. About a year later Jerry was dead and the music did truly die but I'll never forget that afternoon listening to "It must have been the roses..." as thousands of rose petals fell from the sky courtesy of Mr Jagger. A million people came and went without a single arrest or reported fight or crime. How does it go so right some times....
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05-29-2010, 08:15 AM
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We were home. We had invited a few people over for a "Smarty Party". Problem was they weren't that much interested in it other than watching the 2+ minutes it took to run the race.
Prior to the race, the announcement that President Reagan had died seemed like a bad omen. I was very sad but couldn't seem to articulate how I felt because our company didn't seem to care that Smarty lost. Bill and I went outside and commiserated with one another and then returned to feed the party goers.
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05-29-2010, 08:19 AM
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It was August 2nd 1979.......just another summer day for a 15 yr.old youth in Fort Plain, until I saw the 6 o'clock news on WTEN-10 and then sportscaster; Rip Rowan announced that Thurman Munson was killed just a short time ago in a plane crash. I could not believe what I heard and was devasted. At that time in my life, I didn't have any close members of my family or friends die suddenly or could I believe that someone this young could be gone. It was a feeling that I never had until this point.
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05-29-2010, 08:47 AM
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we were in the turf club dining room at charlestown. there was ALOT of blue and white at CT that day. Smarty was the first horse mrs d. followed so she was very excited. i didn't "dislike" Smarty just played to beat him. belmont day it paid off........ finally.
i'm a Secretariat and Afleet Alex fan.
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