You can read Menta Sturgeon's account of his death at any of the Bible Students sites such as pastor russell.com.
If you do, contrast it with the 1975 yearbook account.
Sylvia
Who Died Today?
by blondie 19 Replies latest jw friends
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BizzyBee
Harry Houdini died on 10/31 too.
Around noon on Oct. 22, 1926, Houdini was in his dressing room at a Montreal theater. Lying on a couch, he chatted with three students from McGill University. One of them, a ruddy six-footer, asked if it was true that Houdini could take the hardest punches to his stomach.
"Would you mind if I delivered a few blows to your abdomen?" he asked.
Houdini's escapes were gut-wrenching. He had kept his little Hercules physique tuned for them by years of running, swimming and acrobatics, but he was now 52, and for more than a week he had limped through his 2-1/2 hour program in a splint and leg brace, says Silverman. His ankle had snapped during an Albany performance of the water-torture cell escape, as he was being hoisted upside-down on a pulley.
Yet he accepted the student's challenge, as he had so many others. Hovering over Houdini, elbow bent, the student began forcibly punching him in the stomach. The shots caught Houdini as he started to rise off the pillows bolstering him.
According to later sworn testimony, another student protested, "Hey there, you must be crazy. What are you doing?"
At that evening's performance, Houdini retired to his couch during intermissions in a cold sweat. After the show, he was unable to dress himself. He completed his Montreal engagement the next evening, then with his assistants caught a late-night train to begin a run in Detroit.
On board, though, he experienced severe stomach pains. He managed in the morning to reach a Detroit hotel, but for a half hour he shook with chills. Still, he was determined to go on for opening night. At curtain time, his temperature was 104. When he left the stage after act one, he fell down. He revived, gave the rest of his show, and collapsed again.
The next afternoon, Oct. 25, Houdini's appendix was removed at Grace Hospital. It had ruptured and produced peritonitis. Doctors gave him an experimental serum, and four days later operated again. But the sepsis had taken over his system.
"I can't fight anymore," he told his brother. He died at 1:26 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31.
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OnTheWayOut
Robert Goulet
10-31-2007
Famous Baritone.
I read of Robert's death YESTERDAY.
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Tyrone van leyen
Just think, if Chucky was still alive awaiting to be raptured to the heavens with the fatihful he would be only 155 years old. What faith, and great power of seeing the future through scripture. Since he died in 1916, in just 9 short years he will have been dead a mere 100 years. I think I will celebrate by wearing a Roman Toga for Halloween. Isn't that what Russel requested to be buried in?
Hmmm, not sure about that one. I better go check my pyramidology and Freemason books. One thing that sorry ass prophet couldn't predict, was how a fat ass phychopath, named Rutherford would befreind him, and directly violate his last will and testament, turning his sideshow religion, into a bloody freakshow.
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mouthy
Robert Goulet
10-31-2007
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drew sagan
I live only 30 minutes from the grave so maybe I'll go have a memorial service.
I actually swung by the grave this past weekend. I have a new HiDef camcorder and wanted to test it out. Got some nice shots. Maybe i'll put them up for you all.. -
Tyrone van leyen
That sounds like a really cool idea Drew.
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Open mind
I read of Robert's death YESTERDAY.
I stand corrected. Heard it on the radio this AM, but didn't check out written sources.
OM
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sweetstuff
Those named below as members of the Editorial Committee (subject to their acceptance) are supposed by me to be thoroughly loyal to the doctrines of the Scriptures- especially so to the doctrine of the Ransom-that there is no acceptance with God and no salvation to eternal life except through faith in Christ and obedience to His Word and its spirit.
This part really struck me, as the WTS has put Jesus on the backburner big time. He's like a sidenote to them. Yeah, yeah, its through Jesus but only Jehovah deserves acknowledgement and praise.
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Forscher
Did anyone notice that the second list of "five persons" in Russell's will included six, instead of five names? Some have postulated that to be evidence that Russell was going senile when he wrote the will. I personally think that Rutherford inserted his name before printing the list in order to bolster his credibility.
Forscher