Dead at 78. :(
Holy crap I was just acting out Chris Farley's Schwarzkopf impersonation to a coworker today.
RIP Stormin' Norman :(
His last words were, "George Bush survives".
Wow.
RIP.
Nooo! :(
RIP Stormin' Norman
QuoteSchwarzkopf was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Trenton, N.J., where his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police, was then leading the investigation of the Lindbergh kidnap case. That investigation ended with the arrest and 1936 execution of German-born carpenter Richard Hauptmann for murdering famed aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son.
QuoteIn 1966 he volunteered for Vietnam and served two tours, first as a U.S. adviser to South Vietnamese paratroops and later as a battalion commander in the U.S. Army's Americal Division. He earned three Silver Stars for valor — including one for saving troops from a minefield — plus a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and three Distinguished Service Medals.
QuoteSchwarzkopf was a national spokesman for prostate cancer awareness and for Recovery of the Grizzly Bear, served on the Nature Conservancy board of governors and was active in various charities for chronically ill children.
"I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army and I'm very proud of that," he once told The Associated Press. "But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being. ... It's nice to feel that you have a purpose."
Cut from the same cloth as all great American generals are: he served with dignity, humility and true professionalism.
His autobiography is really, really good. I think I have read 3-4 times for some reason.
Do largely than life characters really die or does modern living become too small to contain them?