Tsk, tsk...
People,
I, for one am NOT offended --- just very disappointed in the lack of decorum some on this list have exhibited in commenting on the passing of a famous New Jerseyan.
Perhaps, some consider me to be just a meddling, "old fogey," but Jane Wyatt and her TV husband had a profound influence on many of my generation.
I lived, at that time, in a rural area, and there were only three channels on the TV (3, 6 and 10). Life in The Pines mimiced, to some degree, the lifestyle espoused by the series "Father Knows Best." It was a time when comedians did not have to be crude, rude or "dirty" to be funny. It was a time when we took our guns to school (Hunter Safety Classes were held after school.), and readings from the Bible were not banned. We tended to hold our leaders in high esteem, and as a nation (at least, in The Pines) we held our head up high. We felt that our country, the one espoused by President Theodore Roosevelt, "walked softly, and carried a big stick." Preemptive strikes, and a few other phrases were not in the lexica of the day...
Was Jane Wyatt my "favorite actress"? Probably not. Was she my "favorite celebrity" from New Jersey? (I did not know that Jane Wyatt was born in New Jersey --- in a place called "Campgaw" --- until I read her obituary.). However, I do wish to pay my respects to a person from this State, who had a profound influence on so many of us in a kinder, gentler time; and I thought some others on this list might wish to do so, as well.
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