Tuesday Reads

 A jockey did double duty by not just riding his mount, but also acting as an outrider and catching a horse who lost its rider.

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Trump has a plan for the midterms, and it is best to be warned about it in advance.

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Obituary:  This is interesting:  Actor Jon Cypher actually spent his final years near where I live, in Central Point, Oregon.  This is where he died last Monday, August 3.  He was 94 years old and had been a successful actor in movies and especially television for many years.  I remember from years ago when he had a regular role in the soap As the World Turns.  He played Dr. Alexander Keith on the show, but he was on there more than three times.  AI is wrong here.  He played the role in 1978-1979. As I recall, he was the love interest of Valerie Conway, played by Judith McConnell.  




The Hollywood Reporter:


Cypher was a virtual unknown when he was cast as the prince alongside rising British star Andrews in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s original musical adaptation of Cinderella. The lavish production, which aired live and in color on CBS in March 1957, attracted more than 107 million viewers, with more than 60 percent of U.S. households tuning in.

Cypher, however, is probably best known for his run as the calculating, bureaucratic Daniels on Hill Street Blues. On 71 episodes of the acclaimed NBC hit from 1981-87, Daniels frequently clashed with Daniel J. Travanti’s Capt. Frank Furillo, prioritizing politics and budgets over doing the right thing.


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Jon is going to be buried today in the Ashland wilderness through one of those "compost" type burials.   He will be buried at the Willow Witt Ranch, which is located near Grizzly Peak. It is a very pretty area. You can find the link to the Forest Conservation Burial Ground site here.

It appears he lived in a retirement center at the Twin Creeks subdivision in Central Point.  At least that is what is showing in an online search.  He was married to scientist Carol Rosin since 1986.

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 Here are a few pictures I took at Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon today, including a couple of them from the historic lodge: