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Dan Blocker poses for a photograph dressed as his Bonanza character, March 1, 1968. (Department of Defense)
On the TV show “Bonanza,” Dan Blocker played the large but affable Eric “Hoss” Cartwright. At 6’4” and 320 pounds, and by all accounts “the most likable cast member” on the show, Blocker fit the part perfectly.
But less than a decade before the show debuted on NBC, some North Korean soldiers near Hill 223 were watching a very different man. They saw 1st Sgt. Blocker, who was defending the area along with other members of the “Thunderbirds” of the famed 45th Infantry Division.
Blocker was always a big, soft-hearted guy. He was a star football player in his native Texas during his college years. After finishing a master’s degree in drama in 1950, he was drafted into the Army and was fighting in Korea the next year.
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For almost a year, Susie Scott hasn t been able to volunteer or see her children without a mask for longer than five minutes. That human touch is, I don t care who you are, everybody needs that, said Scott.
Scott, a resident of Albany County, is over 70 and has an underlying health problem that puts her at high risk for serious illness if she were to contract COVID-19. Since December, when it was announced vaccines were going to be made available, she has eagerly been waiting for her turn. We re obviously almost a month beyond the first of the year. And I ve essentially had reached out on several fronts to try to find out the status in Albany County, said Scott. And got a variety of reasons and situations explained to me as to why it was not available here.
Family pleads for changes after patriarch dies waiting for vaccine appointment
Bruce Scott was the owner of Scott Alarm, a husband, father, grandfather, and former Jacksonville police officer
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One local family is pointing to failures in the Florida’s vaccine distribution efforts after the head of their family passed away two weeks before his vaccine appointment.
Bruce Scott was 74-years-old and had been living in an assisted living facility since October. Those conditions were supposed to put Scott at the top of the priority list when vaccines were distributed, according to the state’s plan.