Posted by lindy on 12/8/2006, 6:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Tour of Duty Advisor Lee Russell has died" --Previous Message--
Oh No???? This is all too sad.
I cant believe this has happened.
Lee Russell seemed like the nicest man.
Doc, DC, and Deb? My thoughts are with you today knowing you all knew Mr Russell on a personal level. I do share in your pain. Its hard to lose someone you know and love, someone close to your heart. We have lost a brother in arms.
My heartfelt sympathy and prayers go out to his poor wife and family.What must they be going thru?
Lee was a man who gave up his time so that people like me (curious, sometimes highly exciteable ppl with very little knowledge about Vietnam, and the war and the Military system) could learn and understand things we never knew before.
No question I posted was ever too dumb or ridiculous. He would take his time and educate me and others, in a way that only someone with his experience could.
Some of my earliest memories of coming on this messageboard were reading the replies Lee gave.
And I have to admit that knowing he was in the Military, I almost sat at my keyboard at attention LOL. I think I may even have been a tad scared of him at first, LOL.
But there was no need to be.
Underneath the uniform, he was a big teddy bear.
I remember being thrilled to have him reply to my question about Under Siege "WHy did Zeke tell his men to remove one of their dogtags and put it in their boot?"
And when I asked him what consequences the Lt would have faced for shooting up the hootch floor of the officers quarters, he supplied me with not one, but several answers.
Im sure he doubted my sanity (and the sanity of all Aussies LOL) on many occasions, from some of the questions I asked. But he always treated me fairly and with due respect and provided the information to put my curious mind at rest.
And for that, I thank him.
I will miss you Lee.
R.I.P my friend.
: Oh, this is the most shocking news. I feel
: terrible and very sad. My thoughts are with
: the Russel family.
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: --Previous Message--
: He will most definately be missed. Watching
: for his answers as we would pose different
: questions about something while we were
: writing a fandom story.
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: Rest in peace dear adivsor... Lee Russell
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: --Previous Message--
: This is indeed very sad news. My thoughts
: are
: with his family and friends at this
: difficult time.
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: --Previous Message--
: I am very sad that Mr. Russell has passed
: away. It was a pleasure and a unique
: privilege to have him in our community. Lee
: Russell was very generous with his time and
: knowledge, and I always enjoyed what he had
: to say about Tour of Duty, Vietnam, the
: military, the television industry, and more.
: Remember the accents thread? Puerto Rican
: "BBQ" and "aunt" and
: "ant" and "aunt" and
: "font?" (And Doc running for
: cover in the Combat! fandom?) Crazy New
: York cabbies, and Mexican actors with French
: accents?
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: Lee Russell's kindness, warmth, and humor
: came through in his writings on this site
: and elsewhere in the ToD community, and I am
: enormously grateful he shared part of his
: life with us.
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: Doc, I am very sorry you lost your good
: friend, and my thoughts are with you, his
: family and friends, and all of us affected
: by Lee Russell's passing.
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: We will miss him very much.
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