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oh thats sad news.
my thoughts are with you and your familiy.

all the best

ingo



--- Cynthia <cynthia.webster@gte.net> schrieb:

> In the heydays of broadcast televison, before there was cable TV
> DVD and VHS, when there was only ABC, CBS, and NBC...
> An entire Nation of Americans were completely stunned
> watching my Father's sensitive and passionate portrail of the
> the plight of, and prejudice towards African Americans in 1961.
> 
> His documentary "WALK IN MY SHOES" was a total eye-opener
> for millions and millions of people, and helped to set the stage
> for Dr. Martin Lurther King's famous "I have a Dream" speech,
> and for the Civil Rights Movement in America itself.
> 
> It was the very first time that a documentary crew picked the
> camera up off of it's tripod and leaped right into the middle of
> Harlem to show the stark truth of the black condition in America
> as told by real people and not actors, living their own real lives
> hoping for the faintest hint of respect or dignity, and struggling
> so incredibly hard at the time simply to survive.
> 
> This in my mind is his single greatest achievement, however he
> did the same bringing understanding and deep compassion to
> a variety of subjects including to the mentally handicapped in his,
> "The Long Childhood of Timmy" a documentary for which he
> was asked by President Kennedy to join him personally for a
> private dinner and screening at the White House.
> 
> Later he made "Who Serves?" the very first documentary
> questioning the Draft during the Vietnam War to appear on
> network television.   Unlike today, he made documentaries that
> were not affraid to empower ordinary people to really *think*
> and to take action in solving the real and important issues of the
> day.
> 
> He also directed everything from episodic shows like "Bonanza",
> "The Waltons",  and "Get Smart" to televison commercials,
> and features including "Gone are the Days" Purlie Victorious
> and even the cult classic "Santa Clause Conquors the Martians".
> 
> He interviewed everyone from Indira Ghandi Prime Minister of
> India, to Peter Sellers, and Sophia Loren, from the Maharishi
> meditating in Big Sur - to the Pope himself praying in the Vatican,
> and he traveled eight times around the world doing it.
> 
> Words can barely say how very proud I am of my Father, and
> how much we will all miss him since his passing away at
> 6:28 AM this morning...  He is finally resting in peace.
> 
> Nicholas  Webster
>    1912 ~ 2006
> 
> Friends have started a website dedicated to him
> 
> http://www.nicholaswebster.com/bio.html
> 
> While ensuring that he has been at peace, this has been a
> totally stressful time around here for me, and I thank all of
> our customers for being so patient and understanding, (while
> perhaps privately wondering, what was taking so long with
> their orders?)
> 
> For the past three-months Dad lingered-on, fading slowly
> while I visited him in the hospital three-times a day, driving
> back and forth between the hospital, the office here at
> Cyndustries, and to my Parent's house to take care of my
> aging Mother.  Now 94 years old, the doctors never expected
> him to last so long, and because of this I apologize for
> recent delays as I have had my hands and my heart quite full...
> 
> While work here has never stopped, (we continue shipping
> orders daily) we are reorganizing here at the company to get
> production back into ~full~ swing and tighten-up delivery times
> once again.  I guess the timing is perfect as most people are on
> holiday this time of year, so please give us a little time to get it
> together (a week or two) so we can move onward and upward
> towards more great things!
> 
> Dad was very proud of us all here as well, and took great
> pleasure in seeing our ZOs on the front cover of a magaine!
> I just hope that I can someday be a ~fraction~ as successful
> in making the world a better place, as he was.
> 
> If you are by any chance moved to honor my Father, perhaps
> do something unexpected and extra kind for someone today,
> anyone.
> 
> Peace on Earth,
> 
> 
> Cynthia Webster
> 
> cyndustries.com
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