09-25-2006, 11:36 PM
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| Senior Member   |  Col. Jeff Cooper dead...
"Col. Cooper passed this afternoon. Here is the note from Ed Head at GUNSITE: "At the request of the family it is my sad duty to report the passing of our founder, Jeff Cooper. Jeff died peacefully at home this afternoon while being cared for by his wife Janelle and daughter Lindy. "There will be a private internment at Gunsite by invitation, with a public memorial service at the Whittington Center at a date to be announced. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family." ---Ed Head Operations Manager Gunsite Academy, Inc. Go with God, Colonel... the gates of Valhalla stand open. 
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09-26-2006, 05:14 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Another great American gone forever......  |
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09-26-2006, 09:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa
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That's sad,I always thought he was a class act. 
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09-26-2006, 09:36 AM
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| PUKHA DAWG  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C.
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Truly sorry to hear he is gone, I didn't agree with everything he said, but I agreed with most of it. RIP
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09-26-2006, 11:58 AM
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Terrible news.... best wishes to the family....
__________________ Guns: they are like baseball cards except they are cool and you can kill things with em. -Billy |
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09-26-2006, 04:17 PM
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Wow, I'm real sad that my generation has never heard of him. Since I'm only 12, most of my friends only know Nelly........................
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