Posted on 08/15/2019 8:01:34 AM PDT by stylecouncilor
Douglas Marshall Saxon (4 Jul 1950 – 13 Aug 2019) was born in Jamaica, NY to Marshall Saxon and Jacklyn Smith. He grew up mostly in and around Florida, living in Miami, Coral Gables and Hialeah.
At 19 he volunteered for the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam (’68-’69) with the 1st Armored Cavalry Division, where he was a medic and tank driver.
After his stint in the Army he traveled around the U.S., eventually ending up in Los Angeles, CA where he met and married the love of his life and had one daughter.
Throughout his life his interests were very diverse. He had a great love for the classics, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, The Three Stooges and TV Westerns. He enjoyed travel and we made many memories traveling together especially on our trip to Vietnam in 2000. He was very knowledgeable about classical music, even joining the Euterpe Opera Company in the early eighties and performing in Bizet’s Carmen on stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. FreeRepublic.com was his favorite place on the internet, and he was a huge Dennis Prager fan.
He worked for several years as a production accountant for Embassy Television, Columbia Pictures and the Carsey-Werner Company.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, his daughter and son-in law, his very beloved and cherished grand-daughter and his best friend of several decades.
I know he had many lively discussions with a lot of you over the years, so I couldn’t think of a better place to put up his obit.
Thanks for everything, Jim. Would you please add my dad to the memorial wall?
I am sorry for your loss. You father sounds like a great man.
God Bless you and your family.
Your father and family are in my prayers FRiend.
May God comfort and guide you, the rest of your extended family, and friends. May God be merciful with each of us and may each of us have spent our lives glorifying Him.
My condolences for your loss.
Sorry for you lose.
Sorry for your loss.
RIP Mr. Saxon.
Sorry for the loss of your father. Sounds like a stand up kind of man.
My condolences to you and your family. My father passed a couple of weeks ago. In his case, it was a blessing for him and my mother.
So sorry to hear this. You and your family have our warmest wishes and prayers at this time.
Many years have we enjoyed his fellowship, good humor and biting insight. Thank you all so much for sharing his time with us.
Sorry to hear about your loss.
God bless you.
So sorry for your loss.
Hate to see FR lose a great Freeper.
Sounds like he had an amazing life and a loving family.
Payers for you all.
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God’s Speed OneDoug
RIP for one of the really good ones. Best to the family.
You have my sympathy on your loss, and you and those close to onedoug are in my prayers.
Rest in peace, soldier. You have served your God, your family, and your country well.
Hope his death unrelated to his service in Vietnam. Sure are losing a lot of VN Vets...
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