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Airman who inspired ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’ film has died
Associated Press ^ | 19 July 2019 | AP

Posted on 07/19/2018 6:11:36 PM PDT by GreyFriar

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film “Good Morning, Vietnam,” has died. He was 79.

Mary Muse, the wife of his stepson Michael Muse, said Thursday that Cronauer died Wednesday from an age-related illness. He had lived in Troutville, Virginia, and died at a local nursing home, she said.

During his service as a U.S. Air Force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with the phrase, “Goooooood morning, Vietnam!”

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: adrian; afn; cronauer; goodmorning; obituary; radio; vietnam
Adrian Cronaur, may your rest in peace and blessings to your family.
1 posted on 07/19/2018 6:11:36 PM PDT by GreyFriar
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To: GreyFriar; archy; kunsanhistorian; xzins; 2ndDivisionVet; SandRat; zot; HarleyLady27; ...

“Good Morning Vietnam” has signed off the air for his new heavenly posting.


2 posted on 07/19/2018 6:13:41 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

Politically conservative despite the leanings of the actor who played him, Williams


3 posted on 07/19/2018 6:14:35 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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His obituary ends:

Cronauer attended the University of Pennsylvania’s law school and went into the legal profession, working in communications law and later handling prisoner-of-war issues for the Pentagon.

“I always was a bit of an iconoclast, as Robin (Williams) was in the film,” Cronauer told the AP in 1999. “But I was not anti-military, or anti-establishment. I was anti-stupidity. And you certainly do run into a lot of stupidity in the military.”


4 posted on 07/19/2018 6:16:19 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
Back in the day...


5 posted on 07/19/2018 6:18:44 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: GreyFriar

I read his book many years ago.

Rest In Peace


6 posted on 07/19/2018 6:19:08 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I just watched the Blu Ray a week ago! Holy smokes. Cronauer famously stated he wasn’t the “liberal” as depicted in the movie and he’s a card carrying Republican.


7 posted on 07/19/2018 6:24:21 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: GreyFriar

RIP, Adrian. Say hello to Robin for us.


8 posted on 07/19/2018 6:33:06 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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To: GreyFriar

He was the voice of many recorded books.


9 posted on 07/19/2018 6:46:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: GreyFriar

Good Morning, Forest Lawn!


10 posted on 07/19/2018 7:26:27 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
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I was at a fundraiser for Ollie North years ago in Charleston,SC and he was there to speak and help his friend,, he and I spent nearly an hour talking one on one in the ballroom where the event took place,,as we waited for our rides,, everybody else had gone.. he wrote a lil note to my mom on a business card saying he wished she had been there,, a class act of a man!


11 posted on 07/19/2018 8:42:39 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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I met him years ago. He was a gentleman and didn’t promote himself as anyone other than a soldier/airman doing his duty for his country.

Now broadcasting from that great big “Studio in the Skies”.


12 posted on 07/19/2018 8:46:58 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: GreyFriar

“Good Night, Vietnam.”

RIP Adrian Cronaur


13 posted on 07/19/2018 9:01:57 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: GreyFriar

Heard him do a radio interview about 30 years ago with Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr., who wrote the original M*A*S*H. Both of them were thoroughly disgusted with what Hollywood had done with their memoirs.


14 posted on 07/20/2018 12:17:11 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward 5th Avenue to be born?)
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To: GreyFriar

Amen.


15 posted on 07/20/2018 12:34:36 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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Thanks for posting this. May he rest in peace.


16 posted on 07/20/2018 8:54:20 AM PDT by zot
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“Good Morning Vietnam” has signed off the air for his new heavenly posting.

That's GOOOOOOOD MORNING, Vietnam! Replaced in my day, '68-'69, by DAAAAAAWN-BUSTERS!

G'bye, Adrian. Say Hi to Dave Rabbit for us.

Radio First Termer

17 posted on 07/25/2018 1:53:30 PM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, then eat you.)
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