The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda
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Henry collapses: Bucks County Courier-Times, 4/26/1974.
admitted to Lenox Hill: ibid.
“I suddenly found myself”: Kingsport Times-News, 2/23/1975.
“isn’t really sick”: Bucks County Courier-Times, 4/26/1974.
The hospitalization continues: Oakland Tribune, 5/3/1974.
dates in Boston are likewise canceled: Newport Daily News, 5/2/1974.
temporary pacemaker will be installed: Oakland Tribune, 5/3/1974.
irregular heartbeat: Newport Daily News, 5/2/1974.
William O. Douglas and Peter Sellers: Parade, 9/28/1975.
a device pioneered in 1960: ibid.
Henry is fitted with the newest model: ibid.
“a hard spot on his chest”: Bennington Banner, 5/27/1975.
A wall-plugged charger: Parade, 9/28/1975.
“Once a week”: ibid.
He leaves Lenox Hill: Florence Morning News, 5/8/1974; Abilene Reporter-News, 5/19/1974.
he is sent home to Bel Air: Pasadena Star-News, 5/21/1974.
Darrow’s scheduled engagements are postponed: Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 5/18/1974.
“The veteran of fifty years”: Pasadena Star-News, 6/17/1974.
“A most incredible”: Las Cruces Sun-News, 9/4/1974.
television version of Darrow: Long Beach Independent, 9/1/1974.
It cuts twenty-two minutes: ibid.; Charleston Daily Mail, 9/4/1974.
“The only difference”: Clovis News-Journal, 9/3/1974.
Henry gets another checkup: Newcastle News, 9/20/1974.
Darrow returns to Broadway: Kingsport Times-News, 2/23/1975.
Henry forgoes matinees: Clovis News-Journal, 9/3/1974.
he runs up and down the stairs: Kingsport Times-News, 2/23/1975.
Tour dates are lined up: ibid.
Henry plays Adm. Chester Nimitz: Danville Bee, 6/4/1975.
Darrow begins a ten-week stand at the Piccadilly: Winnipeg Free Press, 7/18/1975.
“every American actor’s dream”: Naples Daily News, 8/10/1975.
he’s reported to be incensed: Winnipeg Free Press, 7/18/1975.
“An entertainment that uplifts”: Des Moines Register, 7/18/1975.
will name him its Man of the Year: Las Cruces Sun-News, 7/11/1975.
X-rays show a tumor: Long Beach Independent, 3/15/1976.
He checks into Cedars-Sinai: ibid.
undergoes his second surgery: Helena Independent Record, 3/18/1976.
“had grown to the size”: ibid.
cancellation of Darrow’s projected college tour: Long Beach Independent, 3/16/1976.
Henry’s recovery looks promising: Logansport Pharos-Tribune & Press, 3/23/1976.
His release is delayed: Canandaigua Daily Messenger, 4/7/1976.
more college dates go by the board: Mansfield News Journal, 3/24/1976; Waterloo Courier, 3/25/1976.
on April 13, he is sent home: Oakland Tribune, 4/13/1976.
Fonda flies back to New York on June 14: Long Beach Independent, 6/14/1976.
Henry is furious at the rumors: ibid.
“I’m not afraid”: Oakland Tribune, 5/13/1976.
40 percent hearing loss: Chicago Daily Herald, 5/11/1980. See also FML, 323.
“There’s a bit of Easy Rider”: Cedar Rapids Gazette, 11/21/1976.
Henry’s presence on TV: Bridgeport Post, 3/17/1973; Long Beach Independent, 4/20/1973; Albuquerque Tribune, 12/29/1975; Great Bend Daily Tribune, 2/2/1970; Sweeney, 210, 212, 214; Pasadena Star-News, 4/10/1973; San Mateo Times, 8/10/1974; New Castle News, 9/20/1974.
O. W. Street: Salt Lake Tribune, 10/25/1973.
“Sounds like a tossed salad”: ibid.
A House Divided: Salina Journal, 6/15/1975; Kingsport Times-News, 2/23/1975; Pacific Stars and Stripes, 2/4/1976 and 12/26/1979; Lowell Sun, 7/14/1976.
Com-TAC 303: Brownsville Herald, 6/19/1977; Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 10/1/1977; “Future of Movie About Black Pilots Remains in Doubt,” Jet, 10/13/1977, 19.
“involved with other commitments”: “Future of Movie About Black Pilots Remains in Doubt,” Jet, 10/13/1977, 19.
first with Walter Huston, later with Spencer Tracy: Winnipeg Free Press, 3/21/1979. See also Bernard F. Dick, Radical Innocence: A Study of the Hollywood Ten (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press), 96.
A revival of the property: Blytheville Courier News, 4/27/1978.
progress stalls: Winnipeg Free Press, 3/21/1979.
“It was not the sheer fact”: Albert Maltz, The Journey of Simon McKeever (New York: Avon, 1979 [1949]), 22.
The American Film Institute announces: Des Moines Register, 10/30/1977.
an edited version of the ceremony: The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (Castle Vision Video, 1978). The AFI tributes are no longer available due to licensing issues.
“was a towering silence”: ibid.
modeled on William O. Douglas: Sweeney, 193; FML, 326.
daughter of Thomas “Bart” Quigley: FML, 326.
standing room only: Winnipeg Free Press, 3/1/1978.
the play reopens: Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 10/22/1978; http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3791.
“looks twenty years”: Galveston Daily News, 10/19/1978.
“There he is”: Hutchinson News, 10/20/1978.
“I’m in good shape”: Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 10/22/1978.
residence at the Huntington Hartford: Winnipeg Free Press, 3/21/1979.
Blackstone Theatre in Chicago: Indiana Evening Gazette, 4/14/1979.
hip joint pop loose: FML, 331–32.
diagnose him with inflammatory arthritis: Indiana Evening Gazette, 4/14/1979; Pacific Stars and Stripes, 4/16/1979.
Henry checks back into Cedars-Sinai: Huntington Daily News, 4/16/1979; Indiana Evening Gazette, 4/19/1979; Casa Grande Dispatch, 4/20/1979; Syracuse Herald-Journal, 4/21/1979.
obstruction in his prostate: Tyrone Daily Herald, 4/21/1979.
“in excellent spirits”: Indiana Evening Gazette, 4/14/1979.
He leaves the hospital: Syracuse Herald-Journal, 4/21/1979.
engagements of First Monday are canceled: ibid.
“I don’t have much time”: Chicago Daily Herald, 5/11/1980.
Grapes and Ox-Bow recordings: The Grapes of Wrath (Caedmon TC 1570); The Ox-Bow Incident (Caedmon TC 1620).
he performs in a live telecast: Sweeney, 203.
The play then runs: Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, 5/16/1980.
Big Squam Lake: Winnipeg Free Press, 9/2/1980.
a painting called Ripening: Long Beach Independent, 3/27/1973; FML, 346–47.
Windsor Gallery: Anderson Daily Bulletin, 9/25/1974.
compared to Andrew Wyeth’s: Lima News, 12/15/1969.
bee count is up to 400,000: Chicago Daily Herald, 5/11/1980.
From the garden: Hutchinson News, 10/26/1977.
“apples so tart”: Winnipeg Free Press, 3/1/1978.
“My father loved to farm”: Chicago Daily Herald, 5/11/1980.
He is admitted to the ICU: Annapolis Evening Capital, 12/18/1980.
held for further observation: Kingston Daily Gleaner, 12/19/1980; Gettysburg Times, 12/20/1980.
he feels better: Annapolis Evening Capital, 12/23/1980.
he returns home: Syracuse Post-Standard, 12/25/1980.
“I’m not going”: ibid.
rehearsals for yet another new play: Syracuse Herald-Journal, 1/8/1981.
he flies to Omaha: Salina Journal, 12/18/1980; Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 1/13/1981.
Showdown opens: Sweeney, 35.
“He walks in a stooped posture”: New York Times, 2/13/1981.
a doctor warns Shirlee: People, 4/12/1982, 32.
Henry struggles through: Sweeney, 35.
On March 1: ibid.
“in recognition of”: Galveston Daily News, 3/29/1981.
“a former member”: ibid.
Reagan is shot: New York Times, 3/31/1981.
insists th
at his message run: Logansport Pharos-Tribune, 4/1/1981.
The two were social acquaintances: A 10/3/1946 UPI photo showing HF, Reagan, and others during a SAG strike talk can be seen at http://www.upi.com/topic/Henry_Fonda/.
Edmund G. Brown: Bridgeport Post, 10/3/1966.
Jesse Unruh: Cedar Rapids Gazette, 7/19/1970.
“I’m desolate”: Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, 11/7/1980.
“talking a language”: PB, 138.
enters Sharp Memorial: Syracuse Post-Standard, 4/11/1981; Waterloo Courier, 4/14/1981.
“diagnostic evaluation”: Annapolis Evening Capital, 5/13/1981.
another heart surgery: Winnipeg Free Press, 5/16/1981; Salina Journal, 5/17/1981; Waterloo Courier, 5/18/1981.
pacemaker is replaced, his condition listed as satisfactory: Winnipeg Free Press, 5/22/1981.
He is discharged: Syracuse Herald-Journal, 6/9/1981.
“already gone from us”: MLSF, 440.
Jane and Peter will challenge: DTD, 116; MLSF, 15.
“Badly written”: Washington Post, 10/28/1981.
On Golden Pond premieres: Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 11/19/1981.
“He’s here in spirit”: ibid.
opens nationwide on January 22: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082846/releaseinfo.
second-biggest Hollywood moneymaker of 1981: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1981&p=.htm.
Heart troubles recur: Frederick Post, 11/12/1981.
private studio screening: Monessen Valley Independent, 4/6/1982.
He refuses at first: Winnipeg Free Press, 11/13/1981.
Jane is on his side, but Shirlee insists: People, 4/12/1982, 32.
Henry agrees to reenter Cedars-Sinai: Syracuse Herald-Journal, 11/17/1981; Galveston Daily News, 11/18/1981.
Thanksgiving comes and goes: Aiken Standard, 11/25/1981; Salina Journal, 11/30/1981.
may spend the rest of the year: Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, 12/16/1981.
“He’s getting well”: Syracuse Herald-American, 1/30/1982.
has been in denial: MLSF, 442.
He and Shirlee are watching: Frederick News, 3/30/1982; Gettysburg Times, 3/31/1982.
“He just burst”: Frederick News, 3/30/1982.
presents the award to her father: ibid.; MLSF, 438–39.
“This makes me feel”: Frederick News, 3/30/1982.
“feeling better all the time”: ibid.
“He’s still a very sick”: ibid.
“Some days he seems fine”: People, 4/12/1982, 32.
back at Cedars-Sinai: Gettysburg Times, 7/10/1982.
He is discharged: Indiana Gazette, 7/24/1982.
He is rehospitalized: Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, 8/11/1982.
Three days later: Winnipeg Free Press, 8/12/1982; Tyrone Daily Herald, 8/12/1982.
He is fading: Winnipeg Free Press, 8/12/1982.
Henry dies: Frederick Post, 8/12/1982.
“respiratory failure”: ibid.
Shirlee is at his bedside: ibid.
Jane and Peter are en route: MLSF, 443; DTD, 452.
“He had a good”: Frederick Post, 8/12/1982.
statements of tribute: ibid.; New York Times, 8/13/1982; Chicago Daily Herald, 8/13/1982; Galveston Daily News, 8/13/1982.
Cedars-Sinai is flooded: Galveston Daily News, 8/14/1982.
“People really loved him”: ibid.
“Nancy and I”: New York Times, 8/13/1982.
“a noted American actor”: This and subsequent newspaper tributes are quoted in Galveston Daily News, 8/14/1982.
“I’ve just lost”: MLSF, 445.
Henry’s will: Stars and Stripes, 8/22/1982. HF’s Last Will and Testament is available at http://livingtrustnetwork.com/estate-planning-center/last-will-and-testament/wills-of-the-rich-and-famous/last-will-and-testament-of-henry-fonda.html.
eyes will be donated: Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, 8/13/1982.
“promptly cremated”: HF’s Last Will and Testament.
“Walt Whitman has”: Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman, Poetry and Prose, ed. Justin Kaplan (New York: Library of America, 1982), 1344.
solo show about Walt Whitman: Sweeney, 37.
Past and present: This and subsequent lines from the preface to Leaves of Grass in Walt Whitman, Poetry and Prose, 13.
12. OMAHA, 1919
Starting in the afternoon: Omaha’s Riot in Story and Picture (available at http://historicomaha.com/riot.htm).
“spread like wild fire”: John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of American Negroes, 2nd ed. (New York: Knopf, 1956), 464–65.
John Hartfield: Robert Whitaker, On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice that Remade a Nation (New York: Random House, 2008), 47.
lynching victims had served in the war: ibid., 47, 54.
its black population: Michael L. Lawson, “Omaha, A City of Ferment: Summer of 1919,” Nebraska History (Fall 1977): 415.
“It was so horrifying”: PB, 104.
Agnes Loebeck: Omaha Daily Bee, 9/27/1919.
Whispers went round: “The Real Causes of Two Race Riots,” The Crisis, December 1919, 56.
hobbled by rheumatism: Lawrence Harold Larsen, Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007), 219.
“lack of effective civic leadership”: Gunther, 255.
“perhaps the most lawless”: “The Real Causes of Two Race Riots,” 56.
Tom Dennison, James Dahlman, Edward Rosewater: Orville D. Menard, “Tom Dennison, the Omaha Bee, and the 1919 Omaha Race Riot,” Nebraska History 68 (1987): 153; Federal Writers’ Project, 230; Bristow, 93.
Smith also embraced the NAACP: Mark Robert Schneider, “We Return Fighting”: The Civil Rights Movement in the Jazz Age (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002), 33.
white laborers angry at black migrants: ibid.
twenty-one separate allegations: See Nicolas Swiercek, “Stoking a White Backlash: Race, Violence, and Yellow Journalism in Omaha, 1919,” paper presented at the Third Annual James A. Rawley Conference in the Humanities, 4/12/2008 (available at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historyrawleyconference/31/).
racial attacks: Omaha Daily Bee, 7/30/1919, 7/12/1919, and 6/27/1919.
“retaliation for recent attacks”: Omaha Daily Bee, 7/22/1919.
“the good colored people”: Omaha Daily Bee, 3/18/1919.
a school in South Omaha: Omaha’s Riot in Story and Picture.
a young man was seen: Menard, 159.
“The crowd surged”: Omaha’s Riot in Story and Picture.
“I am innocent”: Menard, 159.
castrated as well: Larsen, 222.
“a certain Omaha newspaper”: Menard, 161.
“premeditated and planned”: ibid., 164.
“‘old criminal gang’”: ibid, 162.
120 indictments: Stephen L. Wilburn, “The Omaha Riot of 1919,” The Nebraska Lawyer (December 1999/January 2000): 59.
two thousand blacks fled: Walter C. Rucker and James N. Upton, Encyclopedia of American Race Riots (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2007), 488.
KKK was active: Donald R. Hickey, Susan A. Wunder, and John R. Wunder, Nebraska Moments (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007), 199.
Norman Parkinson’s BBC chat show: The broadcast is included on the Criterion Collection DVD of Young Mr. Lincoln.
George Smith: Lincoln Evening News, 10/10/1891; New York Times, 10/20/1891.
EPILOGUE
“Henry Fonda”: United States Postal Service, Stamp News Release No. 05-025, 5/20/2005 (available at www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/henry-fonda-joins-us-postal-service-legends-of-hollywood-stamp-series-54483847.html.
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