RIP: Shelby Foote

In: RANTING

28 Jun 2005

Shelby FooteShelby Foote, the the primary narrator of Ken Burns’ Civil War mini-series, died Monday night at age 88. [here]

His voice was like butter melting in a hot frying pan. I loved listening to him speak. I will miss him.

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