Furman Bisher has died at 93

This sentence just absolutely shredded me:

"I saw him take his first breath in life and I saw him take his last."

Nobody should ever have to write that.

Moddy, I did a little Googling and it seems that liver disease claimed Roger Bisher, who by all accounts was a hell of a smart man, and who was my age (44) when he died.

RIP to one of the greats.

 

The first names I knew in sports were Hank Aaron, Vince Dooley and Furman Bisher.

End of a great era.

 

A man who interviewed Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson, then was around for the careers of new-generation players like Brian McCann and Jason Heyward. From Bobby Jones to Rory McIlroy.

 

I thought this was one positive when my mom died last May -- she never had to bury a child or grandchild.

 

On a lighter (but quite respectful) note, here's the cartoon on Bisher's passing from the AJC's Mike Luckovich:
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2012/03/19/320-mike-luckovich-cartoon-furman-bisher/

 

I respectfully submit what Ed Hinton wrote about Bisher yesterday. They were friends. This does have a bit of a NASCAR angle in it, but then, that's our job.

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/7709954/nascar-furman-bisher-was-league-own

 

Thanks for sharing. I'm sure Hinton would rather not have had to write at least three obituary columns in the past year or so, but he shows wonderful grace and poise in doing so.

 

Excellent find.

 

Though, admittedly, a rather easy find for kleeda.

 

Funny how a thread about Mr. Bisher turned (in at least two posts) to one about Lewis Grizzard.
Those of us who knew Lewis better than Furman could tell a great many more anecdotes about Lewis as well. Those two were of two different generations but both icons in their own way.

 

I had to laugh at the Journal mock-up in the frame behind FB in the photo with the headline reading, "This Ain't No Goddam Magazine, It's a Newspaper."

Judas Priest, that's vintage Furman Bisher.

The Masters won't be the same without him, and I've got to believe there will be more than a few glasses raised in his memory when the bar opens Sunday night.

 

Read this about Bisher:

What happened to his wife?