What a Life!

John Brown Jr. was a Kentucky business mogul best known for purchasing Kentucky Friend Chicken from Colonel Harland Sanders and serving one-term as the state's governor.

Quotable Quotes:

"Let me be free; let me be myself. I am different."

"Colonel Sanders is an artist, and like all artists he is a perfectionist and he has painted a dream for all of us."

"I worked hard for my money. I made it legally, and I paid taxes on it. If I want to take it out of a bank in wheelbarrows, that's my business. It's my money, and I can do with it what I want."

Michael Maccoby, 89, was a business psychologist and author, perhaps best known for his book, "The Productive Narcissist." He died November 5, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"I think a sense of humor is the emotional equivalent of a sense of realism. One should not take everything seriously, and everybody takes some things seriously."

"Why would you ever rest from what you love?"

"Promising young leaders should be given responsibility early on. Even at the top, leaders should keep learning. Perhaps, especially at the top when they think they know it all."

Alvin Segal, 89, was a Canadian American businessman whose company, Peerless Suits, made private label suit brands for numerous department stores. He died November 4, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"No one is more surprised than I am by the events that have taken place during my eighty-three years of life."

"My heroes weren't baseball players or movie stars. They were Franklin Roosevelt, General Dwight Eisenhower, and General Douglas MacArthur."

"Don't look back - you'll only get a crick in your neck."

Robert Clary, 96, was a French born actor , who despite being held captive in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, would go on to gain fame by playing a POW in the hit sitcom, "Hogan's Heroes." He died November 16, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"The whole experience was a complete nightmare, the way they treated us, what we had to do to survive. We were less than animals. Sometimes I dream about those days. I wake up in a sweat terrified for fear I'm about to be sent away to a concentration camp. But I don't hold a grudge because that's a great waste of time. Yes, there's something dark in the human soul. For the most part human beings are not very nice. That's why when you find those who are, you cherish them."

"The show was a satire set in a stalag for prisoners of war, where conditions were not pleasant but in no way comparable to a concentration camp, and it had nothing to do with Jews."

"Showbiz is like a roller coaster and you take what roles are offered to you."

Gerson "Bud" Friedman, 90, was a promoter who pioneered the modern-day comedy club. He died November 8, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"I've always been a ham."

"Richard Pryor once said I had taken advantage of him because he was Black, and I was absolutely heartbroken. When I got home my wife said, 'You should have told him you take advantage of all performers, regardless of race, creed or color.'"

Robert Kern, 96, grew a small business selling generators out of his garage into a $1 billion empire. His motto? Solve big problems! He died November 8, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"If you are only working to solve problems you can accomplish in your lifetime, you are solving problems that are too small."

"A company is not defined by its bricks and mortar. It is defined by its people."

David Davis, 86, wrote and produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as well as "The Bob Newhart Show." He also created "Taxi." He died November 4, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"The key to the show, believe it or not, was that we wanted to give him [Bob Newhart] a life at home. We wanted to do a show like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, where he lives and where he works. … We did not want to do a show with kids. We did not want to do a show with dogs and pets like the old situation comedies of all."

"We always just wanted to do an honest, real show about real people. When you do a show for six years, the real people become less real."

Mehran Karami Nasseri was an Iranian refugee who lived in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport for nearly 20 years. He passed away November 12, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

''The airport is not bad, is very active and functions every day. I see different passengers every week from all over the world and it is quite interesting.''

"I realize I am famous. I wasn't interesting until I came here."

Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., was a comedian who became a household name in the 1980s, largely attributed to his physical style of presentation – primarily smashing things like watermelons on stage. He was born July 24, 1946. He died November 11, 2022.

Quotable Quotes:

"I was watching comics, and I felt like I could do it better. So I just stated, and I did it."

"If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con,' is 'progress' the opposite of 'congress'"?

"I have so much fun being a new dad. Everyday would be a new joke especially seeing the world through my daughter's eyes."

Fred Hickman was a popular sports television broadcaster. He was born October 17, 1956. He died November 12, 2022.

"The best kids are usually in athletics. That benefits the kid and the community."

"One of the biggest compliments I get is 'I really don't like sports, but I like watching your show.'"

"What job could be more fun? I think I'll keep it."