The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda (58 page)

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 that 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.