Deaths Noted
J. Lynn Helms, criminal and executor of Reagan’s attack on the 1981 Air Traffic Controller’s union, is dead. He will not be missed and is currently burning to death in a crashing plane in an endless loop for all eternity.
However, it saddens us to note that Bert Schneider has also passed. Schneider was producer of the one of the greatest documentaries of all time, Hearts and Minds, for which he won the Academy Award. Schneider accepted the award with this brief speech:
First of all, I would like to say a special thank you to my late brother Stanley whose support and love and encouragement allowed us to make this film and all of the films that BBS made. It is ironic that we are here at a time just before Vietnam is about to be liberated. I will now read a short wire that I have been asked to read by the Vietnamese people. It is sent by Ambassador Dinh Ba Thi, who is the chief of the Provisional Revolutionary Government’s delegation to Paris, the Paris political talks. It says: “Please transmit to all our friends in America our recognition of all that they have done on behalf of peace and for the application of the Paris Accords on Vietnam. These actions serve the legitimate interest of the American people and the Vietnamese people. Greetings of friendship to all the American people.” Thank you very much.
As Schneider was also the producer of Easy Rider, we like to imagine him riding a Harley off into the sunset, happy and content.
