Gene Daniels of the Black Star agency, has recalled how Oswald's landlady asked him not to take photos in Oswald's room until she had "the curtains back up." Members of the panel, who included Gerald Ford, later to become 38th President, insisted he must have been mistaken about the brown package carried by Oswald. Joked Mahoney:"He was a temperamental actor as far as I'm concerned.". @martiFrazier1. For sci-fi fans, the actor will remain best known for playing Odo, the shape-shifting head of security on "Star Trek:Deep Space Nine." Frazier's actual testimony proved entirely different. In addition to "Frasier,"LaMotta had racked up an extensive list of screen credits spanning several decades, ranging from "Dark Shadows"to "Baretta"to "Barney Miller"to "ALF,"in which he played the lovable alien's nosy neighbor. It won 130 awards, including a Golden Globe for Best Comedy in 1995 and the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy in 1998. Prosky, who died in 2008 at age 77, made a memorable appearance on "Frasier." Tweets & replies. Frazier demonstrated this by showing that Oswald could not physically have carried a 35-inch rifle tucked into his armpit with the base cupped in his hand, as Frazier remembered. In all, Frazier - at 5'11 and 205 lbs., considered small for a heavywieght - won 32 fights: 27 by knockouts, losing four times (twice to Ali and also to George Foreman). Buell said he was excited to see the President - but wanted to get a good look at Jackie Kennedy. "It was a matter of determination to live that kept me Oswald told Frazier that the package contained curtain rods. I wouldn't be surprised if David Morales had cased the place, or another guy who helped train the Operation 40 shooters, can't remember his name at the moment. All Rights Reserved. Wesley Buell Frazier was born in Texas in 1944. Actually that was discussed in another thread here just in the last couple of weeks. Buell Wesley Frazier: Yes; she did. Or altered his route to pick up LHO at the North Beckley Street house in Oak Cliff? Oswald had been arrested hiding out at a movie theater after earlier shooting Dallas police officer JD Tippit who had recognized him from a description flashed to all law enforcement officers. As per the museum video display, Frazier sold the car to "Buddy" Hough for $10 for record of sale. Hipocrite 17:03, 14 November 2012 (UTC) If you do not know, it is on the page called A site which defends the "official" version, critiquing conspiracy theories. First seen in the series' eighth season, Auberjonoisportrayed Frasier's Harvard professor, Dr.William Tewksbury. Eddie was played by Moose, reported "Today," a Jack Russell terrier who passed away at the ripe old age of 16 in 2006. The bag was firmly linked to Oswald by a fingerprint and a palm print, although it was free from any scratches or oil from the metal parts of a rifle. Buell said Dallas police instructed managers at the depository to gather all the employees for a roll call. Joseph Ball: How much of that back seat, how much space did it take up? "Star Wars"actress and novelist Carrie Fisher, who died in 2016, was hilarious as an insomniac caller who droned on for so long about her inability to get any sleep that she sent both Frasier and Roz snoozing. The first one is a very good questionas I'm not 100 percent convinced it was our Oswald staying at 1026 N. Beckleybut if it was, it would've only added 5 minutes to Frazier's commute. A song-and-dance man of the highest order, O'Connor's storied roster of screen credits, via IMDb, include the classic Hollywood musical "Singing in the Rain,"and umpteen "Francis the Talking Mule"movies. Buell said Oswald was 'quiet' during the 20 minute drive and no one mentioned the visit of President Kennedy to Dallas. She had never lived anywhere else. Ive always thoughtthat Frazier had more involvement than he let on and believe he wasOswalds ride to work everyday. Q: Tell me, how was Lee Harvey Oswald carrying this package you described as he was walking in front of you? Buell Wesley Frazier: If, if you were going to measure it that way from the end of the seat over toward the center, right. Joseph Ball: When you first saw him was it a Monday morning? Mr. FRAZIER - I would say sometime between eight and ten. Steering Truth by Buell Wesley Frazier. Ultimately, Mahoney joined Chicago's famed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which led to roles in such films as "Moonstruck," "Say Anything"and "In the Line of Fire,"to name just a few. 'I told them it wasn't big enough to be a rifle, but they said I must have been mistaken,' he said. Another issue which Mrs. Williams also might have cleared up was why Linnie misinformed the DP about what hospital Buell stepfather had been admitted to (Parkland). Celebrity Net Worth says that Frazier was also "far too generous with friends and family" and that he wasn't as good of a businessman as he was a boxer. "Cheers"was a pillar of NBC's much-vaunted "Must See TV" Thursday night lineup when the beloved barroom comedy said goodbye in 1993. At one point he was even asked to sign a confession admitting his part in the killing. The other end of the package, according to Frazier, was tucked under Oswald's armpit. "I'm a character actor in that I play many different roles, and I'm virtually unrecognizable from one role to another,"he revealed. Buell Wesley Frazier: Yes. Truly and Mr. The only suggestion of any connection between Oswald and the bag was through fingerprints. Joseph Ball: Had you heard he was coming to work before he came to work? "Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatusthe bureaucracy, the police, the military."Simone Weil, French philosopherWe've bartered away our right to self-governance, self-defense, privacy, autonomy and that most important right of all: the right to tell the government to "leave me the hell alone . Occasionally, viewers met Martin Crane's (John Mahoney) former colleagues from his years as a Seattle police officer. No 2 foot bag was found in the TSBD, no curtain rods were found. Hours later at the hospital he was arrested by police after they were told he gave Oswald a lift to work. Clearly, they were not describing a 36-inch-long package. I know what I saw and the package was about two foot in length. The truth is that he was involved in the plot to frame an innocent man. He trained fellow employee Lee Harvey Oswald and drove Oswald to work occasionally, including on November 22, 1963. FRAZIER - Right, that is what I say. Both insisted Oswald's parcel was a good eight inches shorter than the disassembled Mannlicher-Carcano. ESPN reported that although Foreman was a "dear friend" of Frazier's and would've liked to go, he decided not to attend the funeral because "he would not be able to handle it.". The results of that polygraph have never seen the light of day, and I believe that Frazier failed. All I did was give him a ride to work.'. Eddie, the beloved dog portrayed by show business pup Moose, passed away in 2006 at age 15. Sadly, Mahoney diedin 2018 at age 77, with TMZ later revealing the cause of death to be lung cancer, brain disease, and seizures. "I just felt I had to try acting one more time. The characters first appeared in Season 4 episode "To Kill a Talking Bird," and again in Season 6's "Taps at the Montana.". Buell Wesley Frazier: It could have been because it was sometime in October because I remember I went to work there on the 13th and I had been working there, 4 or 5 weeks and then he come there. The only thing as strange is that the bag was also handled by the police and was the only evidence they did not photograph, according to their testimonies, where found. Call me crazybut I'm telling you something about Buell Frazier does not sit right with meI'm satisfied that he lied about not dropping Oswald off that morning at the TSBDBut then you have to ask why would he lie about that? (Did the FBI even try to find any such witnesses? Buell Frazier Discusses November 22, 1963 - He Drove Oswald to Work (clip) 6,044 views Nov 8, 2013 56 Dislike Share C-SPAN 1.12M subscribers From the Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas. If he went home with me on Friday afternoon he always rode back with me on Monday morning. The character makes another appearance later that same season, when Frasier experiences the surprise of discovering that Tewksbury is dating his producer, Roz. In 2007, he captured a Tony Award for his role in Curtains. Other stars who called into "Frasier" and have since died include Mary Tyler Moore, Bruno Kirby, Carl Reiner, Dominick Dunne, Rosemary Clooney, Dr. Timothy Leary, Sandra Dee, Sydney Pollack, Billy Barty, Jerry Orbach,Patty Duke, Jill Clayburgh, Neil Simon, Harold Prince, Bobby Short, Larry Gelbart, andPenny Marshall. "Frasier"ran for 11 hit seasons before ending its run in 2004 with a new revival ordered by the Paramount Plus streaming service in 2021. LaMotta's Duke is first seen in a 1994 episode in which Frasier and Niles join a lucrative investing group, only to discover one of the items on the agenda is to tear down Duke's. You know, like I told you, you can go home with me any time you want to, like I say anytime you want to go see your wife that is all right with me.". When Frasier learns he'll be honored by having a caricature of himself hanging on the restaurant's wall, Niles is still so scarred, decades later, that he refuses step foot inside the eatery. Not only is boxing one of the world's oldest sports, it is also one of the most watched sports around the world.Although boxing has been a part of human history for millennia, professional boxing or prizefighting only arose in the 19 th century.. The purpose of today's hearing is to hear the testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier, and Linnie Mae Randle. Frasierfollowed Kelsey Grammer's titular character as he relocated from Boston to Seattle, where he takes in his father, Martin, and is frequently visited by his brother, Niles. He only works for the TSBD 5-6 weeks Wesley drives him to and from Irving on Mondays and Fridays.. It was a conspiracy to kill the President. You will be able to leave a comment after signing in. He still considers . The Warren Commission - and the Assassinations Committee in 1979 - concluded that Oswald did carry the rifle to work. The package he carried was just too small. Lewisville, Texas (PRWEB) July 22, 2021 Buell Wesley Frazier has completed his new book " Steering Truth : My Eternal Connection to JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald": a gripping true story of a young man who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ", 'When I asked why she said it was because of Oswald. Yet that wasn't the end of the story; in September of that same year, new sitcom "Frasier"launched, focusing on tavern regular Dr. Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer. Oswald was the only one missing. He went to work at the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas and in September, 1963 met and befriended Lee Harvey Oswald. He was previously married to Beverly J. Frazier. The mayor being a CIA asset since at least 1956 (now proven) Earl Cabell. Yet the Commission felt Frazier and his sister were mistaken, and to bolster their theory that Oswald did carry the rifle to the Depository, they had the 38-inch paper bag which had been found by the window on the sixth floor. Frazier demonstrated this by showing that Oswald could not physically have carried a 35-inch rifle tucked into his armpit with the base cupped in his hand, as Frazier remembered.". | 'Not for one minute do I think Lee was on his own,' Buell told Daily Mail Online. 'I kept on telling the police I did not know anything. FRAZIER - Yes.Mr. Buell Wesley Frazier: Right, before I saw him. Betty White, 95, Honored for 60 Years in Television: 'Thank You for Spoiling Me Rotten', From MASH to Friends, How Some of TVs Popular Shows of the Past Might Make You Cringe Today, Japanese Game Shows Might Be the Wildest Programs in Television History. In the years since "Frasier" went off the air, some of the familiar faces from the show have since left us, including one of the show's series regulars and numerous guest stars. I kind of wonder if Ozzie didn't have other business to attend to in the evenings through the week that maybe he wouldn't want Frazier involved in. Both times they accurately estimated a measured length of 27 to 27.5 inches. He thought it might have been a motorbike in the presidential motorcade back firing. Buell Wesley Frazier: Oh, say, around 5 inches, something like that. Usually Oswald, who on weekdays lived in a Dallas apartment by himself, would ride to work. According to IMDb, Glenn's only other screen credits were providing his voice to the 2003 TV documentary"Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention," and voicing former U.S. PresidentRutherford B. Hayes in the 2003 documentary "The American President.". O'Connor's final screen role was in the 1997 cruise ship comedy "Out to Sea,"which re-teamed "The Odd Couple"stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. George O'Toole wrote a whole book about this episode back in the 1970's. In 2011, Buell and partner Chad Calek announced a 41-city tour for the film. So, the evidence that Frazier actually did drive "Oswald" to and from 1026 N. Beckley daily is not strong. Yet Frazier swore that it came only to Oswald's armpit. Only Jack Dougherty saw Oswald enter the Texas Book Depository on 22nd November, 1963. The claim by Files, who is due to be released from prison next year, is yet another unprovable theory. Even if he walked the two miles everyday Id imaginehed be seen by multiple people also on their way to work at the same time. "Smokin'" Joe Frazier, a bruising boxer who was the first fighter to defeat Muhammad Ali and held the heavyweight crown for five years, has died after a fight with liver cancer. I don't. 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