WebDigger Odell was a stunt performer who traveled widely performing often dangerous stunts as sponsored promotions. He performed until his death in 1999. D. Floyd {{ relativeTimeResolver(1565358586930) }}
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WebBack of postcard says: "On exhibition at Gay Dolphin Park. Buried Alive in a 2½ by 5 foot box." Here's a June 3, 1979, NY Times story wonderfully written by Howell Raines: Buried From California to Jersey That brush with death kept the Digger out of the grave until Mack Hornsby, the mobile home man, tracked him down to a tomato patch in Cumming, Ga. …
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WebDigger had a telephone, and Walker remembers that he "talked with women all night. You have never experienced a ladies man such as this one was." Walker put up a tent over Odell's grave to accommodate the crowd, which one night numbered 1,500 at 2 a.m. But Digger wanted to be dug up before he had fulfilled his 30-day contract.
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WebJun 13, 1979 · Digger O'Dell, stunt man who had himself buried and vowed not to come up until gasoline prices went down, is forced to surface after 10 days; suffered chest pains (S)
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WebThe Life of Riley was an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book. An unrelated radio show with the name Life of Riley was a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941, to September 6, 1941.
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WebDigger O'Dell, world famous stunt man, will be buried in Detroit October 26th, at 1 pm at 13505 Grand River east of Schaefer. Digger estimates he has spent 6-1/2 of his 54 years buried in a self made grave and has been buried 93 times before. O'Dell, who earns his living either sitting on flagpoles or going to the other extreme of being
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WebSep 15, 2016 · Air Force Lt. Col. Donald "Digger" Odell, a fighter pilot from Harrison Township was shot down during the Vietnam War and remained a Prisoner of War for five a half years. Shared here to illustrate what the first moments of his life was like as a POW are excerpts from a narrative that ran in the Macomb Daily on May 21, 1973.
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WebBack of postcard says: "On exhibition at Gay Dolphin Park. Buried Alive in a 2½ by 5 foot box." Here's a June 3, 1979, NY Times story wonderfully written by Howell Raines: Buried From California to Jersey That brush with death kept the Digger out of the grave until Mack Hornsby, the mobile home man, tracked him down to a tomato patch in Cumming, Ga. …
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WebDigger Odell was a stunt performer who traveled widely performing often dangerous stunts as sponsored promotions. He performed until his death in 1999. D. Floyd {{ relativeTimeResolver(1565358586930) }}
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WebThis photo (used with the kind permission of "Digger" O'Dell, Lt. Col. USMC (Ret)) shows team "Box Score" on 10 January, 1968, after returning from a recon patrol. They had captured a POW and were extracted, given a bottle of champagne (which Sgt. Billy Andress is holding), a steak dinner, and a 3 day R&R in DaNang.
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WebBack of postcard says: "On exhibition at Gay Dolphin Park. Buried Alive in a 2½ by 5 foot box." Here's a June 3, 1979, NY Times story wonderfully written by Howell Raines: Buried From California to Jersey That brush with death kept the Digger out of the grave until Mack Hornsby, the mobile home man, tracked him down to a tomato patch in Cumming, Ga. …
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WebJun 4, 1979 · Digger O'Dell, who has been in underground vault in Phenix City, Ala, since May 31, vows to stay buried until gasoline prices come down (S) Thé 62‐year‐old retired stunt man, was buried
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WebA great memorable quote from the The Life of Riley movie on Quotes.net - Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: It is I, Digby O'Dell, the friendly undertaker.Chester A. Riley: Hello, Digger. What are you doin' here in the park?Digby 'Digger' O'Dell: Why, I was just taking a stroll around the pond. I enjoy listening to the frogs croak.
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WebMay 26, 2021 · May 25, 2021 #1 One of my favorite characters from classic radio is Digby "Digger" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker portrayed by John Brown in THE LIFE OF RILEY. Digger's morbid sense of humor buttressed by Brown's off-kilter delivery was a hit with the show's audience, and for me, often the high point of the episode.
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WebSep 13, 2018 · Billy O'Dell died Wednesday, of complications from Parkinson's disease, at a hospital in his hometown of Newberry, S.C. He was 85. Baltimore's first bonus baby, O'Dell signed out of Clemson in
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WebThanks to Chester's interference, Junior now has two dates for the school dance. As usual, he doesn't know what to do, until Digby O'Dell, the Friendly Unde
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WebDigger Odell was a stunt performer who traveled widely performing often dangerous stunts as sponsored promotions. He performed until his death in 1999. D. Floyd {{ relativeTimeResolver(1565358586930) }}
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Webprofessional stunt man, he had earned his nickname of "Digger O'Dell" by allowing himself to be buried alive for various ventures. He was campaigning underground for President Carter in
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WebJun 4, 1979 · Digger O'Dell, who has been in underground vault in Phenix City, Ala, since May 31, vows to stay buried until gasoline prices come down (S) Thé 62‐year‐old retired stunt man, was buried
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WebJun 13, 1979 · Digger O'Dell, stunt man who had himself buried and vowed not to come up until gasoline prices went down, is forced to surface after 10 days; suffered chest pains (S)
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