{"id":816,"date":"2003-10-29T07:57:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-29T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2003-10-29T07:57:00","modified_gmt":"2003-10-29T13:57:00","slug":"blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66\/","title":{"rendered":"blagh: Bad News: Rod Roddy dies at ~66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/SHOWBIZ\/TV\/10\/28\/obit.roddy.ap\/index.html\">TV announcer Rod Roddy dead at ~66<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People who know me, know that I am into voices. Voice artists, accents, announcers, cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>Rod Roddy, while not the most famous one out there was the &#8220;Come on Down&#8221; voice for the Price is Right after Johnny Olsen.  He was known for incredibly loud jackets.<\/p>\n<p>My knowledge of Roddy actually predates that to the one of the all-time funny shows of television, &#8220;Soap&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Will Corrine find out about Jessica and Tom? Will Jessica find out about Corrine and Tom? Will Chester find out? Will Benson find out? Will Benson care?<\/p>\n<p>Confused? You won&#8217;t be after next week&#8217;s&#8230; Soap<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Rod, not many of us knew your face. Many of us will miss your voice and the smiles you brought to your words.<\/p>\n<p><center><font SIZE=\"-1\">Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills. <\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-816\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-816\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-816\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/29\/blagh-bad-news-rod-roddy-dies-at-66\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV announcer Rod Roddy dead at ~66 People who know me, know that I am into voices. 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