Famous Movie Star Dies.

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Grayfox

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Today we mourn the passing of one of the great stars of TV and Movies. Bart the Bear passed away at the age of 23 from cancer. Bart, a full grown male grizzly, was one of the most worked animal actors in Hollywood. Odds are that anytime you've seen a large bear in a movie, it was Bart.
One of my favorites was a National Geographic Special about National Parks. The parks service was testing a new stainless steel Bear Box they were considering buying. These boxes are put in camping areas so people can safely store food away from camp and safe from animals. The trainer put one of Bart's favorite treats in one of these boxes and told Bart to go get it. Bart peeled that box open like a paper sack in less than ten seconds.
Bart the Bear, gone but not forgotten.
 
A real Ursa Major here on Earth.
May he rest in peace...

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...defend the 2nd., it protects us all.
No fate but what we make...
 
Bart may well have been more intelligent than many humans in the same profession. Certainly he never traded on his celebrity status to imply that his opinions were of greater import than those of non-entertainment ursines.
 
RikWriter
That was terrible.........I love it. :)

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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 18, 2000

BART THE BEAR1S TM CAREER COMES TO AN END

HEBER CITY, UT - - - Bart the Bear TM died peacefully surrounded by his family and friends at his home in Utah on May
10, 2000.

Bart was born in a US zoo on January 19, 1978. His destiny was not to live out his 23 1/2 years in the unchanging
confinement of a zoo, but to see the world and become a beloved member of a human family.

He came to Doug and Lynne Seus as a 5 pound bundle and grew to 1,500 pounds, standing 9 1/2 feet tall. His long film
career took he and his family from the Austrian/Italian Alps to the wilderness of Alaska, all over the US and Canada and
finally to the stage of the 1998 Academy Awards. He loved to be in the spotlight and relished the applause and cheers of the
film crew much more than he did his salmon and blueberries.

Bart the Bear1s TM legacy went far beyond his film career. He is the "spokesbear" for the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado
State University but his greatest role was as ambassador for the Vital Ground Foundation. Vital Ground has procured
threatened wildlife habitat along the Rocky Mountain front and on Kodiak Island. Because of Bart1s life in captivity many of
his wild brothers are able to roam free.

Bart is survived by his human family Doug, Lynne, Clint, Jed and Sausha and his bear brother "Tank". His ol1 swimming
hole will still be filled with love and joy as the circle of life has just brought the Seus1 2 orphaned grizzly cubs. The cub1s
mother was shot 200 miles north of Anchorage. These babies miraculously survived alone for over 2 days when the Alaska
Fish and Game rescued them. The little boy cub will carry on Bart1s legacy and will be his namesake, although until he
grows up he is being called "Little Bart". The little girl cub is called Honey. These cubs will follow in Bart1s giant footsteps
to bring the wondrous spirit of the bear into many lives and hearts.

Tributes to Bart the Bear's TM memory may be made to the Vital Ground Foundation, a 501(c)(3). Send contributions to:
Post Office Box 982003, Park City, Utah 84098 or by calling (435) 658-0009. http://members.tripod.com/bartbear/

[This message has been edited by dZ (edited May 19, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by dZ (edited May 19, 2000).]
 
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