Buckles Blog: Gary & George Hoover 1972

Friday, September 04, 2009

Jimmy Cole said...: These are Dave & Lois's two sons taken on Easter Sunday in 1972. Sadly, Gary passed away 3 years later from an illness. He was a fine young man, and had once told me that he wanted to be a wild animal trainer himself.; 04 September, 2009 07:44
Ole Whitey said...: Gary was a very sharp young man. I remember once Dave was giving me a run down on the cats from Beatty's act that he had acquired and he had to ask Gary for some help about one or two of them.

You recall Lois' dad Roger Barnes passed away the same time Gary did. I think he had a heart attack in his car after they called him about Gary's death.; 04 September, 2009 10:08
Chic Silber said...: Years later George spent quite

a long time in the grab & grease

joint just outside the marquee

with Dennis Walker who had been

with Dave for years before that

Gary had a malignant brain tumor

The whole family were some of the

nicest people in the business; 04 September, 2009 11:04
Roger Smith said...: The Hoovers took me with them for a visit to Gary's mausoleum, before we departed DeLand for the 1981 tour.; 05 September, 2009 21:15

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