Remembering Gregory Peck
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Every so often a drama would catch my interest for one reason or another and the Gregory Peck portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockinbird was one of those exceptions to my rather narrow interest spectrum at that time in my life. I might say it is one of my favorite performances of all time ... perhaps.
Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of Ellen Ripley in Aliens is really difficult to surpass in that 'favorite of all times' category, however ! But I digress ...
Eldred Gregory Peck was a star of film in the United States. His popularity was second to none spanning a 20 year period from the 1940s through the 1960s.
He was born April 5, 1916 and died June 12, 2003.
He has received accolades from multiple institutions as one of the finest film stars ever.
My aforementioned favorite performance by him is that of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird for which he won an Academy Award for best actor back when it actually meant something.
He was a politically active democrat before the libtard left took over and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 by President Lyndon B Johnson.
He passed in his sleep from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87.
Rest in peace.