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RE: Jim Getty Carries Forth Lincoln's Legacy - RJNorton - 09-28-2015 04:41 AM
http://www.eveningsun.com/gettysburg/ci_28884635/jim-getty-lincoln-re-enactor-dies
RE: Jim Getty Carries Forth Lincoln's Legacy - LincolnMan - 09-28-2015 06:36 AM
What an amazing person- the obit says it all.
RE: Jim Getty Carries Forth Lincoln's Legacy - L Verge - 09-28-2015 07:34 AM
As my tribute to Jim, I would like to refer you back to the first post on this thread that I made in 2013, after having Jim appear as Mr. Lincoln at Surratt House Museum. It sort of reiterates what his children said in the above obituary.
RE: Jim Getty Carries Forth Lincoln's Legacy - L Verge - 09-30-2015 06:55 PM
While we all loved Jim Getty as Abraham Lincoln, he had a great personal history of service to young people also. This will show the real man under the stovepipe hat: http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/obituaries/article_ae6f150f-cce8-5a63-9396-df7489aa10be.html
When I first learned of his musical background, I was flabbergasted. I just could not imagine him having any other voice than the one that he fashioned after Mr. Lincoln's high-pitched twang! I also did not realize that his is the voice at the Lincoln Memorial.
RE: Jim Getty Carries Forth Lincoln's Legacy - STS Lincolnite - 10-04-2015 03:50 PM
I had the opportunity to meet Jim Getty several times over the last couple of years. He was a very genuine man with a true gentleness of spirit. I think Mr. Lincoln would have been very comfortable with a man such as that portraying him.