Trae Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Well he said it... Get mad at Marvin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Do you work in a hospital?No, not even close. But I've known several people in the last few years who seemed perfectly healthy one day and woke up feeling really bad the next, and then found out they had this disease. All of them were dead within 6-8 weeks. It is one of the deadliest cancers you can get, and it kills very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 No, not even close. But I've known several people in the last few years who seemed perfectly healthy one day and woke up feeling really bad the next, and then found out they had this disease. All of them were dead within 6-8 weeks. It is one of the deadliest cancers you can get, and it kills very quickly.I think Steve Jobs (Apple, Inc.) had a bout with it (pancreatic cancer), but appears to have beat it for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5478841Zindler died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pineda Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Rest in Peace, Marvin. You've left some very big shoes to fill and you will be sorely missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 He definitely made a difference to me. He just filed a report last night so he worked right to the end.article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 R.I.P. Mr. Zindler. He worked hard until the end (even though he didn't have to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I've only lived in Houston seven years and it feels like I lost a part of the family.RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDallas Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I'm 28 yrs old so I pretty much saw the guy on TV since as long as I have been watching. Actually, my mom used to tease me about how I was always trying to say "slime in the ice machine" when I was just starting to talk as a toddler. Anyone who lived in this town long enough lost a family member today. This is very sad indeed. The city should do something like put a bronze statue of him in front of city hall that will stay there forever. I just don't want him to be forgotten or just remembered as a consumer reporter. He was so much more than just a reporter. The man was part of what makes Houston be the Houston we know. RIP Marvin you are a LEGEND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonray Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Godspeed Marvin, keep watching over us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T 2 THA C Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 This is really sad news! Hes in a better place now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I like that idea. I wouldn't mind a statue of Marvin. How about Hermann Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 the tribute on the 10pm news has been great. looks like they'll be going an hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 How sad. I was on the phone with Dad when the 10:00 news was coming on. I didn't have the TV on but Mom and Dad did at their place and I heard him say "Did Marvin Zindler die?" as 13's 10:00 newscast was starting. I'm still watching the tribute on delay on my DVR. Like many others, I feel like a sense of loss, simply because he has been a fixture on TV since before I was born. I have memories of making fun of his "MAAAAARVIN Zindler, EYE-WITNESS NEWS" sign-off when I was just five or six years old. I saw Marvin once at Niko Niko's a few years ago and said hi to him, and it was almost like meeting a Hollywood celebrity. Eyewitness News just won't be the same without him, and Houston has lost a real champion for the less fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 As I was perparing to begin viewing the ABC 13 10pm Newscast, They showed a picture of Marvin and it read 1921-2007. I was speechless and couldn't believe what I was seeing. It's almost like it wasn't real. I was not expecting Marvin to die. I just knew he would fight it out. I have been watching Marvin and ABC 13 News since 4th Grade. I will most definately miss watching him on the air. No one will ever be able to replace him. The nearly 1 hour long Tribute to him was an Extroadinary, Tremendous presentation by Dave Ward, Gina Gaston and the ABC 13 Team. I wish Marvin's Family Peace during this tough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Where were you when you heard the news?http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=3251561http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...an/5009880.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I was at home when I heard someone (maybe my sister or my mom) state that he died. I was not surprised; pancreatic cancer + old age = almost certainty of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 just found out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 he lived a long and eventful life...and slime in ice machines throughout the greater houston area have never had a greater adversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan the man Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Marvin Zindler will never be replaced...the way he does his stories...the way he looks on camera...the kinds of stories he does...he is a Houston institution...a household staple across Texas...I can recall regularly tuning in Friday nights to watch Marvin's Rat and Roach Report, and oddly enough some of the places my family frequented made at least one appearance on the Rat and Roach Report. I can also recall his "Action Mail" segments back in the 1990s during Live at Five...he even continued to say "Channel 13, Box 13..." even after "Channel 13" became "ABC 13", he most likely never used "ABC 13" during his segments...makes anyone wish for days when you didn't have to name a station after the network.God bless his soul... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 The nearly 1 hour long Tribute to him was an Extroadinary, Tremendous presentation by Dave Ward, Gina Gaston and the ABC 13 Team. The amount of footage was amazing. Even during the morning news, they are playing footage that wasn't shown during the sunday night tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastEnd Susan Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Back in 1974 I went to my high school journalism banquet and Marvin was the guest speaker. What a nice man he was. His wife was with him and she was a sweatheart as well. And yes, he did end his speach with.. MAAAARVIN ZINDLER, Eye Witness News. I wrote to him a couple of years ago and he was gracious enough to write back telling me how he remembered the banquet and thanking me for remembering him. He will be sorely missed. They better mind their P's and Q's in heaven because the Watchdog is now there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danax Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Duplicate topics merged. Marvin would've wanted it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Marvin,Over your last weekend, I hope you had a good one: Good golf, good tennis, or whatever makes you happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5478841Zindler died.What a way to go. Did he literally work until his last day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 What a way to go. Did he literally work until his last day?he did a story saturday about a man trying to get his social security card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yep. His last report was filed Saturday night. It involved helping an american citizen (raised in mexico) get a social security card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I wasn't expecting him to go so soon after he made this announcement, but I wasn't surprised. There will never be another like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 What a way to go. Did he literally work until his last day?Just about. As I noted in an earlier posting in this thread a few weeks ago, I've been in Houston more than 50 years, and I've seen a lot of TV people and other public figures come and go. I can't think of anyone who has left a bigger mark on this town, or left bigger footprints than Marvin, in terms of the good things he made to happen with the sheer power and force of his personality. We won't see his like again.It's hard to imagine Houston without Marvin Zindler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Marvin is one person that deserved the Nobel Peace Prize as far as I'm concerned. He did so many humanitarian things for everyone and all aoround the world. I am sure he wouldn't or care to only be remembered for that stupid brothel incident in 73' and especially the lousy musical that followed. That was such a distraction from what he should surely be remembered for... Helping your fellow man and a great sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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