Bob Keeshan

[Bill O'Neill]

Dave Faneuf:

> One other quick story he told me, then I'm gone.
>
> Bob told me he was on a flight, a woman came up to him and
> said "I know
> who you are"...Bob told me he said yes, you may have seen me on
> television, the woman said "Yes, You're Walter Cronkite"!
> Bob said, no, I am Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo, and the woman again
> said, " NO, I know you, You're Walter Cronkite"!

Not surprising that there would be that confusion.  Facial similarities aside,
those two men were emblematic of a time when we looked to broadcasters for more
than simple entertainment.  They were people to whom we offered our trust.

> I can not express the sadness that I have in Bob's passing,  not only
> that we have lost a great man, but we have also lost
> something that the
> new generation of broadcasters will never know, and I am at a loss to
> even begin to explain.
>
> Faneuf

I'm sorry for Bob's loss and how it's hit home.

Bill O'Neill