Remembering The Passed

Remembering Hopalong Cassady, Dr. Robert McClelland, Jimmy Nelson, Robert Hunter, WGN/Chicago CubsHoward “Hopalong” Cassady was the legendary Ohio State running back who won the 1955 Heisman Trophy and helped the Buckeyes to a national championship. Robert McClelland was one of the surgeons at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, who was called in to treat President Kennedy after Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza. Jimmy Nelson was one of the top ventriloquists of the early television era, best known for the Nestle chocolate commercials he performed with his dummies. Robert Hunter was a close friend of Jerry Garcia and lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Television and radio station WGN was the longtime broadcast home of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are leaving WGN after 72 years.