Remembering The Passed

Remembering Ron Fairly, Ernest Gaines, Gert Boyle, Bernard SladeRon Fairly was a Major League outfielder for 20 years and then he went on to be a broadcaster for another three-plus decades. With experience in more than 7,000 games, he was a prolific storyteller. Some of his best stories were about LA Dodger teammate Sandy Koufax and World Series rival Mickey Mantle. Ernest Gaines was the Louisiana novelist whose work was turned into television movies. His most notable work was The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, which starred Cicely Tyson in the 1974 television version. Gert Boyle was the longtime president of Columbia sportswear. She became one of Oregon’s leading philanthropists. Bernard Slade was the writer who created The Flying Nun (1967-1970) and The Partridge Family (1970-1974) for television and Same Time, Next Year (1975) for Broadway.