Former US Senator Wendell Ford has lung cancer...

[Tom_Foolery]

http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/ford-battling-lung-cancer/article_d9ab923a-3a6c-5b99-b9b5-9fb38042d326.html


Wendell Ford, former U.S. senator and former governor of Kentucky, announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has begun undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Owensboro.

Ford, 89, said that he recently was diagnosed with a malignancy in one lung that has started spreading.

[NightWatcher]

1. Stories about him say he was a staunch defender of Kentucky's tobacco industry

Just leaving that there.

[Tom_Foolery]

3. You are correct...

And he was a heavy smoker himself. He made mistakes.

[kentuck]

2. He is a Democrat...

Kentucky has elected a few and I hope it is time for another.

[tnlurker]

4. I lived in Owensboro about 16 years ago

I used to drive by his house occasionally. Never met him though. People that knew him liked him a lot.

[Tom_Foolery]

6. I've lived here most of my life...

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I was in the grocery store one afternoon; and being in a hurry, I was rushing down the aisles, grabbing what I needed. I soon found that in each aisle that I went down, an elderly man was in my way. I complained under my breath about the hindrance.
After a few encounters with him, I realized he was Wendell Ford. Feeling guilty, I approached him and asked if he was the senator. He turned to me and said, "Why, yes, I am. And that's just one of the many things that I've been called by people." I forgot all about being in a hurry as I spent several minutes talking to him.

[happynewyear]

5. not familiar w/this man

But, that said, I hope he finds some good help.

I've lost a very close family member to lung cancer and it was just horrible.