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Good afternoon, Netizens…
As belated as it might be, I join with many others in our Spokane community in acknowledging the passage of Bob Glatzer, who passed away yesterday after a stroke earlier in the week. Just because he was a consummate film critic, advertising executive and a vibrant supporter of the arts did not, in any way, limit Glatzer’s contributions to Spokane’s community-at-large.
As someone once said, if there was something truthful, positive and uplifting to be said or done for Spokane, the chances were pretty good that if Bob Glatzer wasn’t involved, he knew someone who was. The few times I met him in passing, I always walked away with the feeling I had met a true gentleman, someone who knew, revered and understood the power of cinema.
In a day and age when we seem to be falling far short when it comes to true leaders in Spokane, or at least when our so-called leaders cannot or will not lead us effectively, having Bob Glatzer missing from our midst will be a terrible loss indeed. My condolences to his family.
Dave
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jjscherer on October 16 at 10:47 p.m.
What a shock… Bob’s death is especially painful because I actually married him and Mary Ann back in the day. We have lost a true friend, a gentle giant with a heart as large as life.
Mary Ann, my heart goes out to you. . .
Love from Krakow, Poland,
John
saveyourtatas on October 17 at 1:15 a.m.
I never met Mr. Glatzer, but I remember listening to him when he had a local activist on his radio show and they were talking about city council when they both veered onto the subject of movies & Shawshank Redemption. It was very obvious that Bob Glatzer was a passionate man with a very astute mind. He was well versed in many realms of culture. We will miss him very much and my thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Ron_the_Cop on October 17 at 1:26 p.m.
Follks need to read Tim Connor’s piece as well as Mr. Glatzer was at once a manager of RPS and spoke out re the infamous RPS garage expansion project:
http://cforjustice.org/2010/10/16/remembering-bob-glatzer/
Dave Laird on October 17 at 2:04 p.m.
Good afternoon, Ron…
Of all the various eulogies of Bob Glatzer I have read, perhaps Tim’s piece did more to “tell the whole story” than anything I could. I (and a few others I know) were present at the City Council meeting when Bob made his impassioned speech, but as I said, having Bob Glatzer missing from our midst is a terrible loss.
Dave