A couple of days after he was cut from the team, Josh Pederson is back wearing the Jacksonville Jaguars uniform.

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Pederson is the son of Jaguars’ coach Doug Pederson.

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But the younger Pederson isn’t on the regular team, instead, he’s been signed as a tight end to the practice squad, ESPN reported.

Earlier this week, the elder Pederson made the difficult call that his son was cut from the team to make it to the 53-man roster, Sports Illustrated reported.

Josh Pederson was an undrafted free agent from Louisiana-Monroe. He had spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs. He also was playing in the USFL for the Houston Gamblers, where he caught 24 passes for 325 yards in 10 games, but his contract there ended earlier this year to be able to join an at-the-time unnamed NFL team, ESPN reported.

Despite floating around to several teams, Josh Pederson has never been on the field during the NFL’s regular season.

ESPN reported that Doug Pederson’s decision wasn’t a surprise. He was asked on Monday if he wanted to be the one who told Josh if he was off hypothetically the team. The coach responded that he had to give his son bad news in the past, but then said in all seriousness that the team’s general manager Trent Baalke would treat Josh the same as any other player.

“I’d want to tell him,” Doug Pederson said. “Trent would want to visit with him as well, and I definitely want to talk to him and just let him know — I mean, he’s been through this process before with a couple other teams last year. And I’m very familiar with it, obviously, as a former player, and walk him through the process and let him know that everything’s going to be OK.”

The Jags cut more than two dozen players before the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, NBC Sports reported.

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A couple of days after he was cut from the team, Josh Pederson is back wearing the Jacksonville Jaguars uniform.

>> Read more trending news

Pederson is the son of Jaguars’ coach Doug Pederson.

But the younger Pederson isn’t on the regular team, instead, he’s been signed as a tight end to the practice squad, ESPN reported.

Earlier this week, the elder Pederson made the difficult call that his son was cut from the team to make it to the 53-man roster, Sports Illustrated reported.

Josh Pederson was an undrafted free agent from Louisiana-Monroe. He had spent time with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs. He also was playing in the USFL for the Houston Gamblers, where he caught 24 passes for 325 yards in 10 games, but his contract there ended earlier this year to be able to join an at-the-time unnamed NFL team, ESPN reported.

Despite floating around to several teams, Josh Pederson has never been on the field during the NFL’s regular season.

ESPN reported that Doug Pederson’s decision wasn’t a surprise. He was asked on Monday if he wanted to be the one who told Josh if he was off hypothetically the team. The coach responded that he had to give his son bad news in the past, but then said in all seriousness that the team’s general manager Trent Baalke would treat Josh the same as any other player.

“I’d want to tell him,” Doug Pederson said. “Trent would want to visit with him as well, and I definitely want to talk to him and just let him know — I mean, he’s been through this process before with a couple other teams last year. And I’m very familiar with it, obviously, as a former player, and walk him through the process and let him know that everything’s going to be OK.”

The Jags cut more than two dozen players before the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, NBC Sports reported.

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• “Sorry it took so long,” Morgan said [Lennie James] when he heard a growl coming from his old home in King County, Georgia
• Morgan left his son Duane chained in the attic after being bitten and returned at great risk to kill and bury him
• Grace and Mo surprised him there, and Morgan later agreed to join Dwight and Sherry in their war against Padre after Grace was bitten

Morgan Jones risked everything to return to King County, Georgia to kill and bury his zombie son, Duane, on Sunday’s episode of Fear The Walking Dead on AMC.

“Sorry it took so long,” Morgan said [Lennie James] when he heard a growl coming from his house.

The Season 8 episode, titled “King County,” began with Morgan walking through King County, returning to his old house, and breaking down crying.

“I’m sorry, Duane,” Morgan said.

Suddenly Grace [Karen David] pulled up in a truck.

Final Season: Morgan Jones risked everything to return to King County, Georgia to kill and bury his zombie son, Duane, on Sunday’s episode of Fear The Walking Dead on AMC

‘How did you find me?’ Said Morgan.

“You asked me to come,” Grace said.

Morgan said no one knew he came here.

Mon [Zoey Merchant] She then emerged from the back of the truck she was hiding in and admitted she was the one who sent the SOS message, knowing full well that King County meant something to Morgan.

“Does this have anything to do with Jenny and Duane?” asked Mo.

Morgan said it was his wife and son and that he had come to bring his son to rest after leaving him chained in the attic of his home after being bitten.

Mo told them that Daniel helped her get away from Padre.

“Daniel is still alive?” Morgan said.

Zombie Son: Duane was locked in the attic by Morgan after being bitten. Family reunion: Grace [Karen David] and Mon [Zoey Merchant] Met Morgan at King County Old House: Morgan went to his old house in Georgia where he was living with his family when the zombie apocalypse broke out. Message sender: Mo admitted she was the one who sent the SOS message, knowing full well that King County meant something to Morgan

“He’s building an army to take Padre down,” Mo said. “We can help him with that.”

Morgan said he would do it, but first he had to kill Duane, who turned into a walker after his wife Jenny became infected and bit him.

“I left my boy to be one of them,” Morgan said.

A flare rose into the air and Dwight [Austin Amelio] and sherry [Christine Evangelista] approached on horseback and told Morgan they would take him back to Padre.

“Padre has your son and he’s using him against you,” Morgan said.

“He’s damn right about that,” said Sherry.

“You sold us seven years ago to save your child,” Dwight said. “We’re just getting revenge.”

Together again: Dwight [Austin Amelio] and sherry [Christine Evangelista] Morgan said they would take him back to Padre

Then, when Dwight saw Mo and Grace, he decided to help them escape instead.

Dwight told him that they were also followed by two guards that they had to take care of, but Morgan said he had to do something first. Morgan, Mo and Grace ran into an abandoned house and Morgan told Grace to get a gun that was up by the window.

“I’m not going anywhere until you tell me how you know where everything is in this house,” Grace said.

Morgan said he used to live in the house. As the walkers streamed outside, Grace told them they had to go. Morgan declined.

“I need to get my boy to rest,” Morgan said.

Dwight radioed from outside that they knew they were hiding inside the house. Morgan said he came back to bury his son.

“I’m sorry Morgan, but we have to think of our son, too,” Sherry said.

Dwight’s soldiers fired a flare into the air to lure more walkers to the house. Then Mo called Morgan upstairs and showed him that the walls of the room were covered in writing.

Feeding Frenzy: Walkers were outside in the midst of a feeding frenzy. Plans changed: when Dwight then saw Mo and Grace, he decided to help them escape instead

“I don’t remember ever coming back here after Duane died,” Morgan said.

Mo found Morgan’s family photo album and flipped through it while Morgan picked up a rifle Rick Grimes had given him.

“What have we been doing for the last seven years?” Grace said.

“We did what we felt was necessary,” Morgan said.

“I’m sorry we wasted all this time, Morgan,” Grace said.

Dwight told Morgan they had five minutes to surrender or they would send walkers to set them on fire.

“This is your second chance, dad,” said Mo.

“Rick, he gave you this gun for a reason,” Grace said. ‘Use it.’

Difficult Situation: Morgan struggled with Dwight and his commitment to his zombie son, Duane

Grace kissed Morgan.

“I’m so sorry we wasted so much time,” Grace said.

“Me too,” Morgan said.

Then Morgan opened the door and everyone started killing strays in their path. Then he saw his walker outside and froze. Dwight and Sherry rode up and said Padre needed to know why he was really there and insisted on going inside to see if Morgan was telling the truth.

A Padre soldier traveling with Dwight told them that Shrike wanted answers.

“If he doesn’t tell you why he’s there, kill him,” Shrike [Maya Eshet] said over the walkie-talkie.

Morgan grabbed the soldier’s gun and aimed it at his own head.

“Do it,” Morgan said.

Hard line: “If he doesn’t tell you why he’s there, kill him”, Shrike [Maya Eshet] said over the walkie-talkie

Dwight and Sherry intervened and knocked out the Padre soldiers. Grace hugged Morgan.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” Morgan said.

“I’m not just going to stand here and watch you get killed in cold blood, Morgan,” Dwight said.

Morgan said that Padre would kill her son.

“Not if we have anything to do with it,” Dwight said.

Shrike called for them to answer and Dwight answered. Shrike demanded to speak to her soldier named Oriole.

“You can talk to him after I talk to my son,” Dwight said.

Then Shrike put the microphone in front of Finch [Gavin Warren]. Dwight asked him how he was feeling.

“I think the treatment worked,” Finch said.

Dwight told him to do the chimney sweep he taught him in class. Finch knocked Shrike unconscious. Dwight informed Finch that there was a morning supply boat that would be leaving the Padre compound in 20 minutes and that he should sneak aboard and that he would meet him on the mainland.

Chimney Sweep: Dwight told him to do the chimney sweep he taught him in class and Finch knocked Shrike unconscious

“Look Morgan, whatever happened here, all I know is that you have a chance to change things for Mo,” Dwight said.

Morgan radioed Mo and she told him that one of the torches had set her house on fire.

“Listen baby, I’m coming for you,” Morgan said.

Morgan killed the walkers in front of the burning house and then told Mo to go to the attic. Mo heard a walker in the attic and saw a chained boy walking. Mo then fell through the floor and was trapped. Morgan climbed the stairs and saw that his son, now a zombie, was trying to attack Mo. Morgan pulled the trigger and killed Duane.

Morgan buried him the next day. Morgan then told Grace to help Madison and Daniel take over Padre.

“We reunite every child that still has a parent,” Morgan said. “We do what we say, we’ll spend as much time together as we can.”

Mo took Morgan’s charred family photo album and told him he needed something to remember his family from when they were normal. Suddenly, a walker jumped out of the ashes and grabbed Mo. Grace and Morgan jump in and kill the walker, but Grace is bitten during the fight.

Meanwhile, Sherry and Dwight waited for Finch to appear ashore. When he did, they hugged him. Morgan then pulled up in a truck and killed two Padre soldiers.

Complete determination: Morgan was determined to bury his son. Headshot: A walker was killed by Morgan with a sharp blow to the head. Familiar Territory: Morgan was back in King County, where the story of Rick Grimes in the original series The Walking Dead began

“I need your help with Grace,” Morgan said. “She was bitten. The treatment June used on your boy. It works?’

Sherry said that was the case. They all boarded a transport boat to take Grace to June. Morgan told Grace to hold on.

“Wait a minute, June will be fine,” Morgan said to Grace.

“You don’t know,” Grace said.

“No matter what, we have to live,” Morgan said.

Fear The Walking Dead will return on AMC next Sunday.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Tanya Tilghman moved to the Bay Area as a teenager to live with her mother. She later married, had two sons, and made a home in San Francisco’s historic Italian neighborhood of North Beach, above the tourist and financial centers.

Even when her marriage fell apart, she never considered leaving. This was her city, her people. Liberal like her, with a mix of income levels and an overall sense of community. She wasn’t worried about her growing boys taking to the streets, where she herself always felt safe.

But those streets have changed, she says. She believes actions by city hall and even groups helping the homeless have exacerbated some of the problems and the community she once felt a part of has disappeared, she says. And her son got caught up in a scene that’s hard to ignore in the city: the drug scene.

Tilghman said Roman Vardanega first tried illegal drugs early in high school when he took a prescription drug at a friend’s house.

He quickly became addicted, his mother said, and then switched to cocaine, heroin, and later fentanyl, all of which were available in the city’s seedy Tenderloin area.

Tilghman admits she was uninformed, even naïve, about the proliferation of hard drugs. But it wasn’t something she encountered every day. Then “I think it’s a lot worse now than it was when I was growing up here,” she said. “When I was a teenager we always came to the Tenderloin because we thought it was just fun and quirky and I never felt insecure as a teenager. But I also don’t remember people coming up to me and asking if I wanted to buy drugs.

One of her first clues that her son was deeply involved was when she accompanied him on a tour of City Hall while he was at school. It was a few blocks from the Tenderloin, and some of the homeless people on the street knew him by name, like he’d been out there hanging out with them a lot — and that’s exactly what he did by collecting his drugs.

She tried to help. Vardanega spent 11th grade in rehab but persuaded his mother to let him return. She welcomed him home, but so did the streets.

By this time, their neighborhood had changed, and drugs seemed freely available even when they rode the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system home.

“The first thing I got asked when I walked out of the BART station was if I wanted to buy drugs,” Tilghman said. The ease of getting and using drugs made the city a dangerous and sometimes deadly playground for people like her son.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Vardanega began living on the streets full-time. The city was shut down, residents left or stayed indoors, and at the height of the pandemic, more people died from drug overdoses than from Covid-19.

“Everyone in town started putting up tents,” Tilghman said. “The outdoor drug market got a lot worse. And so it became easier for him to buy drugs and use them outdoors.”

And what Tilghman found puzzling was that the city just seemed to be looking the other way.

“The city’s policies absolutely harmed my son, it harmed us, and it caused him, I would say, to fall into his addiction a lot more,” she said.

“If you get caught for drugs, you most likely won’t go to jail, the cops would just let you go,” she said. “That made things worse, especially for my son because he’s very young and he’s still in that party mood.”

Tilghman’s state of mind was focused on one goal: finding her son. She knew he was addicted. She knew she loved him so much it hurt. And she knew that she wouldn’t stop looking until she found him, even if it put her in danger.

She walked the streets looking at things that most people tried to avoid and looked straight into the eyes of the people who lived on the streets. Sometimes she got blank looks back. Sometimes a sympathetic ear or a hopeful hint as to where her son might be.

She didn’t find him, but so many people were like him. “What makes me sad is seeing my son’s face on everyone’s faces … out on the street,” Tilghman said.

When Covid broke out, many residents started disappearing and the tent cities exploded on the sidewalks along with the drugs, the addictions and the signs of mental illness.

Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the city to set up a “liaison center” at the Tenderloin, touted as a place for addicts to seek services that can help them.

When it opened in January 2022, Tilghman hoped it might be a place her son would find himself in, and one day she went to have a look. When she got there, she heard blaring music and tried to peek inside.

“I saw people doing drugs. I could not believe it. I think this is a place where people should get help. And they actually do drugs?” Tilghman said.

A little later she pretended to be an addict and went to the center to take a closer look.

“I told them I wanted to quit drugs and that I needed help,” she said. “And they laughed at me. And the guy at the door said, ‘We can help you use drugs. But if you need help with drug recovery, you have to come back tomorrow,'” Tilghman said.

The center had an area intended to treat overdoses, but it became known as a place for taking drugs and not for other services.

“The most disturbing thing… was that the damage reduction area was more like a party scene,” Tilghman said. “If my son went there for services because he’s a drug addict, if he saw a party scene where people were dancing and singing and taking drugs and most likely selling drugs there, there just wouldn’t be an option for him to access it.” Because he was so distracted and excited that he went and used it.”

In her opinion, the city’s laissez-faire philosophy had simply gone too far.

“If you walk into a store and steal less than $1,000 worth of merchandise and get away with it, that’s going way too far,” she said. “It’s going too far when you could smoke crack in front of a cop and the cop just looks at you and doesn’t even arrest you.”

The struggle to save her son was wearing her down. Not once, but three times, Tilghman says she was so depressed and so hopeless that she attempted suicide.

The situation is beginning to change, both for Tilghman personally and perhaps for her town.

The Tenderloin Linkage Center, later renamed the Tenderloin Center, closed last December. Tilghman has found new support and a mission working with Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths. A new district attorney took office after the previous one was removed by constituents who perceived him as soft-spoken about crime. Tilghman’s son Vardanega got into trouble with the law, served a prison sentence and was sent to a court-ordered rehab program.

For Tilghman, incarceration is a good thing for him — it keeps him alive, off the streets, and gives him a chance in a treatment program.

For them, San Francisco is still beautiful – with the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio and Fisherman’s Wharf, the Italian enclave of North Beach. But it’s gotten even scarier, and she thinks part of the blame lies with the politicians whose job it is to clean up the streets.

“I’m liberal,” Tilghman said. “My politics have stayed the same and things have gone crazy around me.”

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See how drugs, homelessness and crime have transformed a city and what is being done about it. CNN’s Sara Sidner Asks, “What Happened to San Francisco?” on “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.

Tanya Tilghman moved to the Bay Area as a teenager to live with her mother. She later married, had two sons, and made a home in San Francisco’s historic Italian neighborhood of North Beach, above the tourist and financial centers.

Even when her marriage fell apart, she never considered leaving. This was her city, her people. Liberal like her, with a mix of income levels and an overall sense of community. She wasn’t worried about her growing boys taking to the streets, where she herself always felt safe.

But those streets have changed, she says. She believes actions by city hall and even groups helping the homeless have exacerbated some of the problems and the community she once felt a part of has disappeared, she says. And her son got caught up in a scene that’s hard to ignore in the city: the drug scene.

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Tanya Tilghman says prison and rehab could finally help her son.

Tilghman said Roman Vardanega first tried illegal drugs early in high school when he took a prescription drug at a friend’s house.

He quickly became addicted, his mother said, and then switched to cocaine, heroin, and later fentanyl, all of which were available in the city’s seedy Tenderloin area.

Tilghman admits she was uninformed, even naïve, about the proliferation of hard drugs. But it wasn’t something she encountered every day. Then “I think it’s a lot worse now than it was when I was growing up here,” she said. “When I was a teenager we always came to the Tenderloin because we thought it was just fun and quirky and I never felt insecure as a teenager. But I also don’t remember people coming up to me and asking if I wanted to buy drugs.”

One of her first clues that her son was deeply involved was when she accompanied him on a tour of City Hall while he was at school. It was a few blocks from the Tenderloin, and some of the homeless people on the street knew him by name, like he’d been out there hanging out with them a lot — and that’s exactly what he did by collecting his drugs.

She tried to help. Vardanega spent 11th grade in rehab but persuaded his mother to let him return. She welcomed him home, but so did the streets.

Courtesy of Tanya Tilghman

Roman Vardanega showed musical talent from a young age, his mother said, before his addiction consumed him.

By this time, their neighborhood had changed, and drugs seemed freely available even when they rode the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system home.

“The first thing I got out of the BART station was asked if I wanted to buy some medication,” Tilghman said. The ease of getting and using drugs made the city a dangerous and sometimes deadly playground for people like her son.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Vardanega began living on the streets full-time. The city was shut down, residents left or stayed indoors, and at the height of the pandemic, more people died from drug overdoses than from Covid-19.

“Everyone in town started putting up tents,” Tilghman said. “The open air drug market has gotten a lot worse. And so it became easier for him to buy drugs and use them outdoors.”

And what Tilghman found puzzling was that the city just seemed to be looking the other way.

“The city’s policies absolutely harmed my son, it harmed us, and it caused him, I would say, to fall into his addiction a lot more,” she said.

“If you get caught for drugs, you most likely won’t go to jail, the cops would just let you go,” she said. “That made the situation even worse, especially for my son because he’s very young and he’s still in that party mood.”

Tilghman’s state of mind was focused on one goal: finding her son. She knew he was addicted. She knew she loved him so much it hurt. And she knew that she wouldn’t stop looking until she found him, even if it put her in danger.

She walked the streets looking at things that most people tried to avoid and looked straight into the eyes of the people who lived on the streets. Sometimes she got blank looks back. Sometimes a sympathetic ear or a hopeful hint as to where her son might be.

She didn’t find him, but so many people were like him. “What makes me sad is seeing my son’s face on everyone’s faces … out on the street,” Tilghman said.

When Covid broke out, many residents started disappearing and the tent cities exploded on the sidewalks along with the drugs, the addictions and the signs of mental illness.

Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

In May 2020, rectangles are painted on the ground at a city-sanctioned homeless camp across from City Hall in San Francisco to encourage the homeless to practice social distancing.

Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the city to set up a “liaison center” at the Tenderloin, touted as a place for addicts to seek services that can help them.

When it opened in January 2022, Tilghman hoped it might be a place her son would find himself in, and one day she went to have a look. When she got there, she heard blaring music and tried to peek inside.

“I saw people doing drugs. I could not believe it. I think this is a place where people should get help. And they actually do drugs?” Tilghman said.

A little later she pretended to be an addict and went to the center to take a closer look.

“I told them I wanted to quit drugs and that I needed help,” she said. “And they laughed at me. And the guy at the door said, “We can help you get off drugs.” “But if you need help getting off drugs, you have to come back tomorrow,” Tilghman said.

The center had an area intended to treat overdoses, but it became known as a place for taking drugs and not for other services.

“The most disturbing thing… was that the damage reduction area was more like a party scene,” Tilghman said. “If my son went there to access services because he’s a drug addict, if he saw a party scene where people were dancing and singing and taking drugs and most likely selling drugs there, there just wouldn’t be an option for him to access it.” Services. Because he was so distracted and so excited that he went and used it.”

In her opinion, the city’s laissez-faire philosophy had simply gone too far.

“If you walk into a store and steal less than $1,000 worth of merchandise and get away with it, that’s going way too far,” she said. “It’s going too far when you could smoke crack in front of a cop and the cop just looks at you and doesn’t even arrest you.”

The struggle to save her son was wearing her down. Not once, but three times, Tilghman says she was so depressed and so hopeless that she attempted suicide.

The situation is beginning to change, both for Tilghman personally and perhaps for her town.

The Tenderloin Linkage Center, later renamed the Tenderloin Center, closed last December. Tilghman has found new support and a mission working with Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths. A new district attorney took office after the previous one was removed by constituents who perceived him as soft-spoken about crime. Tilghman’s son Vardanega got into trouble with the law, served a prison sentence and was sent to a court-ordered rehab program.

For Tilghman, incarceration is a good thing for him — it keeps him alive, off the streets, and gives him a chance in a treatment program.

San Francisco is still beautiful to her – with the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio and Fisherman’s Wharf, the Italian enclave of North Beach. But it’s gotten even scarier, and she thinks part of the blame lies with the politicians whose job it is to clean up the streets.

“I’m liberal,” Tilghman said. “My politics have stayed the same and things have gone crazy around me.”

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Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke has been delighting fans with his performances for more than seven decades.

From Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to Mary Poppins and Diagnosis: Murder to Night At The Museum, the actor has been a part of the lives of generations of fans.

That’s not all, his children and grandchildren have also followed in his footsteps – and Dick has worked with all of them on and off screen.

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Away from the limelight, however, Dick has also experienced heartbreaking losses and horrific ordeals in his life.

As part of our Golden Icons series, the Daily Star takes a closer look at the life of one of Hollywood’s greats.

Hollywood icon

Dick Van Dyke has been delighting his fans for more than seven decades(Image: Archive Michael Ochs)

There is no doubt that Dick Van Dyke is one of the greatest actors of all time, having starred in some of the most famous TV shows and films in the world.

The star has been wowing generations of fans since the late ’40s, when he began his entertainment career first as a radio DJ for WDAN in Illinois, USA – before making his Broadway debut in 1959’s The Girls Against The Boys.

After winning the 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor for his role in Bye Bye Birdie, he switched to television to star in his own series, The Dick Van Dyke Show, until 1966.

Dick Van Dyke played Bert the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.(Image: Disney/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

He also played two of his most popular and famous roles in the 1960s, as chimney sweep Bert in 1964’s Mary Poppins and inventor Caractacus Potts in 1968’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The star also won a Grammy Award for her performances in the film alongside Mary Poppins co-star Julie Andrews, with Dick later appearing in the 2018 sequel Mary Poppins Returns – this time as bank owner Mr Dawes Jr.

Dick Van Dyke is famous for roles in films like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(Image: Warfield/United Artists/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

In addition to appearances in the hit TV series “Diagnosis Murder”, “The Golden Girls” and “Matlock” as well as in the Hollywood blockbuster “Night At The Museum”, the golden icon continues to share her talents more than seven decades since the beginning of her career with the world.

It’s no surprise, then, that the actor reportedly has an estimated net worth of £40.7 million ($50 million).

Looking back on his life and career, the actor told Closer Magazine, “My life has been a great treat.

“I could do what I love and share it. Who would want to quit anyway?”

Terrible accident and frightening “attack”

Dick was involved in a horrific car accident in 2013(Image: Getty Images)

Dick was involved in a horrific accident in 2013 when his car caught fire on a Los Angeles freeway.

A bystander rescued the actor from the car and Dick was unharmed, but the car is said to have burned down to the frame.

However, the actor made a surprising joke about the harrowing situation after posting a photo of the blacked-out, totally burned-out car on Twitter with the caption: “Used Jag for sale REALLY CHEAP!!”

That wasn’t the actor’s first death, as Dick revealed in 2010 that he almost died after falling asleep on his surfboard and being circled by what he thought were sharks.

Dick revealed he thought he was going to die in a shark attack in 2010(Image: Getty Images)

He told talk show host Craig Ferguson: “I woke up out of sight of the land.

“I started paddling with the waves and started seeing flippers floating around me and I was like, ‘I’m dead!'”

Although he initially thought he was being surrounded by sharks, the creatures turned out to be targets, helping to save his life in the water.

The star continued, “Turns out they were porpoises. And they pushed me all the way to shore!”

Marriage

Dick married his first wife, Marjorie Willet, in 1948(Image: Getty Images)

During his life, Dick has been married twice – his first wedding was broadcast live on the Bride and Groom radio show.

While performing at the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles, Dick married Marjorie Willett on February 12, 1948 and the couple had four children together named Christian, Barry, Stacy and Carrie.

Dick also has seven grandchildren.

Dick and Marjorie had four children together during their marriage(Image: CBS via Getty Images)

It is reported that the couple divorced in 1984 after a long period of separation after Dick fell in love with his agent’s secretary, Michelle Triola.

In his memoir, My Lucky Life In and Out Of Show Business, Dick wrote, “You [Michelle] was easy to talk to, she understood me.

“I was drawn into a relationship. I was in a relationship with a woman other than my wife. It was amazing. I writhed with guilt. By 1976 I had to do something. I had to be honest.”

Marjorie died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, and Dick said he “lost a part of me” after her death.

Heartbreaking losses

Dick’s longtime partner Michelle Triola died of lung cancer in 2009(Image: WireImage)

In 1976, Dick met his longtime partner, Michelle Triola Marvin, who had worked as a lounge singer and dancer before becoming his agent’s secretary.

After separating from wife Margerie, he and Michelle remained together for more than 30 years until Michelle died of lung cancer on October 30, 2009 at the age of 76.

Of her death, Dick said in his memoir: “She spent her last week in a coma.

“Her doctor said she could still hear, so I sang and talked to her until the hospice orderlies told me she was gone.”

Along with the heartbreaking deaths of his first wife Margerie and longtime partner Michelle, Dick also suffered another loss when his granddaughter Jessica died of Reyes Syndrome in 1987.

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Dick’s son Barry Van Dyke is also a famous Hollywood actor(Image: CBS via Getty Images)

A talent for performing certainly runs in the family, as Dick’s son Barry Van Dyke is also a famous Hollywood star.

Diagnosis Murder fans regularly saw him and his father as Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan and Dr. Mark Sloan perform.

That’s not all, Barry has starred in some of the biggest television series of all time including The Love Boat, Magnum PI, The Dukes Of Hazzard, The A-Team, Airwolf and Mork and Mindy.

Dick and Barry starred opposite each other in the television series Diagnosis: Murder(Image: CBS via Getty Images)

Many of Dick’s children and grandchildren, including film producer Shane Van Dyke, have also followed in his footsteps in the entertainment industry — and guest-starred on Diagnosis: Murder.

Best Life Online also reported that Barry’s children, Shane and Carey, are talented screenwriters, with the two writing The Silence and the original screenplay for Olivia Wilde’s film Don’t Worry Darling in 2019.

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Dick Van Dyke is married to makeup artist Arlene Silver(Image: Getty Images)

Away from the limelight, Dick is married to his stunning wife, Arlene Silver, who works as a makeup artist.

The couple reportedly met at the 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards before wedding six years later on February 29, 2012.

In March 2022, Dick and Arlene celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary together – but the actor made a surprising revelation to Closer Weekly when he said he was concerned fans would mistake Arlene for a gold digger given their 46-year age difference.

He gushed about Arlene during the interview, saying: “We share an attitude. She can go with the flow. She loves to sing and dance, which we do almost every day. She is just lovely.”

However, he added: “I thought there would be an outcry about a gold miner marrying an old man, but no one ever took that stance.”

Arlene also praised her husband during the interview, saying, “He’s the most perfect human being.

“I’ve never met anyone so happy, so real, so amazing. He’s like a happy pill.”

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Stephen Clark Rogers was born on October 31, 1945 in Phoenix, Arizona to James L. and Doris M. Rogers. The family moved to Prescott, Arizona when Stephen was 3 months old.

He attended Washington Elementary School, Prescott Jr. High School, graduated from Prescott Sr. High School in 1963 and attended U of A in Tucson, Arizona.

While at school, Stephen worked for his father driving trucks that supplied Union 76 gas stations, was a lifeguard at the Granite Dells swimming hole, fought wildfires for the US Forest Service, valet parking at the Pine Cone Inn, stone carving at Drake, drove a forklift at the Coca -Cola plant and was a bronze caster at the Phippen Bronze Foundry in Skull Valley, Arizona.

He often said he had 27 jobs before he was 27.

Although he hated war, he was proud of his service in the US Army Reserves and trained as a tank squadron commander at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Stephen moved to San Francisco in the 1970’s where he worked for over 30 years as an independent filmmaker, cinematographer and primarily film/video editor for CBS News across the country and in Central and South America. He was considered the best editor in the industry.

Stephen later became an independent producer, director and editor for companies such as Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Apple and Chevron.

In the early 2000’s he moved to Prescott and continued to edit for clients remotely, working as a barista and honing his talents as an artist painting in oils and playing his beautiful piano. He also restored motorcycles and antique cars such as the 1960 Chevy Corvette, locally famous with its psychedelic yellow, pink and blue fiberglass body.

He studied astronomy and was hired by CBS to cover the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.

Stephen was a Renaissance man in every sense. He was an accomplished artist, pianist, pilot, mechanic, electrician, carpenter and plumber, and journalist. He loved Dali, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, bridge, books, cooking, films, his friends and especially dogs and people who loved dogs.

He was a true preserver of the English language, gracefully correcting the abuse. He mastered the art of listening before he spoke and considered it almost a sin to interrupt.

He wrote “lettditors” to the Courier as Coyote Contraire and signed them ^,,^ He wrote about global and local events, the stupidity of people and governments, and in defense of children and animals, especially dogs.

A proud achievement in late life was the resurrection of Prescott’s historic Senator Drive-In sign, which had been torn down. He designed the new sign himself and rebuilt it with the help of “some old Prescott boys” and the donations of many Prescott High School alumni.

Stephen was warm, caring, funny, exciting, a mentor to many, loyal to those he loved and most of all honest.

“Never chase safety,” he wrote, “it’s an illusory concept. So is the idea of ​​an unchanging passion.”

Stephen died peacefully in his sleep at his childhood home in Prescott on January 24, 2023 at the age of 77.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother James/Hyme Rogers, dear friends Davey Lyzinski and John Carlson, and dog children Whitworth, Fordham and Mack.

He is survived by brother Kenneth A. Rogers, “son” John Behrens, and members of his tribe Karen Young, Barry Peterson, Ignacio Medrano-Carbo, Jimmye, Rachel, Carlos, Liz, Dan, and Janie.

From The Crownless King, a poem Ignacio wrote for Stephen: ‘Very few realized that a king had died. This diamond in the rough will never laugh in company with us again.”

Donations can be made to the United Animal Fund or the Senator Drive-In Sign in Stephen’s honor.

Ruffner-Wakelin Funeral Homes of Prescott undertook the cremation.

Information from friends who loved him.

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A pint-sized Edmonton Oilers fan from Sarnia, Ont. might just have the coolest Halloween costume around.

5-year-old Easton Oetting, who has special needs, is dressed up as an Oilers’ Zamboni. That’s right, the youngster is actually dressed up as an Edmonton Oilers-themed ice-resurfacing machine, thanks to his handyman father, DJ Oetting.

“We were just trying to figure out how we could incorporate the Oilers into his costume and we wanted to still do the stroller, so obviously a vehicle,” explains Oetting. “The only thing we could think of was a Zamboni.”

Easton has a rare genetic disorder which affects his development, including his heart, speech and mobility.

But his dad wasn’t about to let that stop the wee Oilers fanatic from enjoying Halloween.

He put the Zamboni together in a few hours using foam insulation, glue and screws.

“I have it set up so that it goes over the top of his stroller, and it actually sits perfectly on his stroller, and then we just wheel the stroller with him in it,” says Oetting.

Easton and his Zamboni’s ride to fame came quickly after his mom posted a video to social media of him in the Zamboni on Friday.

It caught the attention of Oilers’ Nation, then the NHL and TSN, who reposted adorable video, with the NHL even calling it the “costume of the year.”

“Everybody seems to love it,” says Oetting. “Even people that aren’t Oilers’ fans, I think they just, they see Easton in it and how happy he is, and they love it.”

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Investment Supports McWilliams & Son’s Rapid Expansion Through Organic Growth and Strategic Acquisitions in the Growing, Resilient and Highly Fragmented Residential Services Market

SAN FRANCISCO other LUFKIN, Texas, Aug 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Percheron Capital (“Percheron”), a private equity firm focused on partnering with high-quality essential services businesses, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in McWilliams & Son (“McWilliams” or the “Company”), a leading residential HVAC and plumbing services platform. Following the transaction, McWilliams’ Chief Executive Officer, Trey McWilliams, will remain a significant investor and continue to lead the Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1974 in Texas by the McWilliams family, McWilliams & Son offers residential HVAC and plumbing maintenance, repair and replacement services with a reputation for outstanding quality and customer service. The Company’s people-first values ​​focused on service, trust and reliability have resulted in industry-leading customer satisfaction scores and consistent growth for over 45 years. McWilliams’ commitment to providing advanced training programs, innovative technology and equipment to its technicians has made the company an employer of choice in the markets it operates.

Under Trey McWilliams’ Leadership, the Company has successfully expanded its reach through strong organic growth, new branch openings and acquisitions of high-quality, partnership-focused residential HVAC and plumbing businesses. With Percheron’s strategic support and operational resources, McWilliams is well-positioned to further accelerate its growth in new and existing markets.

Trey McWilliams said, “I am proud of our exceptional team and the strong business we have built together. We attribute our success to our people-centric approach and unwavering commitment to our customers, team members and community. Percheron embodies our values ​​and brings significant experience and I am excited about the significant opportunities our partnership with Percheron creates for our team members as we continue executing on our vision of building the premier provider of residential HVAC and plumbing services in the country .”

Chris LawlerCo-Founder and Managing Partner of Percheron, commented, “The residential HVAC and plumbing services market has been a thematic investment priority for Percheron given the industry’s large size, non-discretionary services, strong and resilient growth and high fragmentation. We are thrilled to partner with Trey McWilliams and his team, who have built a rare platform with best-in-class operational and performance metrics, including leading customer service scores, technician productivity and retention. The Company is supported by advanced technology, systems and processes, and has a strong track record of growth through both organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions. We look forward to leveraging Percheron’s deep operational capabilities to support the next phase of McWilliams’ rapid growth.”

About McWilliams & Son

McWilliams & Son is a leading HVAC and plumbing services business founded in 1974 in Texas by the McWilliams family. For over 45 years, McWilliams & Son has proudly served customers with a reputation for outstanding quality and customer service. A hometown company with hometown values, McWilliams & Son puts its customers, employees and community first. McWilliams & Son invests heavily in its team members, including providing industry-leading training programs and advanced technology and equipment, to enable team members to achieve their full potential and better serve our valued customers. For more information, please visit www.mcwilliamsandson.com.

About Percheron Capital

Percheron Capital is a private equity firm focused on partnering with exceptional teams to build market-leading services businesses. The firm’s purpose is to help high-quality businesses accelerate growth and enhance long-term value. Percheron has over $1 billion in assets under management and focuses on investing in strong services businesses in resilient end markets, including animal health, automotive, education, food & beverage, healthcare & wellness, and residential. For more information, please visit www.percheroncapital.com.

Media Contacts

Woomi Yun / Eric Carlson
Joele FrankWilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449

SOURCE Percheron Capital

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Investment Supports McWilliams & Son’s Rapid Expansion Through Organic Growth and Strategic Acquisitions in the Growing, Resilient and Highly Fragmented Residential Services Market

SAN FRANCISCO other LUFKIN, Texas, Aug 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Percheron Capital (“Percheron”), a private equity firm focused on partnering with high-quality essential services businesses, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in McWilliams & Son (“McWilliams” or the “Company”), a leading residential HVAC and plumbing services platform. Following the transaction, McWilliams’ Chief Executive Officer, Trey McWilliams, will remain a significant investor and continue to lead the Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1974 in Texas by the McWilliams family, McWilliams & Son offers residential HVAC and plumbing maintenance, repair and replacement services with a reputation for outstanding quality and customer service. The Company’s people-first values ​​focused on service, trust and reliability have resulted in industry-leading customer satisfaction scores and consistent growth for over 45 years. McWilliams’ commitment to providing advanced training programs, innovative technology and equipment to its technicians has made the company an employer of choice in the markets it operates.

Under Trey McWilliams’ Leadership, the Company has successfully expanded its reach through strong organic growth, new branch openings and acquisitions of high-quality, partnership-focused residential HVAC and plumbing businesses. With Percheron’s strategic support and operational resources, McWilliams is well-positioned to further accelerate its growth in new and existing markets.

Trey McWilliams said, “I am proud of our exceptional team and the strong business we have built together. We attribute our success to our people-centric approach and unwavering commitment to our customers, team members and community. Percheron embodies our values ​​and brings significant experience and I am excited about the significant opportunities our partnership with Percheron creates for our team members as we continue executing on our vision of building the premier provider of residential HVAC and plumbing services in the country .”

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Chris LawlerCo-Founder and Managing Partner of Percheron, commented, “The residential HVAC and plumbing services market has been a thematic investment priority for Percheron given the industry’s large size, non-discretionary services, strong and resilient growth and high fragmentation. We are thrilled to partner with Trey McWilliams and his team, who have built a rare platform with best-in-class operational and performance metrics, including leading customer service scores, technician productivity and retention. The Company is supported by advanced technology, systems and processes, and has a strong track record of growth through both organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions. We look forward to leveraging Percheron’s deep operational capabilities to support the next phase of McWilliams’ rapid growth.”

About McWilliams & Son

McWilliams & Son is a leading HVAC and plumbing services business founded in 1974 in Texas by the McWilliams family. For over 45 years, McWilliams & Son has proudly served customers with a reputation for outstanding quality and customer service. A hometown company with hometown values, McWilliams & Son puts its customers, employees and community first. McWilliams & Son invests heavily in its team members, including providing industry-leading training programs and advanced technology and equipment, to enable team members to achieve their full potential and better serve our valued customers. For more information, please visit www.mcwilliamsandson.com.

About Percheron Capital

Percheron Capital is a private equity firm focused on partnering with exceptional teams to build market-leading services businesses. The firm’s purpose is to help high-quality businesses accelerate growth and enhance long-term value. Percheron has over $1 billion in assets under management and focuses on investing in strong services businesses in resilient end markets, including animal health, automotive, education, food & beverage, healthcare & wellness, and residential. For more information, please visit www.percheroncapital.com.

Media Contacts

Woomi Yun / Eric Carlson
Joele FrankWilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449

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SOURCE Percheron Capital

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