{"id":8,"date":"2005-05-21T01:12:24","date_gmt":"2005-05-21T01:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/?p=8"},"modified":"2012-05-19T01:15:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T01:15:58","slug":"howard-morris-1919-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/2005\/05\/howard-morris-1919-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Morris (1919-2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9\" style=\"width: 153px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9\" title=\"howard_tvland_awards\" src=\"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/howard_tvland_awards.jpg\" alt=\"Howard Morris\" width=\"143\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Morris at the TV Land Awards<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dear friends,<br \/>\nI have extremely sad news to report of my dear father, Howard, who suddenly passed away this afternoon (May 21, 2005).<\/p>\n<p>He was without a doubt <em>the<\/em> most amazing father.<\/p>\n<p>In show business, Howard Morris &#8220;the star&#8221; was one in a trillion, a true genius, and an entertainment dynamo. So many &#8220;greats&#8221; in this business followed his career with incredible admiration and respect. I for one am one of his biggest fans!<\/p>\n<p><em>The Andy Griffith Show<\/em> became a major part of my father&#8217;s life. He appeared in only five episodes. Regardless, he made a permanent impression on so many people, and was always amazed by and grateful for all of the love and support his fans gave to him.<\/p>\n<p>I shared with Howard every bit of mail that came in, so I know firsthand how important your cards, emails, and gifts were to him over the years.<\/p>\n<p>All I can really say now is that I miss him beyond words.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being there!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\n<em>David Morris<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friends, I have extremely sad news to report of my dear father, Howard, who suddenly passed away this afternoon (May 21, 2005). He was without a doubt the most amazing father. In show business, Howard Morris &#8220;the star&#8221; was one in a trillion, a true genius, and an entertainment dynamo. So many &#8220;greats&#8221; in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":{"0":"post-8","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-howard-morris","7":"tag-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2s4Ro-8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ernestt.com\/bass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}