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Originally Posted by Steve...O
Ernie Borgnine is a favorite of mine and I hope we read some stories about this 90 year old legend mingling with the membership. From all accounts he's a genuinely nice guy and quite a character.
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Ernie was a real treat. It's hard to believe that he's 90 years old. He has an incredible memory -- when asked about "The Wild Bunch" he talked about working with Pekinpah and described the making of the one of the scenes where he had to hide the fact that in real life he had broken his foot. He told us about working with Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Ryan -- it was fascinating.
He is currently writing his autobiography and he said it should be published late this year or early next year. He said he developed his philosophy of life one day when he was broke and was walking on 8th Avenue in New York City. "I saw a sign that this guy had. He was selling chestnuts. That sign became my life's philosophy. It said, 'I don't want to set the world on fire - I just want to keep my nuts warm.'"