[Ads-l] Sad news: former ADS-L member Samuel Clements

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

This information is somber but thank you for sharing it, Bonnie.
Sam provided helpful research and commentary on numerous quotations. I
particularly recall his aid while researching these three topics:

Dialogue Origin: “How Old Cary Grant?” “Old Cary Grant Fine, How You?”
Quote Origin: The ‘t’ Is Silent, as in Harlow
Quote Origin: Not a Book To Be Lightly Thrown Aside. Should Be Thrown
with Great Force

Both Sam and Bonnie did great work on the third topic.
Godspeed
Garson

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM Bonnie Taylor-Blake
<00001a89b77a7850-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> I don't recall this news being announced here before, so I thought I'd
> share that former ADS-L poster Sam Clements has passed away.
>
> https://www.beaconjournal.com/obituaries/0001048110-01
>
> (There's another great photo of him at
> https://www.billowfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Samuel-ClementsIII)
>
> As old-timers will recall, Sam contributed significantly on a myriad
> of topics and was just an all-around good guy.
>
> I was fortunate to have met him elsewhere on the internet in the late
> '90s. Among other things, we shared interests in North Carolina
> barbeque and "the whole nine yards." (I followed Sam here 20 years ago
> when he suggested I join up and I'm glad I did.)
>
> Best to all,
> Bonnie
>
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