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Charlie Wilson, 1933 - 2010 - UPDATED

By Steve Hall

He was a charming, smiling character -- almost literally larger than life -- when he roamed the Texas State Senate and later the U.S. House of Representatives.  He represented a portion of East Texas centered around Diboll, just outside of Lufkin.  You didn't have to spend much time around him to know why he was called, "Good time Charlie."George Crile wrote his amazing story in "Charlie Wilson's War," later turned into a movie starring Tom Hanks as Wilson.  No actor, however, could capture his incandescence; not even the Academy Award-winning Hanks. People liked Charlie Wilson, and he used that asset to persuade people.  I had the great good fortune to see how he could take his passion and joy on an issue and transform it into action...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).