top of page
Persimmon Hill Winter 1989-1M
An article about Ben's charitable activities in the Winter 1989 issue of Persimmon Hill. The author of the article, Susan Embry, sent me the following comments.
How could I forget this article? I had to follow him to an Oklahoma roping to finish it. Terrific man and caring human being.
I was involved with Ben and other celebrities in Houston with the Sunshine Kids cuttings and ropings (kids with cancer). Being from an Oklahoma family and a horsewoman myself, Ben and I could talk history together, as well as quarter horses. He once offered to teach me to rope and I wish I had taken him up on it. His mother was an Indian and outlived both he and his wife Carol. Though they never had children themselves, Ben loved to have the neighborhood kids over to the house. He flew all over the U.S. to participate in these events just for the kids, which I understand are still going on.
Ben started as a horse wrangler and always considered himself that. He idolized John Ford, and for Ford did The Last Picture Show. When I asked him to what he owed his acting success, he said simply, "I can do Ben Johnson better than anyone else." Don't you just love it! A genuine guy through and through.
How could I forget this article? I had to follow him to an Oklahoma roping to finish it. Terrific man and caring human being.
I was involved with Ben and other celebrities in Houston with the Sunshine Kids cuttings and ropings (kids with cancer). Being from an Oklahoma family and a horsewoman myself, Ben and I could talk history together, as well as quarter horses. He once offered to teach me to rope and I wish I had taken him up on it. His mother was an Indian and outlived both he and his wife Carol. Though they never had children themselves, Ben loved to have the neighborhood kids over to the house. He flew all over the U.S. to participate in these events just for the kids, which I understand are still going on.
Ben started as a horse wrangler and always considered himself that. He idolized John Ford, and for Ford did The Last Picture Show. When I asked him to what he owed his acting success, he said simply, "I can do Ben Johnson better than anyone else." Don't you just love it! A genuine guy through and through.
Persimmon Hill Winter 1989-2M
Persimmon Hill Winter 1989-3M
Persimmon Hill Winter 1989-4M
bottom of page