{"id":7050,"date":"2015-06-11T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2015\/06\/11\/christopher-lee-rip\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:18:11","slug":"christopher-lee-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/christopher-lee-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.badassoftheweek.com\/christopherlee.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.badassoftheweek.com\/christopherlee.jpg\" height=\"384\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I am saddened to hear of the passing of Christopher Lee, a man whose contributions to pop culture seem limitless. Growing up he was Dracula <b>and<\/b> Frankenstein, visited moonbase alpha, fought both Captain America and James Bond and looked cooler than both of them doing it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>To say he was one of my&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;people in the world is an&nbsp;understatement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Lee lived a long life, working to the very end (even recording metal albums in his 80s) and we are all better for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Rest in Peace Christopher Lee&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am saddened to hear of the passing of Christopher Lee, a man whose contributions to pop culture seem limitless. 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