| Celebrating a Life to Remember Tributes to Walter Lord |
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| There's a somebody I'm longing to see I hope that he- turns out to be Someone who'll watch over me. Gershwin |
| I was nine when I watched A Night to Remember on TV with my Mom. It made a giant impression on me, particularly the scene of the little boy lost who emerges on deck into the crowd of strangers as the Titanic is going down, and is taken under the wing of the solicitous old steward. My mother cried barrels over this scene and it has remained lodged in my mind. It intrigued me so much that I was down at the local library in no time checking out Walter Lord's book. |
| Click here for a special musical composition by John Feeney, in memory of Walter Lord. If you have a tribute to Walter which you would like included as the third year anniversary of his passing approaches, please send an email. |
| We have much to thank this man for...he took what was once a legend about a ship striking an iceberg and cranked up the interest level and turned it into reality in a very touching book called A Night to Remember. I have read this book several times since I purchased it and I eagerly went out and bought his follow-up work after the Titanic was found in 1985, called The Night Lives On, which adds some new, unknown factors into the collision with the iceberg. America and the world lost a truly great man and sadly another chapter of this great ship has come t o a close. If there is a heaven, surely Walter is there. Someone should pen a sequel and call it Walter Lord: A Man to Remember. William Ajello |
| When I was 11 years old I watched "A Night to Remember" and in the opening credits, I noticed that the movie was based on the book by Walter Lord. I remember thinking after watching it that I really wanted to read this book, but it was not until ten years later that I was able to purchase it. After reading it, the first thing I thought was how much work Walter Lord had put into this book and how many survivors he had interviewed. It was then that I appreciated what he had done. Walter Lord set the tone for all the research that has been conducted up until today. Thank you Walter- for re-inventing the interest in Titanic. I owe you a debt of gratitude. You will always be one of my heroes and you will never be forgotten. I learned so much from you God bless you. Rest in Peace. Jason D. Tiller |