Exhausted movie meister or villain?
According to longtime movie critic Jack Poessiger, prominent, old-timey movie collector Wade Williams passed away and was cremated last month.
“There was never an obituary or notice in the Star,” Poessiger says. “Nothing was said or done; he just quietly went away.”
Well, not quite…
“Film collector, rights hoarder, and guy that liked to put his name on everything, Wade Williams has died,” reads one of several online, uh, tributes. “He was 80…He also notoriously collected film negatives of 50s science fiction movies, most notably the works of Ed Wood, and then tried to claim ownership of the films via phony copyrights, and took people to court to try and assert those claims…Film preservationists and general fans of genre movies of that era generally did not like the man for his hoarding.”
Nor did some of his former neighbors near his gigundo mansion at the southeast corner Ward Parkway and 55th Street.
Unfortunately, few who remain at the Star seem to ever heard of Williams.
Where is he now:
Anybody out there remember” King Carl Peterson,” the former KC Chiefs main man?
Turns out, he’s alive and well and holed up in the upscale suburban development of Loch Lloyd.
That is, unless he and his wife, a former trainer / architect are out on “a ship that sails the world that’s owned by like 75 people,” says a source. “He’s got a condo on it and spends upwards of three months a year cruising from hither to yon ( and possibly advising the Chiefs – as if they need him now.)
I thought Carl hightailed it out of state for FL a long time ago, guess not, at least not year round. Good for him to own part of a huge boat..he deserves it as he really helped KC turn into a periennial winner after literal decades of incompetency.. Carl was THE HUGE FISH in the little pond called KC for quite a while. As far as not winning the big one..everything is easier when you have a top 1 QB isn’t it?
No argument, Farflunger…
And yet, he was at the same time a pompous, arrogant bull-in-a-china shop dude, who ran off Joe Montana and Nick Lowery before their expiration dates had fully expired.
And his noisy local run ins seemed unnecessary.
I always thought it was Marty Schottenheimer’s play calling and offensive philosphy that caused Montana to retire a year early? How did Carl run off Joe?
Same way he ran off Nick Lowery
From USATODAY back in Oct, 2020:
“Today, Montana revealed that he wished he would’ve stayed in Kansas City in 1995 instead of retiring.
“Well, if I didn’t have a shoulder replacement, I might still be playing at 64,” Montana joked.
But really injuries were at the crux of Montana’s decision. At 39 years old, when Montana decided to retire, his body had taken a pounding. It’s what you’d expect after 16 NFL seasons in the era in which he played. While the spirit was willing for Montana, the flesh was weak and his body just couldn’t take it anymore.
“Even to this day I look back and regret that I left the Chiefs even with one year on my contract,” Montana says. “But it was more of a physical thing for me. The injuries that I’d had — the concussion that I had the year before — was really one of the worst ones that I had. Looking ahead at my family and the ages of my four kids and I was missing a lot with them. I really wanted to be able to do physical things, which, I’m still limited now, after all. I made the right decision for me at the time.”
He looks pretty good.
This article reminded me of Wade Williams. I recall reading about him years ago, I would guess back in the 90s, but I can’t recall if it was in The Star or The Pitch.
Anyhow, I’ve always wondered who owned that mansion on Ward Parkway and it was Williams this whole time. Wow.
I’m digging your blog.