I'd have to go searching, but I think Paul Harvey also did a similar commentary on firefighters.
If my memory is correct, he was an Okie, born in Tulsa.
Correct, depending on how you look at it--he died of wounds received when he and a detective were the victims of an attempted robbery. Here's his father's "Officer Down Memorial Page" entry:If I am correct I believe that his father was a police officer whom lost his life in the line of duty.
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