Article: William D. Rogers (1927-2007).(Testimonial)

Rogers, a devotee of fox hunting, died [September 22, 2007, at age 80] during a hunt after suffering a heart attack while riding his favorite horse, Isaiah.... [He] was declared dead almost immediately by a doctor participating in the fox hunt. An Episcopal priest was called, the hounds were collected and the hunters gathered for a short service on the spot. "One by one, they rode past him and tipped their hats." ([dagger])

William D. Rogers, as he readily volunteered to an interviewer in 1999, "had more than a full life," (1) and his death was suitably poetic. What better end to a life well and usefully lived can one desire than to depart this world in an ...

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