I will always think of him when I hear it, first with tears, then with a smile at some recollection of him jumping in the air with joy after a touchdown that led to victory, or breaking down the game stats in the living room after a crushing defeat. And "Eye of the Tiger" is the soundtrack to almost every one of those memories, since I was only 9 when my dad started work at DePauw. Football Saturdays, from the sun-soaked ones in early September to the frigid and sometimes snowy ones in late November, are at the center of many of the best memories of my life. A bench designed and built by Dee and Terry was blessed afterwards in the Garden of Remembrance. It's one thing to be a loyal fan of a team, but when it's the center of your family's life, it's another thing entirely. Naturally, on their way home in the wee hours of the morning, "Eye of the Tiger" played on the radio.īeing a coach's kid is a magical experience. My brother Ted, who lives nearby, drove the hour to Greencastle to pick up my mother so that she could say goodbye. We thought he had defeated COVID-19, but his heart slowed and finally stopped that night, about two and a half weeks after his diagnosis. Nick died in a nursing care facility at about 10 p.m.
from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year. It seems fitting somehow that there was no game without him this year. Songs Of Remembrance: 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' Ma Over 600,000 people have died in the U.S. As you can see, he carried his Tiger Pride with him to the end. More than 500,000 people have died in the U.S. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.The photo I've included shows Nick at his last Monon Bell game, in November 2019. Robert LHussier, of Lowell, Mass., died April 14 at the age of 88. Hicks, Gerry Holmes, Alyson Hurt, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Caroline Kelly, Koko Nakajima, Tien Le, Daoud Tyler-Ameen. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Mounsey also composed works with her sister Ann Mounsey and. She became the organist of St Peter upon Cornhill Church in London when she was 14 years old, and remained in the post until 1882. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. () (aged 85) 1 Elizabeth Mounsey (8 October 1819 3 October 1905) was a British organist, guitarist, and composer. Their father, David Hardee, died of COVID in March of 2021.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. THREE DOG NIGHT: (Singing) Joy to the world, all the boys and girls.įADEL: Danielle Hardee and Katherine Alexander. And he could totally charm a room and was very, very charismatic and just kind of captured that spirit of happiness and life.
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So it kind of became this just running joke of the family.ĭAVID HARDEE: (Vocalizing "Jimmy Crack Corn" on kazoo). Somewhere along the line, he developed an affinity for kazoos, and so kazoos became a fun, wacky kind of tradition for our family, whether it was Christmas with the kazoos playing "Silent Night" or if we'd bring somebody home, like a fiancé, we - everybody would greet him with kazoos. Stream songs including 'In the Garden', 'I Hope You Dance' and more. HUTTON: (Singing) I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider, a straight-shooting son of a gun.ĪLEXANDER: My dad was just so much fun to be around - you know, worked hard and played hard. Listen to Songs of Remembrance, Volume 3 by Songs of Remembrance on Apple Music. He had a small practice that he built from the ground up. HUTTON: (Singing) Singin' joy to the world, all the boys and girls, now. Many find the message of forgiveness and redemption a beautiful tribute to the mercy of God. HARDEE: That song always reminds me of him because he would just bebop around the house and love to sing, and so he would just belt out, Jeremiah was a bullfrog. The most requested song for a traditional funeral service is Amazing Grace, a Christian folk hymn written by English poet John Newton. HARDEE: One of my father's favorite songs was "Joy To The World" by Three Dog Night.ĭANNY HUTTON: (Singing) Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. (SOUNDBITE OF THREE DOG NIGHT SONG, "JOY TO THE WORLD") KATHERINE ALEXANDER: I'm Katherine Alexander.ĭANIELLE HARDEE: I'm Danielle Hardee.
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Our series Songs of Remembrance includes two sisters from Nashville who share stories about their father. And we're doing that through the music they loved.
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