Major Dick Winters Tribute Part 1 of 10 : Messages from the Band Of Brothers Cast: 12th Jan 2011

In this segment, recorded on 12th January 2011, Ross Owen reads tributes to Major Winters from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and the cast of Band Of Brothers.

Major Dick Winters passed away on January 2nd 2011. He was 92 years old. Winters was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers by Damian Lewis.

On January 12th 2011, we hosted a special tribute to Major Winters on www.blackskyradio.com. Over 45,000 people from 90 different countries around the world tuned in LIVE.

Our guests included...

Easy company veterans Bill Guarnere, Babe Heffron, Buck Compton and Brad Freeman.

Band Of Brothers cast members Captain Dale Dye, Ross McCall and Richard Speight Jr.

Two-time Emmy Award winning producer and writer Tim Gray.

Larry Alexander author of 'Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers'.

OUR BAND OF BROTHERS CAST INTERVIEWS
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the making of HBO's epic mini series Band Of Brothers, Ross Owen in conjuction with Black Sky Radio is catching up with the actors in a series of exclusive interviews.

The interviews are being aired on http://BlackSkyRadio.com/ throughout 2010/11.

Full Details at: http://bandofbrotherswherearetheynow.blogspot.com/

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[EcHoquickscopez]

Did Ross mcCall play the character of this guy in band of brothers?

[BobInterviews]

@EcHoquickscopez no. Ross McCall played Joe Liebgott. Winters was played by Damian Lewis.

[pp63100]

R.I.P. MAJOR WINTERS. TRULY AN AMERICAN HERO & THE GREATEST GENERATION

[GTAFREAK999]

This Man is The Greatest Inspriration to Me, He Has inspired me To Join The Airborne,

If He Didn't Have Parkinsons Dicease He Might of Lived longer

RIP You Won't Be Forgotten

[Yami02blue]

@ELSKYO  Your comment guarantees some fool will dislike something simply out of spite.

[tron19645]

A real man in the true sense.. God..country and honour

[StillLifeHomocide]

A truly amazing man. RIP with out war. Humble on a quiet piece of land.

[777thsledge]

Praying for your family, and friends HE IS AND TOTALLY DESERVES CMOHonor USA Gov, give it to him to his family! AMEN HE IS At war NO MORE!

[shaydyknight]

Rip Sir. Soldiers like you is why I chose to serve in the Marines. I wasn't Army Airborne , but I did jump! I salute you.

[jtp0418]

R.I.P Major Richard Winters 101st airborne 506PIR I have one of youre M-43 jump jackets it will always be cherished. you are my hero other then my grandfather that fougt alongside you (Carwood Lipton) he is waiting for you up there with the rest of E-company (Easy company) remember CURRAHEE! 3 MILES UP 3 MILES DOWN

[ELSKYO]

1st movie without dislikes