Family Calls Off Search for Missing NFL Player

The family of NFL player Marquis Cooper says they have decided to discontinue their search for the 26-year-old man and two friends still missing in the Gulf of Mexico. (March 6)

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[GWhiz99]

Antenna TV(WNCN 17.2 Raleigh, NC) aired “Disappearing Trick” ep. of “Alfred HITCHcock Presents” in predawn hours of 11/28/11. It had Robert HORTON as womanizing tennis player WALTER RICHMOND, who fancies the widow of gambler HERbert Gild(RAYmond Bailey, MILburn DRYsdale on "Beverly Hillbillies") who is presumed dead after his sailboat disappears at sea. Joe CONley plays the insurance agent and turned 81 on 3/3/09—a day after Nick Schuyler was rescued clinging to Marquis Cooper’s overturned boat

[GWhiz99]

Life vs. Art: Antenna TV aired the “Disappearing Trick” episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in the predawn hours of Nov. 28, 2011, shown on Raleigh, NC affiliate WNCN 17.2. It starred Robert HORTON as womanizing tennis player WALTER RICHMOND, who fancies Laura GILD (BETsy von FURSTenBERG), widow of gambler HERbert GILD (RAYmond Bailey, banker MILburn DRYsdale on "Beverly Hillbillies") who is presumed dead after his sailboat disappears at sea. But GILD is alive. Unrelated: Screen Actors GuILD

[GWhiz99]

Antenna TV aired the “Disappearing Trick” episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in the predawn hours of Nov. 28, 2011, shown on Raleigh, NC affiliate WNCN 17.2. It originally aired APRIL 6, 1958 or exactly 28 years before the 4/6/86 birth of NFL LB Aaron CURRY and starred Robert HORTON as womanizing tennis player WALTER RICHMOND. Unrelated: Willie HORTON from the 1988 U.S. presidential race; 11/29/88 birth of ex-NC State Wolfpack quarterbacks; NC State Wolfpack DE CorEy Smith (228-19-3959)

[GWhiz99]

Antenna TV aired the “Disappearing Trick” episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in the predawn hours of Nov. 28, 2011, shown on Raleigh, NC affiliate WNCN 17.2. It originally aired APRIL 6, 1958 or exactly 28 years before the 4/6/86 birth of NFL LB Aaron CURRY and starred Robert HORTON as womanizing tennis player WALTER RICHMOND. Unrelated: Willie HORTON from the 1988 U.S. presidential race; 11/29/88 RICHMOND, VA birth of NC State Wolfpack QBs; NC State Wolfpack DE CorEy Smith (b. RICHMOND, VA)

[GWhiz99]

On page 35 of his book “Not Without HOPE”, sole survivor of the Marquis Cooper (601-07-4024) boating party, Nick Schuyler, writes: “It wasn’t like ayone had been pounding beers all day—not in this weather. Corey didn’t drink.” Forever linked by the small fraternity of NFL players, the Cooper boating party departed Clearwater Pass, FL on the 64th birthday of NFL DE Charles AARON “BUBBA” Smith (b. 2/28/45 in Beaumont, TX). This comment is posting 8/4/11—the day after Smith’s death in Los Angeles

[GWhiz99]

On page 35 of his book “Not Without HOPE”, sole survivor of the Marquis Cooper (601-07-4024) boating party, NICK Schuyler writes: “It wasn’t like ayone had been pounding beers all day—not in this weather. Corey didn’t drink.” His account says alcohol wasn’t a factor in their tragedy. Sadly, it was for “Melrose Place” actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer (b. 12/19/71 in TRENTON, NJ) of HOPEwell, NJ, charged with aggravated manslaughter in the June 2010 death of 60-year-old Helene Seeman (082-38-3191)

[GWhiz99]

On 8/04/11, the Florida Crime Information Center Public Access System has missing person listings for March 2009 boating party: Marquis Cooper (case # CW09-20342), William WARD Bleakley (CW09-20342) and Corey Smith (CW09-20342)—despite their being declared dead by family members. With their bodies never recovered, Clearwater, FL PD is listed as reporting agency. Is this standard practice for people lost at sea and presumed drowned? A search for some movie-type foul play revelation? Enlighten me.

[GWhiz99]

Imagine my internet surfing astonishment in the 12 AM EDT hour of 8/04/11 (50th birthday of 44th prez Barack Hussein Obama) and finding the Florida Crime Information Center Public Access System has missing person listings for March 2009 boating party: Marquis Cooper (case # CW09-20342), William WARD Bleakley (CW09-20342) and Corey Smith (CW09-20342)—despite their being declared dead by family members. With their bodies never having been recovered, Clearwater, FL PD is listed as reporting agency

[GWhiz99]

Unrelated to 237-30-2896 or 312-16-1405: Nine years, one day (3,289 days) passed between NFL DE Jamal Edwin Duff (b. 3/11/72) taken with 204th pick of the ’95 NFL Draft on 4/23/95 and presumed drowned NFL DB Victor Marquis Cooper (601-07-4024; b. 3/11/82) taken with 79th pick of the ’04 draft on 4/24/04. Presumed drowned in the Gulf of Mexico with Cooper: NFL DE COReY Smith (228-19-3959)—an alum of NC STATE like WR Eddie Goines (SEA), who was taken one slot before Duff in the ’95 draft at 203

[GWhiz99]

Unrelated to 237-30-2896 or 312-16-1405: Nine years and one day (3,289 days) passed between NFL DE Jamal Edwin Duff (b. 3/11/72) being taken with the 204th pick of the 1995 NFL Draft on 4/23/95 and presumed drowned NFL DB Victor Marquis Cooper (601-07-4024; b. 3/11/82) being taken with the 79th pick of the 2004 NFL Draft on 4/24/04. Duff is draft-preceded by #202 DT bRYAN PROby (KC) & #203 WR Eddie Goines (SEA). Goines & Duff may be remembered for IMDB acting credits rather than NFL their stats