‘She Was the Love of My Life’: WWII Vet Reflects on Long-lost Love’s Death 1 Year After Reconnecting
Norwood Thomas lost touch with his first love Joyce Durrant in 1945. And after reconnecting last year, he now is now mourning her death.
Durrant died on Dec. 9, two months after suffering a heart attack, according to Thomas.
“She was the love of my life,” Thomas, 93, said in an interview with The Virginia-Pilot. “I hadn’t spoken to her for seventy years.”
Thomas, 93, and Durrant first met on the banks of London’s River Thames in 1945 during World War II. “Tommie” — then 21 — was a D-Day paratrooper with the storied 101st Airborne Division and Durrant — then 17 — was an Australian student nurse.
Following a whirlwind romance,...
Durrant died on Dec. 9, two months after suffering a heart attack, according to Thomas.
“She was the love of my life,” Thomas, 93, said in an interview with The Virginia-Pilot. “I hadn’t spoken to her for seventy years.”
Thomas, 93, and Durrant first met on the banks of London’s River Thames in 1945 during World War II. “Tommie” — then 21 — was a D-Day paratrooper with the storied 101st Airborne Division and Durrant — then 17 — was an Australian student nurse.
Following a whirlwind romance,...
- 12/17/2016
- by Blake Bakkila
- PEOPLE.com
It's a storybook romance come to life! After three days of travel, American WWII veteran Norwood Thomas was finally reunited with his long-lost wartime sweetheart Joyce Durrant in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday - after over 70 years apart. The story has warmed hearts around the world, with Thomas' son Steve telling People that the "media frenzy is unreal." The lovebirds first met in London in the 1940s while Thomas, 93, was with the 101st Airborne Division and Durrant, 88, was a student nurse. But in the past few days, the duo has become minor celebrities in Australia, according to Steve. The group has...
- 2/11/2016
- by Susan Keating and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
It's a storybook romance come to life! After three days of travel, American WWII veteran Norwood Thomas was finally reunited with his long-lost wartime sweetheart Joyce Durrant in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday - after over 70 years apart. The story has warmed hearts around the world, with Thomas' son Steve telling People that the "media frenzy is unreal." The lovebirds first met in London in the 1940s while Thomas, 93, was with the 101st Airborne Division and Durrant, 88, was a student nurse. But in the past few days, the duo has become minor celebrities in Australia, according to Steve. The group has...
- 2/11/2016
- by Susan Keating and Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Grab a tissue! After help from hundreds of strangers and one hopelessly romantic airline, WWII veteran Norwood Thomas has made it to New Zealand to reunite with his long, lost wartime girlfriend. Touching down in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday, the 93-year-old finally got to embrace 88-year-old Joyce Durrant Morris after 71 years apart. "The best thing I can say is that it was a revelation, it was a wonderful feeling to see this woman that I hadn't seen for 70 years," Thomas shared. Thomas and Durrant first met in London in 1945 while Thomas was a 21-year-old D-Day paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division.
- 2/10/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Grab a tissue! After help from hundreds of strangers and one hopelessly romantic airline, WWII veteran Norwood Thomas has made it to New Zealand to reunite with his long, lost wartime girlfriend. Touching down in Adelaide, Australia, on Wednesday, the 93-year-old finally got to embrace 88-year-old Joyce Durrant Morris after 71 years apart. "The best thing I can say is that it was a revelation, it was a wonderful feeling to see this woman that I hadn't seen for 70 years," Thomas shared. Thomas and Durrant first met in London in 1945 while Thomas was a 21-year-old D-Day paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division.
- 2/10/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Long-lost World War II lovebirds Norwood Thomas and Joyce Durrant will finally get to hug one another in person after being separated for 71 years. Thanks to the sweet efforts from a host of cupids, the couple will reunite in Australia for Valentine's Day. Thomas, 93, and Durrant, 88, first met on the banks of London's River Thames in 1945. "Tommie" was a D-Day paratrooper with the storied 101st Airborne Division; Joyce was a student nurse. Following a whirlwind wartime romance, the pair lost touch in peacetime, but never forgot one another. They reconnected in November after Australia resident Durrant, on a whim, asked her son,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Susan Keating, @SKatzKeating
- PEOPLE.com
After a run of about 15 minutes, Duck Commander Musical has announced a quick closing at the Rio in Las Vegas. Based on Willie and Korie Robertson’s 2012 book about the Louisiana family and the franchise built on its A&E Network series Duck Dynasty, the bio-revue was the brainchild of Broadway’s Dodger Productions (Jersey Boys) and was staged by Jeff Calhoun (Newsies). The show’s book is by Asa Somers, and the score, by Steven Morris, Robert Morris and Joe Shane, ranges…...
- 5/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Here's something to quack up about: Duck Dynasty could become a big Las Vegas show. The Robertson Family, the stars of A&E's hit series Duck Dynasty, are in talks to create a musical for the Rio Hotel and Casino, People confirms. The plan is to stage a 90-minute show called The Duck Commander Family Musical, which would be based on the book, The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family and Ducks Built a Dynasty, by Willie and Korie Robertson. The hope is to raise the curtain on the semi-autobiographical show in February. There will be lyrics and tunes from Robert Morris,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Lynette Rice, @lynetterice
- PEOPLE.com
Nit Tournament 2014 TV schedule: Espn networks combine to televise all games in the 2014 National Invitational Tournament March 18-April 3. Full tournament TV schedule below. Also See: March Madness: 2014 Ncaa Tournament TV Schedule First Round Tuesday, March 18 7pm Et: 4 Georgetown vs. 5 West Virginia, Espn 7pm Et: 1 Florida State vs. 8 Florida Gulf Coast, ESPN2 7pm Et: 1 St. John’s (NY) vs. 8 Robert Morris, Espnu 8:15pm Et: 4 Wisconsin-Green Bay vs. 5 Belmont, ESPN3 8:15pm Et: 1 Minnesota vs. 8 High Point, ESPN3 9pm Et: 3 Arkansas vs. 6 Indiana State, Espn 9pm Et: … Continue reading →
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- 3/17/2014
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
What was Wade Guyton to do? When last we saw him in his full-on 2012 Whitney retrospective, deploying Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, bitmapped files, and inkjet printing on linen, Guyton had non-painted himself into a corner. On the one hand, he pushed these technologies beyond their limits in amazing ways, establishing a signature open way of making paintings that proceeded from artists like Reinhardt, Kelly, Warhol, Robert Morris, Dan Flavin, Christopher Wool, and the Pictures Art crowd. He developed a complex quantum touch, simultaneously there and not there, located between painting and printmaking, a computer and a printer, and dependent on the transmission of pure information. I liked two of the para-paintings in his survey so much I had the artist Vincent Zambrano make me perfect copies, using TIFFs of the originals, processed through Adobe Illustrator. I love them.The shortcoming was that while Guyton found or invented a new paintbrush...
- 1/23/2014
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
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