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By Mike Siegel
September 3, 2018
Sad news from Arizona: Jeb Rosebrook has left the arena for the last time. I first heard his name in 1981, when I saw Peckinpah's JUNIOR BONNER for the very first time and fell in love with it. Since it was the only film Sam had done that came close to Tennessee Williams' way of portraying family life (Sam was a big fan of him), I tried to research who this man Jeb John Rosebrook was, who had written this wonderful screenplay... I was 13, no internet, 'couldn't find much information on him back then. Over the years I finally did and "just" 36 years later I could finally honor him the right way, making my documentary PASSION & POETRY - RODEO TIME. We had no budget and I almost didn't make it, but thanks to Stuart Rosebrook and Keith Woods we pulled it off and made Jeb proud I guess - together with Jeb's book on JUNIOR BONNER and the US Blu-ray/DVD I co-produced I think we sort of rescued the legacy of this beautiful American classic for future generations. I will never forget you Jeb !
Keith Woods - Jeb John Rosebrook was my greatest mentor, and adopted father. He and Dorothy took me in and loved me like a son, ever since my mother died in 1984. Last Friday night he died after a short, valiant fight for his life. God bless Jeb, and the entire Rosebrook family.
ROSEBROOK, Jeb (Jeb John Rosebrook)
Born: 6/11/1935, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Died: 8/31/2018, Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.
Jeb Rosebrook’s westerns – producer, writer:
The Virginian – 1969 [writer]
Junior Bonner – 1972 [writer]
I Will Fight No More Forever (TV) – 1975 [writer]
The Yellow Rose (TV) – 1983-1984 [producer, writer]
The Mystic Warrior (TV) – 1984 [writer]
Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (TV) – 1987 [writer]
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (TV) – 1991 [writer]
Black Fox: The Price of Peace (TV) – 1995 [writer]
Floating Horses: The Life of Casey Tibbs – 2017 [himself]