Greg Kissinger, Jeff Porterfield : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Greg Kissinger, Jeff Porterfield / Alan Light
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| 説明 | I met Greg and Jeff in 1988 on a trip to Hawaii. Greg obviously had a lot of money and enjoyed having a good time. I took this photo of Greg and Jeff in Greg's suite at the Halekulani Hotel (Honolulu's most expensive hotel). We were on our way to dinner at the hotel's 5-star restaraunt, La Mer. At dinner Greg ordered bottle after bottle of Dom Perignon champagne for our table. Greg said he was from Denver. He said his mother sent him to Honolulu to see his favorite jeweler to buy something for his birthday. He was traveling with his friend Jeff Porterfield, who I believe was from Pennsylvania.Gregory Scott Kissinger (left) was born February 26, 1962 - died July 5, 2016.Gregory Scott Kissinger was the son of the very wealthy man who founded Kissinger Petroleum, Clyde G. Kissinger. I have found it difficult to find many details about the Kissinger family, but Greg's 51-year-old father and 18-year-old brother Bradley James Kissinger died on the same day, September 2, 1978, under some sort of tragic circumstance. Perhaps an automobile accident, perhaps it was a murder/suicide. Whatever it was, it would have happened ten years prior to this photo being taken by me in Hawaii. Greg's father's grave:www.findagrave.com/memorial/37888349/clyde-gene-kissingerGreg's brother's grave:www.findagrave.com/memorial/77692746/bradley-james-kissinger(Both of the above died on the same day)Greg Kissinger grave:www.findagrave.com/memorial/166984319/gregory-scott-kissi...It sounds like Greg's mother inherited the vast Kissinger Petroleum fortune when his father died. Greg may have inherited some money of his own at that time as well. If not, it sounds like his mother Bette Mae certainly shared a lot of it freely with Greg. Greg possibly inherited the family fortune later when his mother passed away in 2002. I can't find information or even the obituaries of any of the Kissinger family members online.According to an August 3, 2021 article in "The Drive" (an automobile collector's magazine) Greg Kissinger met his future husband Terry Gale in the 1993. The article says: "(Terry) met Greg Kissinger, a shy, wealthy man who recently had a stroke and needed accessibility modifications to his home. The two were instantly taken with each other, and eventually started a relationship. Terry officially retired at age 31 and became Greg's partner and helper."www.thedrive.com/news/41772/inside-the-rambler-ranch-one-...A September 16, 2019 article in Out There Colorado has more information. It says:"Terry Gale's business took him to the home of a man (Greg Kissinger) who had become partially paralyzed after a stroke. Gale was to make the place handicap accessible, following orders from other people around. Greg, meanwhile, was shy. He shuttered himself in his room.“I didn’t actually meet him for probably the first three months I worked on his house,” Gale says. “But he used to peek out the door, and he would always tell people, ‘I loved Terry from the moment I heard his voice.’” Gale, too, fell immediately. “He was the one for me. The one you just want to spend the rest of your life with.” They would get 23 years together, 23 happy years. They would build their home at Rambler Ranch, where they also would get married. Greg loved traveling, though he loved staying at the ranch just as much, watching movies in the home theater. He’d leave to bring cheese and crackers out to Gale, busy with his cars. He’d tinker away, losing track of the time until Greg called him home. The routine snapped three years ago. (In 2016) Greg had a heart attack. At the hospital, it seemed he would be OK. “He was supposed to come home,” Gale says. “But he got some kind of virus.” Greg eventually did come home. He was buried close to the ranch, just as he wanted, close to Gale."www.outtherecolorado.com/features/this-colorado-ranch-hou...Greg started Rambler Ranch, buying the first 5 acres in 1993 as a Christmas gift for his husband Terry Gale — a place to keep his cars, 30 of them at the time. Greg died unexpectedly in 2016 at the age of 54. Today the ranch is a 165-acre compound which contains 800 collectible cars, is home to vintage appliances, a fully functional 1950's diner, 1960's model house replica, 1920's Sinclair gas station replica with an ice cream parlor, not to mention around 188 mannequins dressed for all occasions and eras.www.outtherecolorado.com/this-colorado-ranch-houses-hundr... |
| 撮影日 | 1988-02-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | Alan Light |
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| カメラ | S2 Film Scanner , Noritsu |