Cowboys Stadium to host Chris Kyle / Chad Littlefield Memorial Service

[famousdayandyear]

http://www.kvue.com/news/state/189935461.html

Cowboys Stadium to host Chris Kyle memorial service

Kyle and Littlefield

Credit: WFAA

Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, left, and his friend Chad Littlefield were murdered at an Erath County gun range on February 2, 2013.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 7:52 PM


DALLAS, Texas -- A memorial service for former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has been set for 1 p.m. Monday, February 11 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, according to Kyle's Facebook page.

Kyle, 38, and a friend, Chad Littlefield, were shot and killed at an Erath County gun range on Saturday afternoon.

A veteran they were trying to help, 25-year-old Eddie Routh, has been charged with capital murder in connection with their deaths.

Earlier Tuesday, the family of Chad Littlefield announced funeral services for the military veteran. They will take place Friday, February 8 at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Midlothian, 1651 South Midlothian Parkway.

[mountaineer]

Bradley Cooper to make SEAL film
Last Updated: 11:28 AM, February 8, 2013
NY Post

Bradley Cooper will star in a movie about former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who was shot and killed last week by a mentally ill Iraq war veteran.

Cooper, an advocate for mental-health issues after starring in “Silver Linings Playbook,” will also produce the movie about the US military’s deadliest sniper.

Kyle was killed at a shooting range in Texas, allegedly by Eddie Ray Routh, who’s been charged with murder. Kyle and a friend, who was also slain, had taken Routh to the range to help him cope with PTSD.

Cooper’s production company last year bought the rights to Kyle’s book, “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in US Military History,” and will now re-work the script to include his death.

Cooper and “Silver Linings Playbook” director David O. Russell yesterday met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss legislation to improve the mental-health system.

The movie has scored Oscar nods in all four acting categories, and if co-star Robert De Niro wins, it would mark his first Oscar in 32 years, since 1980’s “Raging Bull.”
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Meeting with Joe Biden about mental health must have been a real treat. How many offensive things did Jumpin' Joe say, I wonder?

[famousdayandyear]

Is it true that the dastardly Westboro Baptist Church plans to be there to distrupt?  Any news/info?

[TheMom]

Sure wish the service would have been this weekend.  I would have happily made the trip & followed the procession to Austin.