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Dick Glass

2015-08-12T02:07:50Z

Pookster:

{{Personal Profiles
|Image=DickGlass.jpg
|Birthdate=June 20, 1940
|Birthday=June 20, 1940
|Birth info=Troy, New York
|Deceased=Yes
|Died on=July 30, 1992
|info=Glendale, California. Heart Attack. Was diabetic and had list a foot prior to death. Offloaded from Sea Org due to health problems in the late 1980s.
|Occupation=Musician, Comedian, Goodwill Ambassador
|Org. affiliation=Celebrity Centre International,
|Posts=Goodwill Ambassador
|Years active=1960s to late 1980s
|Case Level=OTIII or higher
}}
[[File:Dick Glass.jpg|left]]

'''Dick Glass Aka The Eloquent Elephant'''

''"There are stars whose light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen apart. There are people whose remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow."'' -- The Talmud

As seems to be the case with too many new young Sea Org recruits, I was picked up at the airport not by my recruiter but by some harried staffer shortly after 1 pm on a Thursday and raced to the Hollywood Inn where no arrangement had been made for my berthing.

I was too young and naive to consider that a problem. Besides, larger than life, and I don't mean that because of his physical size, in the corner of the lobby, was Dick Glass, the Eloquent Elephant and a piano, belting out tunes between jokes and generally keeping me enthralled. I had never seen or heard of him before, but, wow, what an intro.

He invited me to join him on the piano bench and together we plunked out a few tunes and generally had a ball. The three hours I had to wait before I actually had a place to stay passed in a few minutes.

Dick was a goodwill ambassador for Scientology. He recorded a couple of albums through Capitol that sort of did ok, his voice was tuneful, but no more than any other singer of the day. He has a few tunes on YouTube if you care to listen. All in all, you would say he was unremarkable, but he wasn't. He lit up a room and it stayed bright after he left. You knew you had been in the presence of greatness.

For over 20 years, Dick used his self-deprecating humor and larger than life personality to promote Scientology.

During some of that time, when I was still active, Dick and I were good friends. He never forgot my name. We played beautiful music together and shared many a confidence. He was a sweet, kind man and never betrayed my confidences.

Then he started suffering with the side effects of untreated diabetes, brought on by his ballooning weight. He was offloaded from Sea Org when it became apparent he would need to have a foot amputated. He remained in good standing, and did not say much but was upset at the fact that most of his possessions had been destroyed in SO storage. He was, as is usually the case, abandoned by the group he faithfully served.

He died of a heart attack on July 30, 1992 in Glendale, CA

One person stated this on ESMB:

"I am so sorry, Dick. Yeah, it was no different for Don Breeden who invented the eMeter or for so many of the super faithful but "now-old" SO who were shunted off to old age homes to die completely alone. Way to go, LRH."

Compared to some of the other people who will be highlighted here, Dick was actually given a memorial on August 2, 1992 at CC.

This was the program:

______________________________________________

Celebrity Centre International

Memorial Service
August 2, 1992

RICHARD MICHAEL GLASS

Born: June 2, 1940 Troy, New York

Died: July 30, 1992 Los Angeles, California

Opening Song - "You Can't Stop Tomorrow"

Master Of Ceremonies: Welcome to all

"About the Author" - by Dick Glass

To Dick - poem by Barbara Cordova

Music by Dick Glass:

"You Can't Stop Tomorrow"
RCA Records

"The Golden Dawn" - Yvonne Gillham.

Produced by and music by Dick Glass

Axioms Productions

"Beautiful Day, Beautiful People
Capitol Records

"Elephant Country"
Capitol Records

Memories by his Friends

Music by Dick Glass:
"Sometimes I Hear the Sun" - Dan Perz

Poem by Dick Glass read to music
DAMP Records

"Sailing"
RCA Records

Eulogy - by Sonja Svensen

Funeral Oration - Rev. Heber Jentzsch

Ode to Man

_____________________________________________

RIP Dick. Your life was lived well and you are not forgotten.

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T02:07:02Z

Pookster:

{{Personal Profiles
|Image=DickGlass.jpg
|Birthdate=June 20, 1940
|Birthday=June 20, 1940
|Birth info=Troy, New York
|Deceased=Yes
|Died on=July 30, 1992
|info=Glendale, California. Heart Attack. Was diabetic and had list a foot prior to death. Offloaded from Sea Org due to health problems in the late 1980s.
|Occupation=Musician, Comedian, Goodwill Ambassador
|Org. affiliation=Celebrity Centre International,
|Posts=Goodwill Ambassador
|Years active=1960s to late 1980s
|Case Level=OTIII or higher
}}
[[File:Dick Glass.jpg|left]]

'''Dick Glass Aka The Eloquent Elephant'''

''"There are stars whose light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen apart. There are people whose remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow."'' -- The Talmud

As seems to be the case with too many new young Sea Org recruits, I was picked up at the airport not by my recruiter but by some harried staffer shortly after 1 pm on a Thursday and raced to the Hollywood Inn where no arrangement had been made for my berthing.

I was too young and naive to consider that a problem. Besides, larger than life, and I don't mean that because of his physical size, in the corner of the lobby, was Dick Glass, the Eloquent Elephant and a piano, belting out tunes between jokes and generally keeping me enthralled. I had never seen or heard of him before, but, wow, what an intro.

He invited me to join him on the piano bench and together we plunked out a few tunes and generally had a ball. The three hours I had to wait before I actually had a place to stay passed in a few minutes.

Dick was a goodwill ambassador for Scientology. He recorded a couple of albums through Capitol that sort of did ok, his voice was tuneful, but no more than any other singer of the day. He has a few tunes on YouTube if you care to listen. All in all, you would say he was unremarkable, but he wasn't. He lit up a room and it stayed bright after he left. You knew you had been in the presence of greatness.

For over 20 years, Dick used his self-deprecating humor and larger than life personality to promote Scientology.

During some of that time, when I was still active, Dick and I were good friends. He never forgot my name. We played beautiful music together and shared many a confidence. He was a sweet, kind man and never betrayed my confidences.

Then he started suffering with the side effects of untreated diabetes, brought on by his ballooning weight. He was offloaded from Sea Org when it became apparent he would need to have a foot amputated. He remained in good standing, and did not say much but was upset at the fact that most of his possessions had been destroyed in SO storage. He was, as is usually the case, abandoned by the group he faithfully served.

He died of a heart attack on July 30, 1992 in Glendale, CA

One person stated this on ESMB:

"I am so sorry, Dick. Yeah, it was no different for Don Breeden who invented the eMeter or for so many of the super faithful but "now-old" SO who were shunted off to old age homes to die completely alone. Way to go, LRH."

Compared to some of the other people who will be highlighted here, Dick was actually given a memorial on August 2, 1992 at CC.

This was the program:

______________________________________________

Celebrity Centre International

Memorial Service
August 2, 1992

RICHARD MICHAEL GLASS

Born: June 2, 1940 Troy, New York
Died: July 30, 1992 Los Angeles, California

Opening Song - "You Can't Stop Tomorrow"

Master Of Ceremonies: Welcome to all

"About the Author" - by Dick Glass

To Dick - poem by Barbara Cordova

Music by Dick Glass:

"You Can't Stop Tomorrow"
RCA Records

"The Golden Dawn" - Yvonne Gillham.
Produced by and music by Dick Glass
Axioms Productions

"Beautiful Day, Beautiful People
Capitol Records

"Elephant Country"
Capitol Records

Memories by his Friends

Music by Dick Glass:
"Sometimes I Hear the Sun" - Dan Perz

Poem by Dick Glass read to music
DAMP Records

"Sailing"
RCA Records

Eulogy - by Sonja Svensen

Funeral Oration - Rev. Heber Jentzsch

Ode to Man

_____________________________________________

RIP Dick. Your life was lived well and you are not forgotten.

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T02:02:35Z

Pookster: Next two paragraphs of his history

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T01:57:35Z

Pookster: First paragraph of his history.

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T01:42:53Z

Pookster:

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T01:41:18Z

Pookster:

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T01:40:30Z

Pookster:

Dick Glass

2015-08-12T01:38:00Z

Pookster:

{{Personal Profiles
|Image=DickGlass.jpg
|Birthdate=June 20, 1940
|Birthday=June 20, 1940
|Birth info=Troy, New York
|Deceased=Yes
|Died on=July 30, 1992
|info=Glendale! California. Heart Attack. Was diabetic and had list a foot prior to death
|Occupation=Musician, Comedian, Goidwill Ambassador
}}
[[File:Dick Glass.jpg|left]]

File:DIckGlass.jpeg

2015-08-12T00:48:56Z

Pookster: Dick Glass in the Denver Post July 1974

Dick Glass in the Denver Post July 1974

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2015-08-12T00:35:37Z

Pookster: Dick Glass Denver Post July 1974

Dick Glass Denver Post July 1974