TruthSeeker56
Silver Member
Does anybody watch SHIPPING WARS on A&E? It's been around for about 3-4 years now.
My wife and I really enjoy the show. It's about a bunch of people who operate private shipping companies, and the "adventures" they have driving all over the country hauling all kinds of weird items for their clients.
Roy Garber was probably the "star" of the show, because of his looks (long gray hair) and his "I don't take no shit from anybody" attitude. Roy cracked us up every week. He had a big heart to go along with his gruff exterior.
Of course, Shipping Wars has the usual "eye candy", too. There are some attractive ladies who also haul stuff, and some husband and wife haulers.
When the new season started a few weeks ago, Roy was absent from Shipping Wars. We wondered if he had quit the show, but we found out just yesterday that he had DIED of a massive heart attack in Texas, back in January. He was 49 years old, and had a history of heart problems, which the show never mentioned.
Roy and his longtime girlfriend have a home in New Hampshire, where their shipping company is based, and a home in Florida.
Just today, in a "flukey" sort of thing, we met Roy's girlfriend of 12 years at a Walmart in New Hampshire. My wife saw this lady wearing a shirt with the name of Roy's shipping company on the back, and she asked the lady if she worked for the company. The lady was very friendly, and she told us that her name was Deb and she was Roy's girlfriend for the past 12 years.
We talked for quite a while, and she was as nice as could be. We told her how sorry we were about Roy, how much we enjoyed him on Shipping Wars, and that we had found out just yesterday that Roy had passed.
She gave us her business card, showed us some photos of her and Roy she had on her cellphone, and told us to stay in touch via Facebook. We felt like we had made a new friend.
This whole thing brought this particular "reality show" home to us in a personal way, and gave us our own "reality check".
These are REAL people on these shows, and like all people, they live their lives like we all do, they have their ups and downs, and they also leave us and their loved ones much too early sometimes.
Rest In Peace, Roy Garber, and may God Bless the loved ones, and your TV "family", that you left behind.
My wife and I really enjoy the show. It's about a bunch of people who operate private shipping companies, and the "adventures" they have driving all over the country hauling all kinds of weird items for their clients.
Roy Garber was probably the "star" of the show, because of his looks (long gray hair) and his "I don't take no shit from anybody" attitude. Roy cracked us up every week. He had a big heart to go along with his gruff exterior.
Of course, Shipping Wars has the usual "eye candy", too. There are some attractive ladies who also haul stuff, and some husband and wife haulers.
When the new season started a few weeks ago, Roy was absent from Shipping Wars. We wondered if he had quit the show, but we found out just yesterday that he had DIED of a massive heart attack in Texas, back in January. He was 49 years old, and had a history of heart problems, which the show never mentioned.
Roy and his longtime girlfriend have a home in New Hampshire, where their shipping company is based, and a home in Florida.
Just today, in a "flukey" sort of thing, we met Roy's girlfriend of 12 years at a Walmart in New Hampshire. My wife saw this lady wearing a shirt with the name of Roy's shipping company on the back, and she asked the lady if she worked for the company. The lady was very friendly, and she told us that her name was Deb and she was Roy's girlfriend for the past 12 years.
We talked for quite a while, and she was as nice as could be. We told her how sorry we were about Roy, how much we enjoyed him on Shipping Wars, and that we had found out just yesterday that Roy had passed.
She gave us her business card, showed us some photos of her and Roy she had on her cellphone, and told us to stay in touch via Facebook. We felt like we had made a new friend.
This whole thing brought this particular "reality show" home to us in a personal way, and gave us our own "reality check".
These are REAL people on these shows, and like all people, they live their lives like we all do, they have their ups and downs, and they also leave us and their loved ones much too early sometimes.
Rest In Peace, Roy Garber, and may God Bless the loved ones, and your TV "family", that you left behind.
