Charlie Wilson dies at 76

Charlie Wilson dies at 76

Do you remember Good Time Charlie? Good Time Charlie became his nickname because of his wild lifestyle.

Charlie Wilson, the congressman from East Texas Charlie Wilson dies at 76.

Charlie had been in a meeting Wednesday morning with a friend when he complained of difficulty in breathing. Charlie and his friend rush to the hospital when they passed an emergency medical services vehicle on the side of the road and stopped for help.

Paramedics took Wilson to the hospital emergency room. In the emergency room he was prominent dead on arrival. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 his cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest.

Wilson had undergone a heart transplant at Methodist Hospital in Houston in September 2007, moved back to Lufkin when he retired from Congress in 1997 after having served since 1973.

Wilson suffered from cardiomyopathy a disease that causes an enlarged and weakened heart. If without a transplant he would be dying.

The former congressman was became mastermind for his efforts in leading U.S. support to Afgahnistan during the Afghan-Soviet war.

During his early age he was best known as hard-drinking, hard-partying with beautiful women. That’s why he was called Good Time Charlie.

During his more than two decades in Washington, Good Time Charlie was became a movie and portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2007 movie.

The movie was about Afghan-Soviet war. Wilson was able to help the Afghans from his seat on the House Appropriations Committee and from another on its subcommittee on foreign operations.

The Soviets had invaded Afghanistan in 1979, invited by the pro-Communist government there in the face of an insurgency.

He wanted more money and more weapons because he thought the communists could be beaten faster.

So with Wilson’s help and support they had money allocated to help the Afghan Mujadhideen’s jihad to expel the Soviets. A key $17 million for stinger missiles to shoot down Soviet attack helicopters included. The money was nearly a billion dollars.

In later years Mr. Wilson insisted that the United States had not made a mistake by supporting the Afghan rebels, among them Osama bin Laden and the Islamists who would form the Taliban regime. He said if the United States had helped rebuild Afghanistan, it would have remained stable and not become a safe haven for Al Qaeda.

But people in Pakistan certainly remember him as the face of the U.S. support for the Afghan mujahideen.

When describing the moment Wilson returned to Washington after his first trip to Afghanistan, Crile wrote: "He was no longer just responsible for funding an exotic, important foreign policy. Now, in the minds of his colleagues, it really was becoming Charlie Wilson's war. Charlie was personally fighting the Russians."

Wilson loved the book, he also loved the movie and loved hobnobbing with the Hollywood stars.

He was recovering from the heart transplant during that time when the movie was released. His activities were limited.

Just to attend the opening, he made it to the Los Angeles opening not just with his old friends but also his cardiologist and large amounts of medical equipment.

He assured that he can make it to the opening because it was his moment.

The Soviet army surrender in Afghanistan in 1989.

It became the key figure in Congress for helping Afghans.

"Charlie was a man of courage and conviction who worked hard, loved his country, and lived life to the fullest," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey, D-Wisconsin. "We will miss him."

My Opinion

Charlie Wilson is a generous person very kind. He will help people with all his heart. He is so funny because he is known for hiring gorgeous women in his office who came to be known as Charlie’s Angels.

He was a good-time guy and womanizer. Even though he hires gorgeous, he hires intelligent women and were a part of his success.

Charlie Wilson dies at 76 with history.

His old friends were in mourning during Wednesday morning Charlie Wilson dies at 76. His good friend was gone. Charlie Wilson dies at 76 he left in this world with a legacy.

What I mean about legacy is that when he support and lead the Afghans to Soviet war.

Charlie Wilson dies at 76 with honor and he left us with legacy that we must fulfil.

Charlie Wilson dies at 76; there won’t be another like him.