dude,

when i posted:
"i wish bush skied."
i simply wished our president
enjoyed a wonderful pasttime.
what did you read into it
that had my comment deleted?

p.s. i'm naughty.

i wish bush skied.
.

Charlie Gibson did a nice piece on him to conclude the show tonight.

R.I.P., Mr. McWethy.

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He should have gone fishing instead.

RIP - my condolences to his family.

So sad, very good and remarkable newsman. Such untimely death !

The ABC News "family" has been hit with loss and tragedy awfully hard in the past few years from Peter Jennings' and Joel Siegel's deaths to Bob Woodruff's and his cameraman's horrible injuries and near deaths, Robin Roberts' breast cancer -- they must be reeling.

McWethy always appeared to be a class act. My condolences to his friends and family.

Wow..I remember this guys reports. I always liked his reports. Never new he had retired from ABC. May he rest in peace, and condolences to his family.

God..life is so fragile. Today you are here; today you are gone. At least he had a good career and lived a relatively long life.

It never ceases to amaze me how, when even a *minor* celebrity dies, some people can't wait to show off what major snark-holes they are.

For shame.

My condolences to the McWethy family... and hopes they don't read a good number of the comments below.

There was a time when reporters had integrity, class, professionalism, and were smart.

john McWethey had of all these and more. Compared to the shallowness one see in the folks today, what a loss.

my condolences to his family.

My sincere condolences to all of Mr. McWethy's family and friends

Class act.

My sincere condolences to all family and friends.

Some people die of old age in a bed. Some die too young, at their own hand or through violence. Some die slowly, taken by disease.

Some die doing what they love, and found that life was to be lived - not saved up, for a day we may never see. He was one of these.

RIP John McWethy - condolences to your loved ones.

Well the current skiing conditions are close to perfect. Two+ feet of fresh powder, so hitting an icy patch and loosing control can be ruled out. He might have been skiing between the trees in deep powder and hit a tree. So when they say he was skiing on a blue run it could be tree skiing between runs. I agree with fellow posters, he was old school and a very good reporter. The words thoughtful and quality come to mind. He will be missed. But if one has to go, I can't think of a better way than enjoying an epic powder day and then an instant death from blunt impact.

Is it just not workable to put some kind of soft barriers up? Fences you can't ski through? I used to be more worried about blowing out my knees than this.