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Phil Robertson died at 79 on Sunday following a well being battle, however the Duck Commander founder’s legacy goes again a lot additional than his A&E actuality sequence.
Robertson, a Louisiana native, based the searching firm greater than 50 years in the past in 1972 following a university soccer profession at Louisiana Tech the place he was a beginning quarterback earlier than Terry Bradshaw took over for him.
“I mentioned, ‘Bradshaw, right here’s the deal. You’re a giant sturdy child, you’ve received a robust arm and also you need to play within the NFL and also you need to play soccer,” Robertson instructed the Ruston Each day Chief in 2021. “He mentioned, ‘That’s proper.’ I mentioned, ‘I’m going after the geese full time. I’d quite hunt geese than have giant violent males stomp me within the dust . . . You go for it and I’ll so long.’”
In 2020, Robertson was inducted into the Louisiana Sports activities Corridor of Fame as an outdoorsman, the newspaper reported.
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Phil Robertson died at 79 on Sunday following a well being battle, however the Duck Commander founder’s legacy goes again a lot additional than his A&E actuality sequence. ( Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
Robertson’s Duck Commander empire consists of duck calls, searching movies and attire.
His son Jase Robertson defined how the Duck Commander empire started.
“Dad was searching on the (Arkansas-Louisiana) state line at Moss Lake in 1972 when his buddy instructed him he should manufacture the decision as a result of the geese like them a lot,” he instructed the newspaper. “He instructed Dad, ‘You don’t simply name the geese; you command them.’ That’s the place the Duck Commander began.”
In his 2013 memoir “Glad, Glad, Glad: My Life and Legacy because the Duck Commander,” Robertson wrote about rising up with little or no.
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“I miss the instances when life was easy,” he wrote. “I got here from humble, humble beginnings. Once I was a younger boy rising up within the far northwest nook of Louisiana, solely about six miles from Texas and ten miles from Arkansas, we did not have very a lot by way of private possessions. However even when instances had been the toughest, I by no means as soon as heard my dad and mom, brothers, or sisters utter the phrases “Boy, we’re dirt-poor.”
“I miss the instances when life was easy. I got here from humble, humble beginnings.”
— Phil Robertson
Robertson married his highschool sweetheart, Miss Kay, in 1966, they usually had 4 sons collectively in addition to 16 grandchildren throughout their almost 60 years of marriage.
Robertson additionally has a grown daughter from a decades-old affair within the Seventies.
He revealed 5 years in the past that he discovered he had a 45-year-old daughter, Phyllis, following a DNA check.
Phil Robertson, with sons Jase and Willie and brother Si Robertson in 2012. (A&E)
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Robertson mentioned after his son referred to as and instructed him the DNA was a match, he instantly mentioned “Carry her on down.”
“It is a fairly cool clarification of redemption, reconciliation, love,” Robertson mentioned on his “Unashamed” podcast on the time. “Because it seems, 45 years, you may have a daughter that you do not know about, and she or he has a father she does not find out about. Forty-five years, that does not sound like very lengthy, however you say, that is some time. So lastly, in spite of everything these years, we come collectively.”
Robertson’s sons with Miss Kay embody Alan, 60, Jase, 55, Willie, 53, and Jules, 46.
The Robertson household grew to become family names in 2012 after they grew to become the topic of the A&E actuality sequence “Duck Dynasty.” The final episode aired in 2017.
Together with “Duck Dynasty,” Robertson additionally made the sequence “Duck Commander” for the Out of doors Channel and his life was the topic of a 2023 film “The Blind: The True Story of the Robertson Household.”
Robertson had been open about how he found religion within the mid-Seventies, telling Fox Information Digital in 2019 he was residing recklessly and in want of salvation.
“Till I used to be 28 I didn’t have any religion,” Robertson instructed Fox Information. “Right here I’m biblically talking — God mentioned I used to be below the management of the evil one. I didn’t know that. I used to be simply getting excessive and drunk with the worst of them. … I had constructed a monitor file that was not a great one. I then realized, ‘What was I considering? All that mischief and carrying on.’ … I got here to know Jesus. I appeared up at some point and I mentioned, ‘Man, I’m pushed to do that. I’ve to do it.’”
In his 2019 guide “The Theft of America’s Soul,” he referred to as for bringing faith again into American tradition, however he admitted he needed to hit all-time low earlier than he accepted God as his private savior.
Phil Robertson with spouse Miss Kay in 2015. (Tom Pennington/Getty Photos for Texas Motor Speedway)
“At first I’m attempting to be good,” he defined. “I’m studying learn how to be good. My pals would come by, my previous buddies, and they’d say, ‘Let’s go for a trip. Drive up the highway.’ I mentioned, ‘Nah.’ My religion was being examined. … I simply broke away from them. … I’ll say I received an unlisted telephone quantity and I hid out the primary yr whereas I used to be getting on my non secular ft. That was 44 years in the past. Nicely, the additional I’ve gone on my stroll of religion, the extra trustworthy I’ve develop into.”
He mentioned he has since devoted his life to serving to others.
“(My spouse and I) go to them. The rehabs. The prisons. The downtrodden. Those that nobody would give a hoot about. The homeless,” he mentioned. “Once we meet collectively we now have meals. We meet collectively on Sunday mornings. … Individuals who sleep below bridges can are available in. (And we) get them a great meal. … (It’s) all God’s youngsters coming collectively.”
Final December, his son Jase revealed on their “Unashamed” podcast that Phil was within the early levels of Alzheimer’s illness. He mentioned on the time that he additionally had some type of blood illness that had but to be identified however is “inflicting all types of issues.”
On Sunday, his household celebrated his life after confirming he had died.
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“We have fun right now that our father, husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord,” his daughter-in-law Korie Robertson wrote on Instagram.
“He reminded us typically of the phrases of Paul, ‘you don’t grieve like those that don’t have any hope. For we consider that Jesus died and rose once more, and so we consider that God will carry with Jesus those that have fallen asleep in him.”
She added, “Thanks for the love and prayers of so many whose lives have been impacted by his life saved by grace, his daring religion, and by his need to inform everybody who would pay attention the Good Information of Jesus. We’re grateful for his life on earth and can proceed the legacy of affection for God and love for others till we see him once more.”
Phil Robertson along with his household. (A&E)
Jase wrote on X: “My dad has gone to be with the Lord right now! He shall be missed however we all know he’s in good palms, and our household is sweet as a result of God is excellent! We are going to see him once more!”
The “Duck Dynasty” X account wrote: “We’re saddened to listen to of the passing of Phil Robertson, a searching trade pioneer and the patriarch of the beloved Robertson household. Our ideas are with them throughout this tough time. We prolong our deepest condolences and respect their privateness as they grieve.”
Home Speaker Mike Johnson, who represents Louisiana, wrote that he was grateful for the “extraordinary legacy of certainly one of Louisiana’s favourite sons,” saying that numerous individuals had been impacted by his life and ministry.
“I’m sorry to listen to that Phil Robertson handed away,” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X. “Many prayers for his household. He shared his religion journey in a film referred to as the Blind, top-of-the-line.”
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote that he was a “residing instance of what God can do in all of our lives if we comply with Him. He was a vibrant gentle for the world to see. Bryan and I are praying for the entire Robertson crew tonight.”
His son Willie shared a tribute on his Instagramwriting partially: “He taught me many issues in life and most with out ever saying a phrase. I watched him, and knew he had found out so many issues. Most significantly, he taught me the worth of sharing my religion with others. He was the Actual Deal, the identical on Sundays as Fridays. Most of our conversations weren’t about searching or enterprise, however about sharing the Gospel.”
He mentioned the final phrases his father instructed him earlier than he died was: “You’re my brother.”
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“It made whole sense to me. He at all times instructed me we had been coworkers within the Kingdom of God,” Willie wrote. “Possibly that’s why I at all times simply referred to as him Phil … Sleep properly Dad, can’t wait to see you.”
