This is a heart-breaker, a miracle and a solid reminder that 'good guys may finish last,
but they do finish.'
A little background, to refresh your memory:
In 1957, while serving in the U.S. Air Force, Jimmie recorded "Honeycomb,” a huge national hit, on the top of the charts for four weeks. His follow-up songs also hit the charts, "Kisses Sweeter than Wine," "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again," "Secretly," and "Are You Really Mine.” In 1959 he hosted his own music-variety show on NBC.
In 1967, he had his last top-100 single, "Child of Clay.” On December 20, 1967, while preparing to do a film for 20th Century Fox, he was the victim of an assault, after allegedly being pulled over by an off-duty LAPD officer, receiving a severe beating, leading to a fractured skull. The reason for the assault has never been established; all that Jimmie could recall were bright lights, presumably from the car of his attacker.
To make matters worse, Jimmie’s wife Colleen died of a fatal blood clot shortly after the 1967 beating, leaving him to care for their two children, Michelle and Michael. Jimmie’s career as an entertainer abruptly ended; for over forty years he suffered severe headaches and the accompanying nausea of a steel plate in his head.
Here is the miracle, as told by his oldest son, Michael regarding the surgery Jimmie went through surgery on June 28th 2007 to remove the steel plate:
”About four minutes after beginning surgery, the Doctors pulled back the scalp to reveal the plate. When they did that the plate literally lifted up and jumped up away from his head. The Doctors, five in all, a Surgeon, two Plastic Surgeons, two Stem-Cell Specialists and the rest of the team began to clean the plate and lift it away from the head. It released itself and came away clean. On the video tape of the surgery we could hear the Surgeon say ‘Oh my God look at that. How did that get there?’ Under the plate was revealed a complete and intact skull bone where three months ago there was none. The entire hole in the bone which was an eight inch by six inch oval had grown completely closed with a new skull bone which was smooth and shaped to match the existing skull. It was perfect in every way and was the same thickness as the other bone. The Doctors said that in 35 years of surgery they had never seen anything like it.”
“They did not need to recreate a new skull bone at all. Dad was completely healed and made whole again after 40 years. The entire procedure took about 28 minutes; after one hour in recovery, Dad walked out ‘on his own,’ much to the dismay of the nursing staff. He spent one night in the hospital and we went directly to a nearby Olive Garden for lunch He is now bass fishing and playing golf.
Your prayers and positive thoughts were heard and our lives have been changed in
such an amazing way.”
Jimmie is completely healed and is in perfect health; on September 18th, Jimmie Rodgers celebrated his 75th birthday in peace.
Jimmy, following surgery, with the steel plate that plaged him for
40 years. Here, Jimmy shows-off the steel plate, removed from his skull after years of discomfort.
Photo courtesy of Jimmy's oldest son Michael, pictured above.
To hear Jimmie Rodgers tell the story in his own words, and listen with fresh ears to
his remarkable pure, rich voice on his four biggest hits and several others, you must
spend an hour and listen to a rebroadcast tape of the RONNIE ALLEN Radio Program.
It's a miracle!
Here is your link to the hour rebroadcast tape from the RONNIE ALLEN radio show.
Jimmie Rodgers is often mistaken for the legendary country singer (1897-1933) with the same name. Our Jimmie was born the same year Jimmie Rodgers died. Jimmie Rodgers' names are often incorrectly spelled Jimmy or Rogers.
