Word: jims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Amber Jim read about Gilmore's determination to be executed and wrote him a letter to ask why he wanted to die. "I just thought he might be lonely," she explained last week to TIME'S David R. Frazier. She wrote Gilmore that she believed in reincarnation. She also asked him what his favorite color was. Gilmore was touched. He wrote back to say that he wanted to die because "I'm not a nice person; I don't want to cause any more harm. I've harmed too many people and by doing...
...Amber Jim sent Gilmore her picture and told him she was training for another fight. She said she lifted weights but asked Gilmore to keep that secret. Gilmore sent her $200 and said he would love to sponsor her: "Amber Jim I believe you are a natural-born winner. You're unique." He wrote her that he had suddenly become "rather rich," and asked her what she wanted for Christ mas. He added, "I just like you. Love you, really...
...Amber Jim kept addressing the prisoner as "Mr. Gilmore." He asked her to stop. "Call me Gary. Alright?" What he wanted for Christmas was to meet her, "my favorite athlete...
...Amber Jim asked Gilmore what his favorite animal was. The tiger, he answered, because "they're so powerful, so beautiful, so fearless." He quoted her William Blake's "Tiger, tiger, burning bright ..." then added his judgment: "Neat, huh?" He asked her who her favorite boxer was, adding that his was Rocky Marciano...
...Amber Jim asked Gilmore what TV shows he liked best. He didn't watch TV, but he liked to go to drive-in movies and eat popcorn and potato chips with his girl friend, Nicole Barrett. Music? He liked all kinds, Gilmore confided, but cowboy music most-Hank Williams, Johnny Cash. And who did he think he had been in previous incarnations? Perhaps an Indian. "I feel close to Indians, and Indians like...