Lincoln re-enactor Jim Getty dies
Flint McColgan | Hanover
James A. Getty, the man who has portrayed Abraham Lincoln full-time for nearly 40 years, died Saturday night at 83 years old.
Chuck Getty said his father, beset by numerous health issues, hadn't performed as Lincoln since April and was recently admitted into Genesis HealthCare's Gettysburg Center for skilled care.
Born in central Illinois, "the land of Lincoln," Getty went on to be a school teacher in Sandusky, Ohio, before moving to Gettysburg with his family in to portray Lincoln as a full-time career.
There, Chuck Getty said, the news of his death spread quickly.
"There was nobody like him. Everybody loved him, he didn't have an enemy," said daughter Diane Good. "He's going to be so missed."
What amazed both son and daughter was that he was so passionate about his work that even in declining health he drove all the way to Charlottesville, Va., for his final performance.
Chuck Getty described his father's work not as a job, but as "pure joy."
"That was probably the most difficult thing he had to deal with," Chuck Getty said. "He couldn't perform anymore."
It was the breadth of knowledge James
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