Charles L. Blood

12/24/1929-4/15/2018 Chick, so nicknamed by his mother, was the only child of Lewis and Ethel Blood of Matawan. He was also convinced of his descent from the legendary pirate Captain Blood and Colonel Blood, notorious in the 1670s for stealing the crown jewels of England. Chick was a performer and storyteller all his life.

In the era of Shirley Temple, he was "discovered" as a child on a Times Square street corner with his mother, and spent his childhood acting on Broadway and in national tours in such plays as Kiss and Tell, On Borrowed Time, The American Way and Watch on the Rhine. Returning to Matawan for high school, he graduated in 1947 and went on to Columbia University. From there he enlisted in the Air Force, serving on Iwo Jima during the Korean War and as an armorer/ gunsmith for Air Force competitive shooting teams.

He married the former Marjorie Liggett in 1953. His son Charles L. Blood 2nd was born that year. That marriage ended in divorce; he married the former Deborah Paustian in 1988. Chick entered the advertising business in the mid-fifties, working as a copywriter for Young & Rubicam retrospect, many feel this was twice too often. "Hizzoner set off on his gun crusade. Bloomberg deeply believed guns were evil. All guns.

The most evil were guns of a color other than blue, blue-black, dull grey-green, dull grey, or chrome as those were how the guns being carried by the personal bodyguards and state troopers charged with protecting New York City’s Chief Executive looked. To The Mayor, the solution to this ever-arisfor most of his career, working there for 32 years (1954-1986) as a Writer, Copy Supervisor, Creative Supervisor, and the Vice President-Associate Creative Director.

He worked on many well-known campaigns of the Mad Men era and was especially proud of his work on Gulf Oil in the 60s, for which he won a CLIO award, and for Covenant House in the 80s, where he coached young recovering addicts in writing their own campaign, which won a Presidential citation from President Reagan. In addition, he was published numerous times in a variety of books, including children’s and pet care books, notably, The Goat in the Rug, American Indian Games and Crafts, and First Aid for Dogs.

Of course, he also was published in gunsmithing books such as Practical Gunsmithing as a contributing author, served as the Technical Editor and regular contributor to American Gunsmith from January 2001 until his last months, and was a member of the American Pistolsmith Guild. "Chick Blood will be long remembered for his technical prowess and his constant emphasis on safety," said Timothy Cole, Executive Vice President and Editorial Director of Belvoir Media Group, American Gunsmith’s parent company. "He had many ing concern during his administration was to outlaw all products used to paint guns.

Overlooked or deliberately ignored were any of the portable paint products sold in hardware, home improvement, hobby, and craft stores that could be used to paint a firearm.

Instead, it flat outlawed one product well known in the gunsmithing/customizing business for strength, surface integrity, and prevention of rust: Lauer Custom Dura Blue. friends in the firearms industry, and he could always be relied upon to furnish technical specs of any firearm on demand." "Chick was always a wealth of knowledge when I spoke with him on the phone along with his great writings," said Robert Coles of M. O. A.

Gunsmithing. "He will be missed and my deep sympathy is extended to his family." Chick had a gift for friendship and loved his family deeply. He never stopped acting and using his handsome baritone to give life to his stories. He was proud of his son, his Penobscot Native American heritage, and his theater and advertising careers. He loved summers in Maine, Giants football, golf, photography and keeping up with old friends.

He is fondly remembered by his relatives from the Blood and Marshall families in Dover-Foxcroft and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and his niece and nephews of Tenafly, New Jersey and Santa Cruz, California. He is survived by his wife and son. Donations in Chick’s memory can be made to: New Jersey Blind Citizens Association Leonardo NJ 07737 AG "Lauer Custom’s Dura Blue Bloomberg Gun has an overall background in red brick with grey mortar joints.

Each of the five boroughs is spelled out in its dedicated color along with imitation bullet holes and graffiti in the brick pattern. Among the most memorable of the graffiti is, 'For a good time call 212-xxx-xxxx', the x’s here substituting for the actual direct number to the phone on Bloomberg’s desk." AG