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[[Category:Notable Fans|McKeever, Bruce]]
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The ''"CHiPs"'' community suffered a terrible loss when '''Bruce McKeever''' passed away on March 30, 2001. This came as a shock to most of his online friends, to whom he was known as "BruceM".
'''"[[CHiPs]]"''' is an acronym for [[California Highway Patrol|'''C'''alifornia '''Hi'''ghway '''P'''atrol]] and is the name of a popular television program which ran on [[NBC]] from 1977 to 1983. ''"CHiPs"'' starred [[Erik Estrada]] and [[Larry Wilcox]] (and later [[Tom Reilly]] and [[Bruce Penhall]]) as CHP officers "[[Frank Poncherello|Ponch]]" and "[[Jon Baker|Jon]]" (and "[[Bobby Nelson|Bobby]]" and "[[Bruce Nelson|Bruce]]").


Bruce was born on July 27, 1936 and lived in Silcon Valley, [[California|CA]]. He was a retired computer engineer who did a little part time consulting for a while.
Each week, these officers were shown riding their [[motorcycles]] through southern [[California]] as they kept the [[Los Angeles]] streets and freeways safe for citizens like you and me.
 
Bruce suffered a heart attack on March 30th. The benefactor of his estate was California Technical Institute and he was interred at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California.
 
In memory of Bruce, [["CHiPs" Online]] had a black band across the logo's badge for the month of May 2001. A special thread in the forum was set aside for any messages people wish to share.

Revision as of 10:20, 12 December 2005


"CHiPs" is an acronym for California Highway Patrol and is the name of a popular television program which ran on NBC from 1977 to 1983. "CHiPs" starred Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox (and later Tom Reilly and Bruce Penhall) as CHP officers "Ponch" and "Jon" (and "Bobby" and "Bruce").

Each week, these officers were shown riding their motorcycles through southern California as they kept the Los Angeles streets and freeways safe for citizens like you and me.