West Monroe, Louisiana – Phil Robertson, who transformed her little duck calling for the interest in the paradise of the sportsman in northern Louisiana into a large company and a conservative cultural phenomenon thanks to the “Duck Dynasty” reality TV series, died on Sunday, according to his family. He was 79 years old.
What you need to know
- Phil Robertson de Duck Dynasty died; He was 79 years old
- Robertson’s daughter-in-law announced her death Sunday on Facebook
- His family said in December that he had received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
- Robertson transformed his little duck who calls for the interest in the paradise of the northern sportsman of Louisiana into a large company and a conservative cultural phenomenon
Robertson’s family announced in December on their podcast “without shame with the Podcast of the Robertson family” that the clan patriarch had Alzheimer’s disease. The declaration on the social networks of the daughter-in-law of Robertson did not mention how he died.
“Thank you for the love and prayers of so many people whose life has been touched by his life saved by grace, his daring faith and by his desire to say to all those who listen to the good news of Jesus. We are grateful for his life on earth and will continue the inheritance of love for God and love for others until we come back,” wrote Coolie Robertson.
Phil Robertson skyrocketed in the early 2010s when the A&E network created a reality TV show, presented as a sitcom. This followed the adventures of Robertson, her three sons – including Willie, who heads the family duck commanders, their wives and a crowd of other relatives and friends.
Phil Robertson and his boys were immediately recognizable by their long beard and their conservative, Christian and family beliefs.
It also put Robertson in difficulty. He told a magazine journalist in 2013 that homosexuals are sinners and African-Americans were happy under Jim Crow Laws.
A & E suspended it from “Duck Dynasty” but reversed the course in a few weeks after a reaction which included Sarah Palin.
At the time, Robertson’s family called on its gross comments, but said that their beliefs were anchored in the Bible and that it “is a pious man”. They also said that “as a family, we cannot imagine the show in the future without our patriarch at the helm”.
Robertson was born in northern Louisiana and spent his life in the woods and lakes that make up the region called Sportsman’s Paradise.
Robertson played football at Louisiana Tech and taught at school. He also liked to hunt and created a duck call in the early 1970s which, according to him, repeated the exact sound of a duck.
The calls were the centerpiece of the company of Duck Commander Robertson would turn into a company of several million dollars before A & e calls.
The family simply did not sell hunting and hunting equipment, but a lifestyle.
“The Robertsons are faced with everything, beavers in commercial affairs in their special way – with a touch of practicality of the drawbacks and a sense of bright humor,” wrote A&E in its promotion for “Duck Dynasty”.