TV’s ‘Uncle Gus’ dies TV’s ‘Uncle Gus’ dies By PAT HAMMOND Sunday News Staff Telephone Credit Union “Uncle Gus” Bernier, the TV friend of a generation of New Hampshire children in the 1960s and ’70s, died peacefully in his sleep yesterday at his home in Hawaii. “He had only been dead about 10 minutes when we found him at 8:45 a.m.,” his wife Doreen said in an interview last night. Hawaiian time is seven hours ahead of Eastern time. “He had been well,” Mrs. Bernier said. “He was 85 and we swam every morning. “We were going garage-saling today,” Mrs. Bernier said. “It was the biggest joy in his life. He couldn’t wait for Saturday morning.” During the telephone conversation, Mrs. Bernier reconstructed her husband’s life while occasionally pausing to welcome a visitor to Gus Bernier’s final home. He was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Jan. 13, 1920, to Gus and Helen (Keane) Bernier. He grew up in Little Rock, started high school there, and the family moved to Hope, Ark. After the family moved back to Little Rock, he graduated from the Little Rock Catholic High School. He worked in the hotel his father owned in Little Rock Continue reading →
