Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty remembered at age 79 with a journey of faith and family legacy

Phil Robertson died Sunday at 79 after a healthy battle, but the legacy of the Duck Commander’s founder is farther than his A&E reality series.

Louisiana Robertson started the hunting company in 1972 after his college football career at Louisiana Tech, and was a starting quarterback before Terry Bradshaw took over.

“I said, ‘Bradshaw, it’s a deal. I said, “I’d rather hunt ducks than let my dirt sto.”

The report said that in 2020, Robertson was sent to the Louisiana Sports Fame outdoor activities.

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Robertson’s Duck Commander Empire includes duck phones, hunting videos, and costumes.

His son, Jase Robertson, explains how the Duck Commander Empire began.

“Dad was hunting in Moss Lake in 1972, when his partner told him that he should make a phone because the ducks were like them,” he told the newspaper. “He told Dad, ‘You don’t just call the ducks; you order them.’ That’s where the duck commander started.”

Robertson wrote in his 2013 memoir, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy, that he rarely grows up.

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“I miss the simple times of life,” he wrote. “I came from a humble, humble beginning. When I was a little boy who grew up in the northwest corner of Louisiana, only six miles from Texas and ten miles from Arkansas, we didn’t have much to do with personal possessions. But, even the hardest thing, I’ve never heard my parents, brothers, or my parents, or sisters say “boys, we, we, we are Dirt Poor’.”

“I miss the time when life is simple. I come from the beginning of humility, humility.”

– Phil Robertson

Robertson married his high school lover, Kay Miss, in 1966, and in nearly 60 years they had four sons and 16 grandchildren.

Robertson also had a decades-old daughter in the 1970s.

He revealed five years ago that he discovered that he had a 45-year-old daughter, Phyllis, who had undergone DNA testing.

Phil Robertson, with sons Jase and Willie and brother Si Robertson in 2012. (A&E)

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Robertson said that after his son called him to tell him that DNA was a game, he immediately said, “Let her come down.”

“It’s a cool explanation of redemption, reconciliation, love,” Robertson said in the then-Shameless podcast. “It turns out that for 45 years, you have a daughter you don’t know, she has a father she doesn’t know. Forty-five years, that doesn’t sound like a long time, but you say, that’s a while. So in the end, after all these years, we’re together.”

Robertson and Miss Kay’s sons include Alan, 60, Jase, 55, Willie, 53, Jules, 46.

The Robertson family became a household name in 2012, when they became the subject of the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty”. The last episode aired in 2017.

Robertson, along with Duck Dynasty, produced “Duck Commander” for the outdoor channel, whose life is the theme of the 2023 film The Blind: The True Story of the Robertson Family.

Robertson was open to how he discovered the way he believed in the mid-1970s and told Fox News Digital in 2019 that he recklessly lived and needed redemption.

Robertson told Fox News: “I didn’t have any faith until I was 28.” “I’m talking here in the Bible – God said I was under the control of the evil people. I don’t know. I just got along very well with the worst of them. …I built a trail and it wasn’t a good guy. Then I realized, ‘What am I thinking? …I know Jesus.

In his 2019 book The Theft of the American Soul, he called for the bringing religion back to American culture, but he admitted that he had to hit rock before he accepted God as his personal savior.

Phil Robertson and his wife, Miss Kay, in 2015. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images of Texas Raceway)

“At first, I wanted to be good,” he explained. “I was learning how to do good things. My old friends and friends would come and they would say, ‘Let’s go for a ride. Get the way.’ I said, “No.” ”My faith is being tested.

He said he has since been committed to helping others.

“[My wife and I] Go find them. Recover. prison. Oppressed. Those who no one can hang out. Homeless,” he said. “When we meet together, we have food. We met together on Sunday morning. …People sleeping under the bridge can come in. [And we] Give them a great meal. … [It’s] All the children of God come together. ”

Last December, his son Jase revealed in their “Shameless” podcast that Phil was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He said he also suffered from some kind of undiagnosed blood disease at the time, but was “causing various problems.”

His family celebrated his life on Sunday after confirming his death.

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His daughter, Korie Robertson, wrote on Instagram: “We celebrate today that our father, husband and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now with the Lord.”

“He often reminds us of Paul’s words, ‘You don’t feel as sad as those who have no hope. Because we believe that Jesus died again, we believe that God will bring Jesus to those who sleep in Him.”

She added: “Thank you for your love and prayer for your love and prayer, whose lives have been influenced by his life, grace, his bold faith saved lives, and who he longs to tell everyone that they will listen to the good news of Jesus. We thank him for his life on earth and will continue the legacy of love for God and love for others until we see him again.”

Phil Robertson and his family. (A&E)

Jase wrote on X: “My father is with the Lord today! He will miss it, but we know that he is in good hands and our family is good because God is so good! We will see him again!”

Account X reads: “We are sad to hear the death of Phil Robertson, the leader of the hunting industry pioneer and beloved Robertson family. We are with them during this difficult time. We express our deepest condolences to them and respect their privacy.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who represents Louisiana, wrote that he thanked “the extraordinary legacy of Louisiana’s favorite son,” saying countless people were influenced by his life and ministry.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X: “I’m sorry to hear Phil Robertson’s death.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote: “If we follow Him, God can do in our lives is a lively example of what God can do in our lives. He is the bright light of the world.

His son Willie shared a tribute on his Instagram, partially writing: “He taught me a lot of things and most people didn’t say a word. I looked at him and knew he had figured out a lot of things. Most importantly, he taught me the value of sharing my faith with others. He was the real deal, and in the same deals on Sunday and Sunday, our conversation was mostly our conversation.

He said the last words his father told him before his death were: “You are my brother.”

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“It makes total sense to me. He always tells me that we are colleagues in the Kingdom of God.” “Maybe that’s why I always call him Phil…Sleep well, Dad, can’t wait to see you.”