>> A HEART FELT THANK YOU TO OUR
FOUR TIMES MASTERS CHAMPION, MR.
ARNOLD PALMER.
>> I LIKE TO THINK AND BELIEVE
THAT GOLF AND GOLFERS ARE BOTH
SOME SORT OF HUMAN VALUES THAT
SYMBOLIZE SO MANY AMERICANS.
PALMER.
IT IS NOW 6:00 A.M.
I'M JUSTIN WARMOTH.
THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH US.
>> I'M KIRSTIN O'CONNOR.
BRIDGETT HAS THE MORNING OFF.
ARNOLD PALMER ONE OF THE
GREATEST GOLFERS OF ALL TIME HAS
DIED AT THE AGE OF 87.
>> FOR MANY, HE WILL BE
REMEMBERED FOR MORE THAN HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GAME.
HE DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN
HOMETOWN.
HE SUFFERED COMPLICATIONS FROM
HEART PROBLEMS.
>> PALMER'S DEATH COMES SIX
MONTHS AFTER HIS FINAL
APPEARANCE AT THE ARNOLD PALMER
INVITATIONAL WHERE HE PRESENTED
THE TROPHY TO UP AND COMING STAR
JASON DAY.
WHILE PALMER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL GOLFER TO
PLAY THE GAME, HIS 50-YEAR
LEGACY IS UNMATCHED.
MATT AUSTIN LOOKS BACK AT
PALMER'S LIFE ON THE COURSE.
>> IT IS NOT CLOSE.
ARNOLD PALMER WAS GOLF'S MOST
IMPORTANT PLAYER EVER.
PALMER WAS DESTINED TO PLAY.
HIS FATHER DEACON WAS THE PRO
AND GROUNDS KEEPER IN L
LATROBE.
AFTER A SCHOLARSHIP AND THREE
YES IN THE COAST GUARD, PALMER
WON THE U.S. AMATEUR IN 1954 AND
TURNED PRO.
HE WON SEVEN MAJORS, INCLUDING
THE MASTERS FOUR TIMES.
IT WAS HIS COME FROM BEHIND
VICTORY AT THE 1960 U.S. OPEN
THAT SPARKED ONE OF SPORT'S
GREATEST RIVALRIES.
HE BEAT JACK NICKLAUS BY TWO
SHOTS.
PALMER CLEARLY WAS THE MOST
POPULAR AND INFLUENTIAL.
HIS SUCCESS ON THE COURSE
COUPLED WITH HIS GOOD LOOKS AND
CHARISMA MADE ARNOLD PALMER THE
FIRST SUPERSTAR OF SPORTS.
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T CARE ABOUT
GOLF CARED ABOUT PALMER.
WHEN ADVERTISERS SAW THAT, THEY
PRODUCTS.
PALMER OPENED THE DOOR FOR ALL
ATHLETES TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR
SUCCESS AND POPULARITY.
HE REMAINED A FINANCIAL FORCE
UNTIL HIS DEATH.
THERE ARE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE
WHO NEVER SAW ARNOLD PALMER PLAY
GOLF BUT THOUGH HIM BY HIS
TEA.
HIS ANNIVERSARY ON THE TOUR,
OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
IN HIS LAST YEARS OF LIFE HE
MADE 20 TIMES THAT IN BUSINESS
ANGERS AND ENDORSEMENTS.
>> WE ARE SO LUCKY TO LIVE HERE.
IT IS HIS REPUTATION AS A HUMAN
TEAR THAT TOUCHED LIVES.
>> FROM THE TWO CHARITIES AND
HOSPITALS THAT BEAR HIS NAME, NO
ONE FELT HIS SDPIEVENLTHS MORE
THAN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
>> I LIKE WHEN HOSPITALS SMELL
CLEAN AND FRESH.
WHEN BABIES COME IN AND THEIR
MOTHERS, I WANT THEM TO FEEL
LIKE IT IS CLEAN AND IT IS
SOMETHING WHOLESOME.
>> TO MR. PALMER GOOD WAS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH WHEN IT CAME TO HIS
HOSPITALS.
JAMIE JOINS US NOW.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL
FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
HELPED BY MR. PALMER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THOUSANDS OF BABIES HAVE BEEN
BORN HEALTHY AND LIVES SAVED.
>> ARNOLD PALMER STEPPED IN TO
GIVE ORLANDO THE WORLD CLASSES
HEALTHCARE THAT CENTRAL FLORIDA
FAMILIES NEEDED, THE EXCELLENCE
HE DEMANDED FROM HIS HOSPITALS
HAS ULTIMATELY SAVED THE LIVES
OF KIDS LIKE MADELINE DAVIS, THE
DAVIS.
>> WHEN SOMEONE SAVES YOU, IT
MEANS EVERYTHING.
CLEAR.
SHE IS GREAT.
>> MADELINE WAS BORN AT WINNER
PALMER.
>> WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING
WOULD BE WRONG.
>> MADELINE STRUGGLED TO
BREATHE.
DOCTORS TRIED TO REASSURE BRIAN
AND JULIE.
FOR A WHILE, THINGS WERE OK.
>> I LEFT AT MIDNIGHT BECAUSE I
WAS GOING HOME TO THE TWO BOYS.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU
LEARNED YOUR LITTLE GIRL WAS IN
TROUBLE.
>> I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG
AND MY WIFE WAS SCREAMING DOWN
THE PHONE, ONE OF HIS LUNGS HAS
COLLAPSED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN BUT GET TO THE
HOSPITAL AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
>> DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO
STABILIZE MADELINE BUT THE NEXT
DAY THE OTHER LUNG COLLAPSED.
EVERY DAY.
>> JULIE BEGAN TO BREATHE EASIER
WHEN HER BABY DID.
NOW SHE IS OUT THERE WITH OLDER
BROTHERS OLIVER AND HENRY,
LAUGHING ALL THE TIME.
HENRY IS THE REASONS THEY
ORLANDO.
>> HE HAD A MILD RENAL REFLUX.
HE KEPT GETTING INFECTIONS, HAD
TO KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH TO
THE ARNOLD PALMER.
HAIR LIFE.
>> BRIAN AND JULIE DAVIS TOLD US
THE HOSPITALS ARE THE REASON WHY
THEY MOVED TO ORLANDO AFTER THAT
EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR SON.
THEY SAY THEY ARE FOREVER
STAFF.
THEY HAVE DONATED THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO THE ARNOLD PALMER
HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
>> THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
IN PALMER'S HOSPITAL
HOSPITALS.
WE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHO IS
FOREVER GRATEFUL HER SON IS
BEING CARED FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> HE MEANT A LOT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT HIS AND HIS WIFE'S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOSPITAL, I
DON'T THINK ME OR MY SON -- MY
MAKE IT.
>> THAT MOM SAYS SHE IS VERY SAD
BUT BLESSED FOR THE IMPACT
PALMER WILL HAVE ON CHILDREN AND
MOMS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
MR. PALMER TOUCHED LIVES.
AND THE TRIBUTES ARE POURING.
>> FROM THE ARMY TO THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF, THOUSANDS OF
FANS ARE WEIGHING IN ON THE LIFE
OF THE GOLF LEGEND.
MARK LEHMAN IS AT THE GOLF CLUB
AND LODGE OWNED BY PALMER.
THE LOSS IS BEING FELT THERE AND
>> YES.
SOME MAY BE WAKING UP TO THE
NEWS.
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE HAVE
CONDOLENCES.
SO MANY LEAVING KIND WORDS FOR
THE MAN THEY SAY WAS A LEGEND ON
AND OFF THE COURSE.
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
GOLFERS OF TIME, REACTION IS
BEING FELT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH
TWEETS FROM LOCAL LEADERS.
MAYOR THERESA JACOBS OFFERING
CONDOLENCES TO ALL GRIEVING THE
LOSS OF ARNOLD PALMER.
THE IMPACT OF PALMER HITTING
ESPECIALLY HARD MANY CENTRAL
FLORIDA, ONE OF THE PLACES HE
CALLED HOME.
THE ORLANDO FIRE DEPARTMENT
STATING REST IN PEACE ARNOLD
PALMER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU
HAVE DONATED TOWARDS THE CENTRAL
FLORIDA AREA.
THE MAGIC CALLING PALMER A
CHAMPION, LEGEND AND A BELOVED
MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA
COMMUNITY.
THE KING WILL BE MISSED.
FAMILY.
>> HE WILL BE MISSED HERE AT BAY
HILL.
THIS IS WHERE THE ARNOLD PALMER
INVITATIONAL IS BEING HELD.
HERE THE BAY HILL CLUB AND LODGE
WORDS.
THEY WENT ONTO THANK EVERYONE
FOR THE KIND WORDS AND
CONDOLENCES
CONDOLENCES.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THE