George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) first and pretends to be drowning. After George rescues him, the man reveals himself to be George's guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. George does not believe him, and he bitterly wishes he had never been born. Inspired by this comment, Clarence shows George what the town would have been like without him, with the snow outside stopping as the change is made. In this alternative scenario Bedford Falls is instead named Pottersville, and is home to sleazy nightclubs, pawn shops, and amoral people. Bailey Park was never built, and remains an old cemetery. Mr. Gower was sent to prison for poisoning
George S. Wise of the Aztec Eagle, the highest award given to a foreigner in 1949. Rise married Florence Rosenberg, who died on January 11, 2013 at the age of a hundred. He died in Miami Beach, Florida on July 2, 1987 after suffering from heart failure for several months. Upon hearing of his death, former Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin described Wise as "the dearest man I ever met". The Wise Observatory and the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University is named after Wise. George S. Wise George Schneiweis Wise (April 6, 1906 – July 2,