| − | In 1983, Weill was named to the Douglas L. Manship Hall of Fame in the LSU School of Mass Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu/manship/MassComm/AlumniandFriends/HallofFame/item15949.html|title=Manship Hall of Fame|publisher=uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>In 1994, he was named a "Louisiana Legend" by the PBS program that he hosted for many years.<ref name=amuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=151|title=Living Legends: Gus Weill|publisher=acadianmuseum.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>In 1996, Weill was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, located in Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Louisiana Political Hall of Fame|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}</ref> | + | In 1983, Weill was named to the Douglas L. Manship Hall of Fame in the LSU School of Mass Communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu/manship/MassComm/AlumniandFriends/HallofFame/item15949.html|title=Manship Hall of Fame|publisher=uiswcmsweb.prod.lsu.edu|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref> In 1994, he was named a "Louisiana Legend" by the PBS program that he hosted for many years.<ref name=amuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadianmuseum.com/legends.php?viewID=151|title=Living Legends: Gus Weill|publisher=acadianmuseum.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>In 1996, Weill was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, located in Winnfield, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Louisiana Political Hall of Fame|publisher=lapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=August 22, 2012}}</ref> |
| | Erik Spanberg describes Weill, accordingly: | | Erik Spanberg describes Weill, accordingly: |
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| + | <blockquote>All his life, Gus Weill has been distracted by a restless mind incapable of sticking to one subject for long. That peripatetic nature led to turns as a political consultant, an advertising executive, a gubernatorial adviser, television and radio host, poet, biographer, and now, at last, full-time novelist.<ref name=spanberg/></blockquote> |
| − | All his life, Gus Weill has been distracted by a restless mind incapable of sticking to one subject for long. That peripatetic nature led to turns as a political consultant, an advertising executive, a gubernatorial adviser, television and radio host, poet, biographer, and now, at last, full-time novelist.<ref name=spanberg/></blockquote> | |