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Started by Glitch Girl, November 29, 2010, 03:11:37 AM

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Glitch Girl

November 29, 2010, 03:11:37 AM
Star of "Forbidden Planet" and "Police Squad" among many other roles dead at the age of 84 after a bout with pneumonia.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/nyregion/29nielsen.html


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Uncle Yuan

#1
November 29, 2010, 03:33:22 AM
Aw, man . . .  :(
"But there's no use crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake
And the science gets done, and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive."

daglob

#2
November 29, 2010, 04:15:47 AM
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herodad1

#3
November 29, 2010, 04:24:23 AM
hate to hear it. :(

detourne_me

#4
November 29, 2010, 04:30:17 AM
Was just watching police squad all morning since I heard the news.
Pretty funny that his acting career didn't really take off until he was well into his fifties.
Still, an amazing comedian and even funnier straight man.

BentonGrey

#5
November 29, 2010, 05:01:27 AM
That is a shame.  He was great.
God Bless
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Uncle Yuan

#6
November 29, 2010, 01:33:33 PM
Quote from: detourne_me on November 29, 2010, 04:30:17 AM
Was just watching police squad all morning since I heard the news.
Pretty funny that his acting career didn't really take off until he was well into his fifties.
Still, an amazing comedian and even funnier straight man.

His comedy career didn't take off until he was in his 50s.  But prior to that he was a well respected journeyman actor known for playing no-nonsense by-the-books types with the occasional leading man role.  It was exactly because of being the no-nonsense type that he was cast in Airplane! - he was spoofing himself.
"But there's no use crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake
And the science gets done, and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive."

The Hitman

#7
November 29, 2010, 05:03:52 PM
Surely he will be missed.

JeyNyce

#8
November 29, 2010, 06:19:47 PM
Quote from: The Hitman on November 29, 2010, 05:03:52 PM
Surely he will be missed.

He will be missed, and don't call him Shirley
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ow_tiobe_sb

#9
November 29, 2010, 06:50:19 PM
The media ratings and research system will never be the same again.  Neither will big buildings with patients...

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yell0w_lantern

#10
November 29, 2010, 06:56:10 PM
I had the lasagna.
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lugaru

#11
November 29, 2010, 11:52:52 PM
rip the king of deadpan.
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