it is a shame...i never would had thought a corey was going to die due to drugs...

That's a joke, right? lol

Merlin Olsen passed.
Merlin Olsen

I remember him from Little House on the Parie and FTD Florist spokeperson. He was also on another tv show he played a Amish man but I can't remember the name of the show.

I didn't know that he played pro football. RIP

to tell the truth i never heard anything bout his drug use...if i did i might had put him on the list along with andy dick...

I think the show you're thinking of is Father Murphy.

I didn't know he had passed either.

Signor V.

Ohhhhhh! Now I know who he is. I don't know many sport guys and didn't think I knew who he was. Then I clicked the Little House On The Prairie link and that's how I know him.


TIS

Oh no! Peter Graves of Mission Impossible/Airplane movies was found dead.

TIS

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b171677_peter_graves_star_of_mission_impossible.html

Wow.... that's a shock.

Graves was one of my first tv favorites as a kid when he starred in "Fury" (a series about a boy and a great horse.... Graves played the boy's father).

Oddly enough, I was just thinking about him, too. The movie, "Them", was on tv the other night and it stars James Arness, Graves' brother.

R.I.P. Peter

Oh yea, I forgot about Fury. I loved that show as a kid.

I always thought he and his brother "sounded" exactly alike. Their voices are identical,or very very close.

TIS

Exactly alike! As I was watching "Them", I would have sworn I was listening to Peter Graves.

He was funny in those Airplane movies. I did not know that Graves was Arness' Brother. RIP

Joey, you ever seen a grown man naked?

I just saw him on a commercial obver the weekend.

"Ever been in a Turkish prison?"

RIP Pete.

Ever watch Gladiator movies?

Fess Parker has passed away at the age of 85

http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b172343_fess_parker_tvs_iconic_davy_crockett.html

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That brings my childhood back. I loved Davy Crockett(all us oldies surely remember the song) and Old Yeller was one of my favorite Disney movies. I always thought he was nice looking and had a nice speaking voice. For some reason though, i really thought he was older than what he was.

Anyway, too bad.

TIS

I grew up watching Peter Graves on 'Mission Impossible', and enjoyed his narration on the 'Biography' series on A&E during the 90's.

These days, I love to hate a VERY YOUNG Graves as the 'Security Officer' in one of my favorite movies, 'Stalag 17'.

By the way for you locals out there...I heard that radio legend Ron Lundy died this week too.

Apple

Strange how there is a tie-in here. The movie, "Them", came out in 1954 and legend has it that Walt Disney watched a preview of the movie. He had been considering offering the role of his new tv show hero, Davey Crockett, to James Arness. Disney watched the movie and wasn't overly impressed by Arness BUT he loved seeing Fess Parker in the movie (a small role). He offered the part of Davey Crockett to Parker, and the rest is history.

I was just reading that Parker was in "Them". It's been so long since I've seen it, I don't remember him in it at all.

SC, did you have a coonskin hat?


TIS

Parker had a small role playing a pilot who was hospitalized (they thought he was crazy) because he reported seeing GIANT ants flying in the sky. He probably had only about two minutes worth of screen time.

I had a hand-me-down coonskin cap (from one of the neighbors). By the time I got it a lot of the "fur" was off of it..... it looked more like roadkill on top of my head. I did have a bb gun rifle though (and I didn't shoot my eye out).

LMAO Roadkill on your head?

You know, you mentioned that scene of Parker in Them, and I do remember it. I must have seen it more recently than I thought.


TIS

Robert Culp has passed away at the age of 79. he is best known for staring in "I Spy" with Bill Cosby.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/03/actor-robert-culp-dead.html

I'm sorry to hear that. And wow, while taking a walk????? Geez, you never know do you? I wasn't a huge I Spy fan but remember it well. I remember him too in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. I recently saw the Pelican Brief.

Sad news!


TIS

I don't think I seen the show with Bill Cosby. Sad.

He was great as Patricia Heaton's Dad on "Everybody Loves Raymond." He played the "waspy" part well because of his all American boy good looks, but he seemed really down to earth in real life. You guys know how I feel about most Hollywood types (I hate them ), but he really seemed like a decent fellow .

Singer Johnny Maestro has passed away.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment..._of_cancer.html

I seen that on MSN. RIP

Actress June Havoc passed away. I can't say I know a lot about her but I do know she's on my list.


TIS



http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/29/actress-june-havoc-dead-at-97/?hpt=Sbin