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Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 11:46 am Post subject:
Very sad. He is on my wife’s new show and was his typical amazingly funny self. She’s quite saddened. Says he was her favorite part of doing the show and that he was a sweet and gracious man, and of course freaking hilarious. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 31940 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 11:49 am Post subject:
Given his frail appearance on Modern Family during its final season playing Phil's father, and given that he lost his wife of 50 years back in 2018, I guess it's not a huge surprise that he died. Obviously, he appeared in so many different shows and movies, and I really enjoyed his turn on Everybody Loves Raymond. He and Georgia Engel were fantastic as Amy's parents.
Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 31940 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 11:51 am Post subject:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Very sad. He is on my wife’s new show and was his typical amazingly funny self. She’s quite saddened. Says he was her favorite part of doing the show and that he was a sweet and gracious man, and of course freaking hilarious.
Oh damn, that's right, he's in that. Makes it even more of a must-see. I'm sorry for this loss even more now, in light of the personal connection to your wife.
Joined: 25 Apr 2015 Posts: 31940 Location: Anaheim, CA
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 8:00 pm Post subject:
jonnybravo wrote:
Wait he was 86!? I would have figured he was in his late 60s...early 70s tops.
Yeah, up until recently (because he looked so frail near the end), you wouldn't have known he was 86. In fact, his Wikipedia page said he was 80 before today, and when news of his death first broke, I saw some outlets report that he died at 80. But then most outlets started reporting his actual age of 86, and then Wikipedia changed his birthday to 6 years earlier. In any case, yeah, he always seemed to be younger.
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