TV treasures who are still with us (and some now sadly saying goodbye since this thread began)

[CheezWizHed]

Yep. Ginger was sexy but far too high maintenance. I was a Mary Ann fan too. Even married my own Mary Ann (next-door farmer's daughter).

[JimH5]

Tanya Roberts is dead.

 

NOPE! She's alive!

[JimH5]

Tanya Roberts is dead.

 

NOPE! She's alive!

 

And now she has passed away. Rest in Peace.

[stalton]

Larry King passed at 87. Had Covid but cause of death not released yet. Man what an awful week.

[LouisEly]

Larry King passed at 87.

Larry King wore white tube socks.

[LouisEly]

RIP to former Wisconsin resident Dustin Diamond, a.k.a. "Screetch" from Saved by the Bell. Only 44.

[homer]

RIP Christopher Plummer

 

Best known as Capt Von Trapp in Sound of Music. More recently was Harlan Thrombley in Knives Out. He worked a LOT even into his late 80's.

[hawing]

RIP to former Wisconsin resident Dustin Diamond, a.k.a. "Screetch" from Saved by the Bell. Only 44.

Here's hoping he's found peace, but I have a heck of a time classifying Screech as a TV treasure in my mind.

[homer]

RIP Jessica Walter - matriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development

[nate82]

Also was on Archer as Malory Archer.

 

[Matt Breen]

Also was on Archer as Malory Archer.

 

I love Archer. And she was phenomenal.

 

The guy who voiced her husband - Ron Cadillac on the show - was her real-life husband - Ron Leibman. He died only about a year ago. Most people will remember him as Rachel's obnoxious father on Friends.

[nodakfan17]

RIP Jessica Walter - matriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development

She was terrific. I’d put the original 53 episodes of Arrested Development up against any network sitcom of the past 20 years. The rubes just didn’t get it. That show was way ahead of its time.

[Jimbo]

RIP Jessica Walter - matriarch of the Bluth family on Arrested Development

She was terrific. I’d put the original 53 episodes of Arrested Development up against any network sitcom of the past 20 years. The rubes just didn’t get it. That show was way ahead of its time.

 

The other thread where you guys talk about binge watching programs, well I'm just not into it. However, if I ever get enough time in my life, two shows - "Arrested Development" and "30 Rock". Didn't get to see enough of it.

[BrewersSuperCollector]

George Segal, Arthur, "Pops", the grandfather on The Goldbergs passed away from complications of heart surgery.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Add Yaphet Kotto to the list of those who died recently. Man, he was great on "Homicide."

[LouisEly]

Add Yaphet Kotto to the list of those who died recently. Man, he was great on "Homicide."

Also starring with Kotto in the movie Midnight Run, Charles Grodin passed away today. One of my favorite movies of the late 80's.

[homer]

RIP Gavin MacLeod - Captain Stubing from The Love Boat.

[hawing]

RIP Gavin MacLeod - Captain Stubing from The Love Boat.

Also Murray Slaughter from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

[hawing]

Frank Bonner - perhaps best known as sales dude Herb Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati - has died:

 

https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/frank-bonner-star-of-wkrp-in-cincinnati-dead-at-79/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

 

He's the second core cast member lost from that show after the Big Guy, Mr. Carlson (Gordon Jump).

[JimH5]

RIP to TV pitchman Ron Popeil. Salesman, showman, inventor, and infomercial pioneer. From the Pocket Fisherman to the Rotisserie oven, it slices, it dices...he bought so much advertising time that he was virtually unavoidable for tv viewers.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/ron-popeil-tv-infomercial-dead/index.html

[Jim Goulart]

RIP Markie Post of "Night Court", 70.

 

Never had looked up her first name was Marjorie.

 

Another bit of my 80's TV history memories gone.

[GAME05]

Trevor Moore of "Whitest Kids You Know" died at 41 of an accident.

[rickh150]

RIP Markie Post of "Night Court", 70.

 

Never had looked up her first name was Marjorie.

 

Another bit of my 80's TV history memories gone.

 

She was great in one or a couple episodes of Cheers too.

[homer]

RIP Ed Asner

 

Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Santa Claus in Elf

[nodakfan17]

I’ll always remember Ed Asner from Elf (hard to believe that movie has been out for 18 years).

 

He also voiced Carl Fredricksen, the old man, in Disney / Pixar’s Up.