Pat Harrington Jr. - no doubt best known as the super from One Day at a Time but was also one of the younger folks from the golden age of TV.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/pat-harrington-jr-dies-schneider-162754895.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Harrington,_Jr.

 

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

Bartley Kives father or grandfather, no?

9 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Bartley Kives father or grandfather, no?

They were cousins. Must be a big family.

Edited April 28, 20169 yr by Jacquie

I had a few albums K Tel put out back in the day. You'd play a song & it  was shorter in length than the original so they could put more songs on their albums. We also had a Veg A Matic . Helluva invention.

Nutty Numbers! Loved that album.

The commercials they put out were actually their best product.  Loved them.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/william-schallert-dead-dies-patty-duke-show-sag-president-1201769236/

https://us.yahoo.com/tv/alan-young-two-legged-star-of-mister-ed-dies-221026890.html

Morley Safer passed away.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/

4 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

Morley Safer passed away.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/

I had no idea Morley was a Canadian.

Nick Menza drummer for Megadeth in there hey day died at the age of 51 due to a suspected heart attack.

On ‎5‎/‎21‎/‎2016 at 1:00 PM, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I had no idea Morley was a Canadian.

That is what happens when someone works 20 years after he should have retired in the 1st place.

21 hours ago, iso_55 said:

That is what happens when someone works 20 years after he should have retired in the 1st place.

This is what happens when someone does something that they love doing right till the end.

yup I hope when I go it's while eating a giant pile of bacon right after watching the Bombers win on the last play of the Grey Cup.

7 hours ago, WBBFanWest said:

This is what happens when someone does something that they love doing right till the end.

Well then, I want to go out at the Daytona 500 at 230 mph.

8 hours ago, WBBFanWest said:

This is what happens when someone does something that they love doing right till the end.

I guess you could say the same about former Megadeath drummer Nick Menza although he was only 51. I can imagine it must have been pretty traumatic for the rest of the band and the crowd when he had a heart attack on stage.

19 hours ago, iso_55 said:

Well then, I want to go out at the Daytona 500 at 230 mph.

Parachute jump.  No parachute.  No offence, just trying to help you make a splash.

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Parachute jump.  No parachute.  No offence, just trying to help you make a splash.

More like SPLAT!!

RIP Vera from Alice

CTE claims another football player.  Also played Moses Hightower in the original Police Academy movie.

Former NFL player Bubba Smith died with CTE, researchers find

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/former-nfl-player-bubba-smith-died-with-cte-researchers-find/article30132029/

 

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

CTE claims another football player.  Also played Moses Hightower in the original Police Academy movie.

Former NFL player Bubba Smith died with CTE, researchers find

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/former-nfl-player-bubba-smith-died-with-cte-researchers-find/article30132029/

 

What ya gonna do? Make bigger helmets?

The whole CTE issue is interesting, Years upon years ago these guys had no idea that any of this stuff really existed, at least it wasn't really confirmed. The technology wasn't there to prove it. Plus, these guys grow up playing the sport also, who is to say that some of this stuff doesn't start developing in Junior football or Peewee or whatever. In the past, i kind of look at it and go, hmm that's too bad. They didn't really know that things like that happened tho.Now a days tho, i think the onus is on the player ever more, they know the risk, they know it,  they can't blame anyone but themselves. Nobody is forcing them to play, it's on the player and the parents for that matter. You know the risks now...back in the day tho, you didn't so as harsh as it may be to say, It's unfortunate but, the fact that this CTE thing is relatively new, and wasn't really diagnosed until very recently, players from the 60's 70's 80's early 90's even, It's to bad but... you play a contact sport, you know the risks you take. Now a days, I feel it's even more on the player, You definitely know the risks, and it's been proven that some of those risks are quite significant, you still chose to play tho. NFL teams should probably make guys sign some sort of letters of intent showing that they know the risks and are willing to accept the consequences. Maybe have it part of the contract, player doesn't agree, he doesn't play. If he does, he plays. 

10 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

CTE claims another football player.  Also played Moses Hightower in the original Police Academy movie.

Former NFL player Bubba Smith died with CTE, researchers find

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/former-nfl-player-bubba-smith-died-with-cte-researchers-find/article30132029/

 

 

I'll always remember him as Spare Tire Dixon.

On 25/05/2016 at 0:13 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

RIP Vera from Alice

Beth Howland actually passed away on Dec 31, 2015 but it's just being reported now. Condolences to her husband, Charles Kimbrough (Murphy Brown) and their family.