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RIP thread for people involved in TV - Mod warning, see OP (21/08/25)

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  • #752
    dubstarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭dubstarr


    RabbleRouser2k wrote: »
    Aw geez... no...

    He was such a genuinely talented actor. Starred in shows like Mad About You as well.

    Apparently, he discovered he had cancer, and was terminal shortly after his wife gave birth to his only child, Weston.

    Absolutely tragic, sad news. Condolences to his loved ones.

    Ah thats really heartbreaking


  • #753
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,722 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/1256353801377742848


  • #754
    Calhoun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    First came across Sam in Malcolm in the middle, you can almost see the origins of the Ted character here. Interesting enough both he and his uncle (Christopher) appeared in the series.

    Absolutely loved him in scrubs, for me characters like his are what made the show so great.

    Really sad situation that he wont be able to see his son grow up. RIP to an all round great human.


  • #755
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Oh, never knew he was Christopher Lloyd's nephew.


  • #756
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,263 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Rip Sam.
    He brought joy into many people's lives with Ted.


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  • #757
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    John Lafia, the co-writer and co-Creator of the Child's Play movies, as well as director of tv shows such as The Dead zone, and Babylon 5, dies aged 63.

    Sadly, his death was a suicide.

    https://deadline.com/2020/05/john-lafia-dies-at-63-1202924310/


  • #758
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,452 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I still have fond memories of the intense Babylon 5 episodes that John Lafia directed, especially The Long Night. RIP.
    Sadly so many people associated with that series have had tragic deaths.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #759
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Tim Brooke Taylor, 33.333333333+% of the Goodies has died. :( Genuinely sad at this, I've been watching or listening to him for my whole life basically.

    Another victim of Covid 19

    Rare visual moment of ISIHAC, from One Show

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLcnKsITsJ8

    Bump for BBC radio 4 at 6.30 and a ISIHAC special tribute - you can listen or record on your Sky, Freesat PVR dunno about Virgin Media


  • #760
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Skid X wrote: »
    Very sorry to hear this RIP

    He was great in Scrubs and I have fond memories of wandering into Tower Records in Wicklow Street in Dublin one day in 2011 and randomly seeing his band do a very entertaining acapella set.

    That's cool, though I'm going to be pedantic and point out that that's not a cappella as there is musical accompaniment.

    Ted was such a memorable character in Scrubs. It's really sad.


  • #761
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Roy Horn, one half of Siegried and Roy, has died aged 75. Complications form Covid 19, tho he hadn't been in good health for the last few years of his life.

    He had appearances in Oceans 11, and was an executive producer of Father of the Pride, one of Dreamworks earliest animated tv shows.

    https://www.buzz.ie/celebs/magician-roy-horn-died-friday-367861


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  • #762
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    And a sad double whammy.

    Little Richard, one of the founding fathers of Rock and Roll, and famous for his hit 'Tutti Fruitti', has died aged 87.

    He had roles in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Baywatch, Miami Vice, and voiced the Lounge Lizard in Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous.

    https://news.sky.com/story/little-richard-rock-n-rolls-founding-father-dies-aged-87-11985747


  • #763
    peteeeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Jerry stiller too many shows and films to mention RIP and inventor of festivus

    https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/1259759084309446657?s=20


  • #764
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,695 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Jerry stiller too many shows and films to mention RIP

    https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/1259759084309446657?s=20

    Thought he died a few years ago but must have been the wife dying that I remember. RIP, always hilarious and a great performer.


  • #765
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Jerry stiller too many shows and films to mention RIP

    Aw. My condolences to Ben. I admire and respect how he and his wife stayed together for so long. Very sad news.

    RIP


  • #766
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,722 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    Aaw no :(

    Jerry was fantastic in ‘King Of Queens’ - RIP


  • #767
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Welsh Megaman wrote: »
    Jerry was fantastic in ‘King Of Queens’ - RIP
    He was the main reason I stuck with it, the Smitty/"Arthur the fixer" episode was amazing.


  • #768
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Jerry stiller too many shows and films to mention RIP and inventor of festivu[/url]

    Serenity now!


  • #769
    Plasandrunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Plasandrunt


    What a legend, helping men the world over by introducing us to "Stopping Short" RIP


  • #770
    Poochie05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,410 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Ok this is probably worthy of the 'obvious things you just realised' awards, but never copped he was Ben Stiller's father!
    Loved him as Frank Costanza, RIP.


  • #771
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Poochie05 wrote: »
    Ok this is probably worthy of the 'obvious things you just realised' awards, but never copped he was Ben Stiller's father!
    Loved him as Frank Costanza, RIP.

    Ben often had his parents (and his sister) involved in his stuff. The animal Rights activist woman at the beginning of Zoolander is Ben's mom. JErry, of course, is his dad (Who played his agent in Zoolander) and Amy, Ben's sister, is one of Hansel's crew in Zoolander. (She's the spitting image of Anne Meara, hard to miss her).


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  • #772
    Treppen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,821 ✭✭✭Treppen


    kingtiger wrote: »
    Serenity now!

    Ha I came here to say that too.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKG8fX3RZk


  • #773
    Calhoun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,447 ✭✭✭Calhoun


    "Douglas, will you pass me the catsup" he was what made King of Queens great :)

    He did crazy eccentric old man very well.


  • #774
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Dunno how many of you watch Gardener's World. But Monty Don's dog Nigel, who was often on the show with him, sadly died.

    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/monty-don-announces-death-dog-18232294


  • #775
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 39,927 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    * looks over glasses, taps on word 'people' in thread title *

    :pac:

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #776
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,466 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    A dog named Nigel is close enough :pac:


  • #777
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,452 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I read it quickly and thought Nigel was his dad not dog :(

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #778
    RabbleRouser2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,823 ✭✭✭RabbleRouser2k


    Martin Pasko, writer and Story Editor for Batman: The Animated series, Max Headroom, Roseanne, Fantasy Island and co-writer of the animated film Batman, Mask of the Phantasm, has died aged 65.

    He worked in a variety of media, including comic books.

    https://variety.com/2020/tv/obituaries-people-news/martin-pasko-dead-dies-dc-comics-1234603850/


  • #779
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Fred Willard has died at age 86


  • #780
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,722 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Fred Willard has died at age 86


    Great comedy actor, always fantastic in the Christopher Guest films!

    RIP


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D421N6xlisg


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  • #781
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    I think he was very heartbroken after his wife died, Was Modern Family his last gig?


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