Leslie Nielsen dies age 84

aidan_walsh · 29-11-2010 03:27AM #1

http://www.slashfilm.com/leslie-nielsen-dead/

Leslie Nielsen has passed away in hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida after complications from pneumonia.

[A] statement from his agent:

We are sadden by the passing of beloved actor Leslie Nielsen, probably best remembered as Lt. Frank Drebin in THE NAKED GUN series of pictures, but who enjoyed a more than 60 year career in motion pictures and television.

amacachi · 29-11-2010 03:30AM

RIP. I knew it wasn't likely but I always hoped for another Naked Gun film.

Goldstein · 29-11-2010 03:36AM

You can't be serious!

Rest in peace my friend. You gave me a lot of laughs over the years.

MrStuffins · 29-11-2010 03:41AM

I know the term is thrown about too often, but the man was a true legend of comedy!

Normally I don't really care when celebrities die, but this has really saddened me. RIP!

The Iron Giant · 29-11-2010 03:45AM

"You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. This woman has to be gotten to a hospital."

"A hospital? What is it?"

"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."

RIP to a true comedy icon

Fremen · 29-11-2010 03:46AM

Goldstein wrote: »

You can't be serious!

Read my sig.

Phony Scott · 29-11-2010 03:47AM

'The Naked Gun,' 'Police Squad,' 'Airplane!' and 'The Poseidon Adventure' are true classics, I'll keep enjoying them for the rest of my life. RIP.

Edit:

Man, I forgot he's in the best sci-fi movie of the 50's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEj8bZo9IGA

peejay1986 · 29-11-2010 03:47AM

amacachi wrote: »

RIP. I knew it wasn't likely but I always hoped for another Naked Gun film.

Wasn't Naked Gun 4 in the works?

Gutted to hear about this. The Naked Gun films are one of the first films I genuinely fell in love with. Spoof comedy done right.

"A white guy, with a moustache, about 6ft 3"
"Awfully big moustache"

RIP Leslie Nielsen. Absolute genius!

Duggy747 · 29-11-2010 03:47AM

the passing of beloved actor Leslie Nielsen, probably best remembered as Lt. Frank Drebin

No, he'll always be Leslie Nielson to me. Probably the biggest influence on my humour, without a doubt. Any film of his you threw on, you and the family could laugh their asses off!

He was 84 but damn it's hard to take in that such a nice, genuine guy passed this way.

Always will be a legend, now begins a Leslie Nielson marathon again in honour of probably the best guy for delivering deadpan humour.

RIP, buddy.

niallon · 29-11-2010 03:55AM

I'm genuinely crushed to hear this, myself and my brother were raised on Airplane! and The Naked Gun Trilogy. No matter how bad the film, Nielsen was always pure comedic gold (Scary Movie 4, Dracula Dead And Loving It anyone?). I'll remember him for one of his later gems though, Wrongfully Accused, fantastic spoof of The Fugitive

R.I.P Leslie

..."and just so you know, I faked every orgasm!"

http://www.youtube.com/v/LcKJdmXbBBc?fs

old_aussie · 29-11-2010 03:56AM

Loved his work.

RIP

Carl Sagan · 29-11-2010 03:59AM

Just saw this in AH. Rest in Peace.

Really enjoy his films. He'll be missed.

Kazujo · 29-11-2010 04:00AM

A comic legend

RIP

Ridley · 29-11-2010 04:02AM

"This is not goodbye. It's just I won't ever see you again."

Duggy747 · 29-11-2010 04:05AM

niallon wrote: »

I'll remember him for one of his later gems though, Wrongfully Accused, fantastic spoof of The Fugitive

I've never laughed so hard as a kid than when he was trying escape from that train after he escaped off the prison bus

Richard Dower · 29-11-2010 04:05AM

Very sad news, a true comedy legend that brought laughter to generation after generation. RIP - god be with you.

niallon · 29-11-2010 04:08AM

Duggy747 wrote: »

I've never laughed so hard as a kid than when he was trying escape from that train after he escaped off the prison bus

Classic milk out the nose moment for me too!

If one good thing has come from this it's prompted me to seek out this film again!

Daisy Steiner · 29-11-2010 04:15AM

Ach, another good man down.

Got the Police Squad series a couple of years ago, will rewatch soon.

RIP.

My name is Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant, Police Squad. There'd been a recent wave of gorgeous fashion models found naked and unconscious in laundromats on the West Side. Unfortunately, I was assigned to investigate holdups of neighborhood credit unions. I was across town doing my laundry when I got the call on the double killing. It took me twenty minutes to get there. My boss was already on the scene

Brendog · 29-11-2010 07:21AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKKmQ9LAZ20

There will NEVER be another

livdmg · 29-11-2010 07:26AM

"Surely you can't be serious"

"I am serious and don't call me Shirley"

R.I.P.

DOC09UNAM · 29-11-2010 07:28AM

A legend is Gone, RIP leslie nielsen.

crow_eat_crow · 29-11-2010 07:50AM

I loved his deadpan delivery. Sad to hear of his passing. R.I.P.

jaykhunter · 29-11-2010 08:14AM

Ah man, a comic legend and great actor has died. RIP

razorblunt · 29-11-2010 09:02AM

RIP, big chun of my childhood gone right there!

I remember watching Airplane and the Naked Guns and laughing my ass off as a kid, then rewatching them later as and adult and laughing even more .... full body condom suit!!!

senordingdong · 29-11-2010 09:25AM

Duggy747 wrote: »

I've never laughed so hard as a kid than when he was trying escape from that train after he escaped off the prison bus

That was hilarious.
Especially with the train peaking from behind the tree.

RIP

Penn · 29-11-2010 09:40AM

RIP to a true legend. His work will live on for decades to come

candy-gal1 · 29-11-2010 09:44AM

RIP

Used to watch these movies around xmas time when i was small with my dad.

wolfpawnat · 29-11-2010 09:44AM

Noooo, he was brilliant!

RIP Leslie, thank you for the laughs!

rednik · 29-11-2010 09:45AM

RIP Leslie, great memories over the years. Here's a clip from Love at first bite, he's the bat/black chicken by the way.:D:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bnER7kl1Q

fakearms123 · 29-11-2010 09:58AM

Me and my dad would bond by sitting down and laughing through this man's films, he is going to be missed, RIP.

You have films like Disater Movie and Date Movie, etc but none of these will ever recreate the success of films like Airplane and Naked Gun, never ever!

Dozen Wicked Words · 29-11-2010 10:01AM

Really loved Airplane and Police Squad, his party piece of fake farting was brilliantly childish. RIP

Dutch: "Who are you and how did you get in here?"
Frank Drebin: "I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith."

Leslie Nielsen dies age 84

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