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Performers Who Died During A Shows Run

Gothampc
#1Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:07am

In thinking about Cory Monteith's death, I realized that there were others who died while they had shows going.

John Ritter - 8 Simple Rules

Redd Foxx - The Royal Family

Who else?


If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 7/23/13 at 12:07 AM

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#2Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:13am

Bea Benaderet: Petty Coat Junction


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#2Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:15am

Nicolas Colasanto; Cheers


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#3Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:21am

Jon-Erik Hexum ; Cover Up.


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Marianne2
#4Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:24am

Freddie Prinze-Chico and the Man

Larry Hagman-Dallas (The 2nd series)


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#5Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:25am

George Reeves; The Adventures of Superman

Sorry for the multiple posts but they come to me as I work on something else.


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StageManager2
#6Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:27am

Night Court lost two bailiffs during the course of its 9 seasons. Selma Diamond died after Season 2 and was replaced with Florence Halop, who died after Season 3. She in turn was replaced by Marsha Warfield, who finished with the show and is still very much alive.


Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

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CapnHook
#7Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:28am

Jerry Orbach, LAW & ORDER


"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

eatlasagna
#8Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:29am



How 22 Shows Handled an Actor's Death Updated On: 7/23/13 at 12:29 AM

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#9Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:30am

Actually didn't Orbach already leave Law and order but was on Law and Order trial by Jury when he died? That show had Bebe Newerth as a judge as I believe and failed miserably.


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Gothampc
#10Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:35am

Thanks for posting that eatlasagna. I had forgotten some of those.


If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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#11Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:36am

Thanks, eatlasagna.

- Man, how could we forget Phil Hartman on NewsRadio? That was a big story back then.

- I was very sad about David Strickland (Suddenly Susan). He was so fun(ny) on the show -- and very handsome!


Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

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#12Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:42am

After Bea died, they brought June Lockhart in as a female doctor to ad the matriarchal Ying to the show. Never quite worked.


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Gothampc
#13Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:51am

How could I forget Will Geer on The Waltons?


If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

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JerseyGirl2
#14Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 4:09am

John Spencer (Leo) The West Wing


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best12bars
#15Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 6:34am

Diana Hyland - Eight Is Enough (replaced by Betty Buckley's character in Season 2)

William Frawley - My Three Sons (replaced by William Demerest's character)


"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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best12bars
#16Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 6:37am

Alice Pearce as Mrs. Kravitz - Bewitched (replaced by Sandra Gould in the same role)

Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara - Bewitched (she won her Emmy as Best Supporting Actress for the show posthumously)


"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 7/23/13 at 06:37 AM

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#17Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 8:10am

Nancy Marchand, The Sopranos
Lynne Thigpen, The District


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

blueroses
#18Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 8:48am

Nancy Marchand was the first actor who came to mind for me, too. The digitally recreated Livia was very uncomfortable to watch--although I realize it was a huge technical accomplishment. I loved the actress and the character, but thought that an off-screen death would have been better.

wonkit
#19Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 9:11am

John Spenser's death during WEST WING was so sad. Now, when I tell my husband that someone is the White House Chief of Staff, I just refer to that person as "Leo"!

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Marianne2
#20Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 9:58am

Joseph Kearns-Dennis the Menace

I'm surprised I didn't realize this one when I was younger. I used to watch the show in reruns. I saw it again recently and couldn't understand why Mr. Wilson looked differently than I had remembered. It was because I was watching an episode with Gale Gordon.


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jackieoh
#21Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 11:27am

I'm rewatching THE WEST WING right now and have to agree that John Spencer's death was absolutely shocking and beautifully handled. It was so sad.

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egnarotsew
#22Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:44pm

Sidney Clute from Cagney and Lacey. They kept him in the opening credits after his death.

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#23Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 12:51pm

Christopher Allport, a veteran character actor, died in a skiing accident in 2008. He played Pete Campbell's father on season 1 of Mad Men and his death was written into season 2. (Pete's father dies in a plane crash)


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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#24Performers Who Died During A Shows Run
Posted: 7/23/13 at 8:25pm

One of my earliest memories was the episode of Sesame Street that deal with Mr. Hooper's death. I think I pretty much followed Big Bird's path through that episode, with the reality of what had actually happened not sinking in until the very end.


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