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

[OldHeidelberg]

RIP Ed Asner

 

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

 

Was a villain in El Dorado, a really entertaining John Wayne western and I think I recently saw him in Cobra Kai. RIP

[Jimbo]

"Lou Grant" as well. I wished one of these oldie channels would show a few old episodes. They show all the other retro shows.

[Mass Haas]

2021 a tough year for the Mary Tyler Moore show cast - Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, and Ed Asner.

 

Bubble wrap Betty White.

[DuWayne Steurer]

RIP Ed Asner

 

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

 

Was a villain in El Dorado, a really entertaining John Wayne western and I think I recently saw him in Cobra Kai. RIP

 

Yup. He was Johnny's step dad. Played a big time jerk.

 

I'll remember Ed Asner as one of the best ever big screen Santa clauses from Elf. A silly, kinda goofy movie, but Asner played his role with panache and gruff and sincerity.

[rickh150]

Thelma Lou…. Betty Lynn.

[hawing]

Dean Stockwell (most recently remembered as Al on Quantum Leap).

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053851755/blue-velvet-and-quantum-leap-actor-dean-stockwell-has-died-at-age-85

[CheezWizHed]

Dean Stockwell (most recently remembered as Al on Quantum Leap).

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053851755/blue-velvet-and-quantum-leap-actor-dean-stockwell-has-died-at-age-85

 

Awww... I loved Quantum Leap and Al. They brought him into an episode of Enterprise to pair with Scott Bakula (Captain Archer/Sam Beckett on QL) again. He also played a regular bit role in Buck Rodgers TV series. I'm sure many others, but those were the ones I remember off the top of my head.

[rickh150]

Betty White- 99 years young passes today….

[LouisEly]

It is so on-brand for 2021 to take Betty White from us on the last day of the year.

[hawing]

It is so on-brand for 2021 to take Betty White from us on the last day of the year.

OR ELSE...it's on-brand for Betty to have had the last laugh, passing just as People magazine's cover story touting her 100th birthday came out.

 

Allen Ludden, her husband, was a Wisconsin native and is buried in Mineral Point, a small town southwest of Madison.

Can you imagine if Betty gets laid to rest with Allen? I don't know that the chances are great, but they are not yet zero.

[Mass Haas]

While we did lose F-Troop's Corporal Agarn today, Larry Storch, let's bring this thread back to its original title by indicating TV treasures who are still with us:
 

 

[Mass Haas]

 

[homer]

I was too young for F Troop, but I remember Larry Storch on pretty much every ensemble show from the 70's. 

[Mass Haas]

 

[GAME05]

Kirstie Alley (replaced Diane on Cheers) died of cancer at 71 yesterday.

[Samurai Bucky]

Bob McGrath (Bob from Sesame Street) died at age 90 after a stroke.  He was one of the original cast members.

[hawing]

It's December 12 as I write this, and Bob Barker is now 99 years old. 

[hawing]

On December 13 (today as I write this), Dick Van Dyke is now 97 years old.