Dick van Patten died

[mbcdefg]

RIP King Roland




newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/23/dick-van-patten-dead/


NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Dick Van Patten, the actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Tom Bradford on the 80’s TV show “Eight Is Enough,” died Tuesday morning of complications from diabetes.
Van Patten was 86 years old.

Van Patten was born in Kew Gardens, Queens in 1928. He made his Broadway debut at 7 years old in 1935’s “Tapestry In Gray.” He went on to appear in 27 other Broadway shows.

Van Patten had a lengthy career in television, appearing first in the 1949-1957 series “I Remember Mama.” He starred on “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,” “When Things Were Rotten” and “WIOU.” Van Patten also made numerous appearances as a guest star on various shows, including “Sanford and Son,” Adam 12,” “Emergency!,” “The Love Boat,” “Happy Days,” “Family Guy,” “That 70s Show,” “Hot In Cleveland,” along with many others.

He also appeared in Mel Brooks’ “High Anxiety,” “Spaceballs,” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.”

Van Patten has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years Patricia Van Patten and sons Nels, Jimmy and Vincent.

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[pixy0stix]

RIP

[Velar Fricative]

NO! Spaceballs is my favorite.

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

[mbcdefg]

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

Abe Vigoda maintains his own website for this, after being reported dead in the news years ago:


www.abevigoda.com/ 

[katietornado]

Is this also the dog food guy?

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 23, 2015 11:02:03 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

Abe Vigoda maintains his own website for this, after being reported dead in the news years ago:


www.abevigoda.com/ 

404 Not Found? Does that mean what I think it means?!?!?!?!

[josieposy]

Jun 23, 2015 11:02:18 GMT -5 katietornado said:

Is this also the dog food guy?

I believe so.

[mbcdefg]

Jun 23, 2015 11:03:17 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Jun 23, 2015 11:02:03 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Abe Vigoda maintains his own website for this, after being reported dead in the news years ago:


http://www.abevigoda.com 

404 Not Found? Does that mean what I think it means?!?!?!?!

It didn't work for me either, but refresh the page and it should work. He's alive. 

See if my link works now. Sorry for the shock! 

[laurenpetro]

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

NO! Spaceballs is my favorite.

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

wait, what??

[Scout'sHonor]

James Horner, the composer, also passed away in a plane crash yesterday.

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 23, 2015 11:04:42 GMT -5 laurenpetro said:

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

NO! Spaceballs is my favorite.

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

wait, what??

He died in January 2013 at age 89: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Bain

[memenee]

RIP Mr. Bradford

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

NO! Spaceballs is my favorite.

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

I'm going to send you a list of people I don't want you to wiki. Ever.

[msmerymac]

Jun 23, 2015 11:02:18 GMT -5 katietornado said:

Is this also the dog food guy?

Yes! And what's weird is that I was just thinking about buying some of his cat food yesterday. I'm looking for a grain free dry food. I think I'm going to try the Merrick limited ingredient diet, though. 

[Skyesthelimit1212]

Jun 23, 2015 11:39:13 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Jun 23, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

NO! Spaceballs is my favorite.

I just Wiki-ed him recently to figure out whether he was still alive or not. Every fucking time I do that with people, if they're alive, they die soon after. This happened when I Wiki-ed Mr. Drummond too.

I'm going to send you a list of people I don't want you to wiki. Ever.

Me too!  My list starts with Henry Winkler and ends with Judy Dench.  

[Velar Fricative]

Jun 23, 2015 12:14:14 GMT -5 Skyesthelimit1212 said:

Jun 23, 2015 11:39:13 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

I'm going to send you a list of people I don't want you to wiki. Ever.

Me too!  My list starts with Henry Winkler and ends with Judy Dench.  

Don't worry, they're not people who would be close to 100 now. I only wiki people who I know have to be at least 85 years old and haven't been acting or doing anything for a long time, hence I'm there wondering, "Hey, whatever happened to Dick Van Patten, is he still alive?"

As long as I see The Fonz in his reverse mortgage commercials, it's all good.

[elleblue]

Aw, he was so funny. RIP Dick.