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Isis
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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:39 am |
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LOS ANGELES - Dennis Weaver, the diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western "Gunsmoke" and the canny New Mexico deputy solving New York City crime in "McCloud," has died. The actor was 81.
Weaver died of complications from cancer Friday at his home in Ridgway, in southwestern Colorado, his publicist, Julian Myers, announced Monday.
"Earthship" was the most visible of Weaver's crusades. He and his wife, Gerry, built a solar-powered Colorado home out of recycled tires and cans. The thick walls helped keep the inside temperature even year around.
"When the garbage man comes," Jay Leno once quipped, "how does he know where the garbage begins and the house ends?"
Weaver responded: "If we get into the mind-set of saving rather than wasting and utilizing other materials, we can save the Earth."
The tall, slender actor came by his Midwestern twang naturally. He was born June 4, 1924, in Joplin, Mo., where he excelled in high-school drama and athletics. After Navy service in World War II, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma and nearly qualified for the Olympic decathlon.
He studied at the Actors Studio in New York and appeared in "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Shelley Winters and toured in "Come Back, Little Sheba" with Shirley Booth.
Universal Studio signed Weaver to a contract in 1952 but found little work for him. He freelanced in features and television until he landed "Gunsmoke."
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Melly
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:56 am |
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Awww...how sad. i loved both those actors.
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robdogkaraoke
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:10 pm |
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You can now add Darrin McGavin to the sad list. 
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Lonman
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:07 pm |
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They come in 3's, all 3 in the same weekend this time, usually they space out a bit.
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knightshow
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:10 pm |
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 for someone that doesn't believe in astrology, you sure are suoersticious!!
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:33 pm |
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Lonman @ Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:07 pm wrote: They come in 3's, all 3 in the same weekend this time, usually they space out a bit. Yep, but anyone explain why folks always die in alpabetical order?....Just look in the obits-they always die in order....duh 
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Lonman
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:34 pm |
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knightshow @ Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:10 pm wrote: lol for someone that doesn't believe in astrology, you sure are suoersticious!!
Not "suoersticious" at all :wave: , but it seems to happen everytime when famous people die. _________________ LIKE Lonman on Facebook - Lonman Productions Karaoke & my main site via my profile!
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:44 pm |
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Lonman @ Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:34 pm wrote: knightshow @ Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:10 pm wrote: lol for someone that doesn't believe in astrology, you sure are suoersticious!! Not "suoersticious" at all :wave: , but it seems to happen everytime when famous people die. And the not so famous...My Dad, my brother, my uncle....bang, bang, bang...dropped like flies in a short time...That was a ruff period.
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mroctober
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:55 pm |
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Quote: Yep, but anyone explain why folks always die in alpabetical order?....Just look in the obits-they always die in order....duh
Good one. I allways wonder why when I look in the Obit's They are allways smiling in their Pictures...Ya think they would be kinda Bummed out. hmmm
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mroctober
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:59 pm |
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Quote: for someone that doesn't believe in astrology, you sure are suoersticious!!
Guess It Was In The "Stars" For the "Stars" Allways Loved Barny Fife, Thank god for Re-runs
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Big Mike
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:37 pm |
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What about Curt Gowdy--doesn't that make FOUR?
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Crystal
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*sigh* :(
I love Don Knotts.... he gave me lots of giggles!
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knightshow
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:29 pm |
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re: Curt Gowdy
Maybe... I just looked at the discussion of actors! Curt was a sports announcer (i.e. a legendary one!)
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