Sunday, March 14, 2010

THAT'S CLARENCE OVEUR. OVER. Actor Peter Graves -- star of tv's Mission Impossible, host of AMC's Biography series and co-star of the Airplane movies -- has died at the age of 83.

5 comments:

  1. Aw, man. I liked him. But I've seen his ads for reverse mortgages on the cable news channels recently and have been struck by how frail he appeared. My condolences to his family.

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  2. Joseph J. Finn9:50 AM

    Why no, Captain, I've never been in a Turkish prison.

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  3. Jordan10:43 AM

    Way to give away Stalag 17, Times.  I know it's been out for 50 plus years, but still.  It's a great movie and a lot of your readers probably haven't seen it.

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  4. Carrie1:34 PM

    Thanks, Jordan, for mentioning that unfortunate spoiler. I went to school for a year with Graves' eldest daughter, Kelly, and met him a few times. What a great and concerned Dad he was, an ocean of humor and universe of patience.

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  5. bill.7:04 PM

    Jordan and Carrie, you want a spoiler tag for an obituary?

    I had no idea his brother was James Arness.

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