'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies at 95

[potato28]

 

[Chadder007]

WTF....CNN.com bumped it down to 82 now.
What is going on over there?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: isasir
He was one of those guys you never thought was gonna die, right up there with the likes of Dick Clark, Bob Hope, George Burns, etc.

Dick Clark isn't dead.

 

[RCN]

Originally posted by: isasir
He was one of those guys you never thought was gonna die, right up there with the likes of Dick Clark, Bob Hope, George Burns, etc.

I thought he was already dead.........

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
WTF....CNN.com bumped it down to 82 now.
What is going on over there?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/04/lewis.obit.ap/index.html

According to IMDB, he was born on April 30, 1910.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0506891/

 

[blakeatwork]

why is this sad news?

Was he somebody's uncle from here? Did he go out of his way to touch your life?

 

[imported_Baloo]

He was 82, born in 1923. he would have turned 83 this year.

 

[moshquerade]

wtf is so sad about that? 82 is a good long life.

 

[Chadder007]

CNN.com had this added..... "The actor was widely reported to have been born in 1910, but his son Ted Lewis said Saturday that his father was born in 1923."

 

[eplebnista]

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Wag
He was on Letterman quite a few times when he was on NBC, back in his Larry "Bud" Melman days. He was a hoot.

Hmm not familar with that.

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: Wag
He was on Letterman quite a few times when he was on NBC, back in his Larry "Bud" Melman days. He was a hoot.

Larry "Bud" Melman was played by actor Calvert DeForest, not Al Lewis. :roll: