RIP Don Knotts, Darren McGavin & Dennis Weaver

[Solid Lifters]

First Gilligan, and now Dept. Barney Fiffe.

EDIT: And now Darren McGavin!

EDIT II:And yet, one more star, Dennis Weaver, has died!

He made some sweet, silly movies like my favorite The Reluctant Astronaut and as a gunslinger in The Shakiest Gun In The West. Don't forget TV shows like The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company.

RIP Don!

Darren McGavin has died, too. Oddly, he stared with Don Knotts in a movie called "Hot Lead & Cold Feet" He also stared in the Christmas classic "A Christmas Story." His work is too long to list, but can be seen here... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569000/

Don Knotts and Darren McGavin

 

[a6m5]

That's too bad. I did enjoy his work very much. R.I.P.

 

[Anderton Prime]

Oh man, this is terrible. My favourite movie with Don Knotts and Tim Conway was The Private Eyes. Anyone else see that one?

 

[a6m5]

I haven't. Last movie I've seen him in was "Pleasantville".

 

[CDailey]

Sad to see him go.

Apparently my best friend is related to him in some way.

 

[ceiling_fan]

RIP, dude.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Heard about this on the radio last night. Kind of sad to see the old guy go, he was great on Three's Company. Speakin of that, that makes 2 of the 4 main characters gone already, which is crazy.
RIP Donny boy.

 

[crimson_menace]

Sad. later homie. R.I.P.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Heard about this on the radio last night. Kind of sad to see the old guy go, he was great on Three's Company. Speakin of that, that makes 2 of the 4 main characters gone already, which is crazy.
RIP Donny boy.

Three, actually. Norman Fell died a long time ago. He was Mr. Ropper.

 

[High-Test]

NOOOOOOO!!!! Who's going to be herbie the love bug's mechanic now?

Don Knotts was great. It's sad to see him go.

 

[FoolKiller]

I made this my desktop this morning.

 

[McLaren]

It is said Andy Griffith was with him when he left us.
R.I.P. Don.

We will miss you.

 

[Solid Lifters]

BUMP

Darren McGavin has also died. Another actor I admired and loved to watch no matter what role he had!

One more great actor is going to die, since they appear to die in three's.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Oh man, now i'm going to cry every time I watch a christmas story.
RIP Darren McGavin...

 

[Zardoz]

...One more great actor is going to die, since they appear to die in threes.

It's pretty eerie how that happens, huh? Sure enough, right on time:

Dennis Weaver

Three American TV icons, all within a few days of each other...

 

[FoolKiller]

It's pretty eerie how that happens, huh? Sure enough, right on time:

Dennis Weaver

Three American TV icons, all within a few days of each other...

Doh! You beat me to it. I was typing when you posted.

Another eerie coincidence is they all three had D for the first letter of their name. It means nothing but I thought it was odd just the same.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I couldn't believe my ears when the news said Dennis Weaver died on Friday.

You see, the stars die in three's.

I wasn't much of a Dennis Weaver fan. I liked Duel and that cocaine movie he made in the early '80s. He also did an episode of The Simpson's as an aging cowboy/western star. But, that's all I remember him from.