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BarbaRosa

(2,685 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2015, 11:47 AM Jun 2015

Dick Van Patten has passed.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dick-van-patten-dead-86/story?id=31967059

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Dick Van Patten has passed. (Original Post) BarbaRosa Jun 2015 OP

RIP, Mr. Bradford... Tom_Foolery Jun 2015 #1

When I was a kid I thought OriginalGeek Jun 2015 #2

High Anxiety Skittles Jun 2015 #3

Had a funny "Triumph The Insult Comic Dog" bit on "Conan." Miles Archer Jun 2015 #4

Tom_Foolery

(4,691 posts)

1. RIP, Mr. Bradford...

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 11:54 AM

Jun 2015

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He was the ultimate character actor.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

2. When I was a kid I thought

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 02:24 PM

Jun 2015

he was related to Dick Van Dyke.

I didn't understand names yet.

Skittles

(153,312 posts)

3. High Anxiety

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 10:16 PM

Jun 2015

"I feel like I am......caught in a web!!!"

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)

4. Had a funny "Triumph The Insult Comic Dog" bit on "Conan."

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 10:45 PM

Jun 2015

Conan and Triumph were roommates, Dick was the "meddling landlord." Deliberately bad jokes in the "Three's Company" mode. I watched "Eight Is Enough" weekly, but on learning of his passing, thought about the Triumph bit first.

R.I.P.

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