The past few months have seen the loss of numerous members of the classic TV extended “family.” We say goodbye to the following…
- Actor Ed Asner (Lou Grant, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Executive William Clotworthy (Censor for Saturday Night Live)
- Actor Michael Constantine (Room 222, Sirota’s Court)
- Actor Alex Cord (Airwolf)
- Actor Stuart Damon (General Hospital)
- Newsman Lloyd Dobyns (NBC News Overnight)
- Director Richard Donner (The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Wanted: Dead or Alive)
- Director John Erman (My Favorite Martian, The Outer Limits, That Girl)
- Writer-producer Irma Kalish (227, F Troop, Family Affair, Good Times, My Three Sons)
- Ray MacDonnell (All My Children, The Edge of Night)
- Comedian Jackie Mason (The Dean Martin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show)
- Michael Nader (As the World Turns, Dynasty, Gidget)
- Inventor/pitchman Ron Popeil (The Ronco Pocket Fisherman, The Veg-O-Matic)
- Actress Markie Post (Card Sharks, The Fall Guy, Night Court)
- Actor Charlie Robinson (Night Court)
- Executive Herbert Schlosser (Helped create NBC’s Saturday Night Live)
- Weatherman Willard Scott (Bozo the Clown, The Today Show)
- Actor William M. Smith (Hawaii Five-O)
- Actress Jane Withers (best known as Josephine the Plumber in Comet cleanser commercials)
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