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underpants

(182,736 posts) Tue Jan 26, 2016, 07:45 PM Jan 2016

Abe Vigoda has passed away at age 94

USA Today

"Abe was just 53 when he first started Barney Miller. But he just had that demeanor that made him look tired and old and he played it so well that you believed he was actually old. He wasn't," Linden said. "One of the last times I saw him was at this 90th birthday party a few years ago...He was the same, you still couldn't get him off the microphone.

"We lost a great character today. Boy, did we ever."

Meanwhile, journalists, TV talk hosts, even New York politicians were mourning on Twitter.

For years, the question of whether Vigoda was still alive was a running joke, sparked more than 30 years ago by a false report of his death. (Linden explained it happened in 1982 after the Barney Miller wrap party, when a gossip columnist reported that "the late Abe Vigoda" wasn't there.)

Later, after the dawn of the Internet, there was a website devoted to answering the much-Googled question, "Is Abe Vigoda dead?"

On Tuesday, it had been updated, with a stark white screen and just the word "Yes" and the date of his death.

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Abe Vigoda has passed away at age 94 (Original Post) underpants Jan 2016 OP

Now this one makes me very sad Warpy Jan 2016 #1

Ahh,so sad,loved him. wendylaroux Jan 2016 #2

The verification. longship Jan 2016 #3

Fish!!!! spanone Jan 2016 #4

Remember he also played one of the capos in "The Godfather." brush Jan 2016 #5

Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him. Ford F-150 Jan 2016 #8

That's right. He said that when he realized they knew he had went over to the other side. brush Jan 2016 #9

Again? bvf Jan 2016 #6

A great actor! imanamerican63 Jan 2016 #7

Rest well, sir. hifiguy Jan 2016 #10

Abe Vigoda 90th Birthday With Hal Linden napkinz Jan 2016 #11

kick napkinz Jan 2016 #12

Rest in real peace. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #13

Warpy

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1. Now this one makes me very sad

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Jan 26, 2016, 07:48 PM

Jan 2016

Vigoda was one of the best, a character actor who could describe an adversary's ancestry, anatomy, proclivities and ultimate destination with a single look.

I'm glad he had a long life. I will miss him.