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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 9:54 am
It happens in threes, doesn't it? God bless all their loved ones.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:19 am
Dennis Weaver Dead at 81 I remember him from Gentle Ben. Loved that show.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:42 am
For me it is Festus in Gunsmoke, and the tv movie that was way ahead of its time, 'Duel'. It was, I believe, one of Steven Spielberg's first big directing job.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:45 am
Yes, it was Spielberg. I also enjoyed the heck out of Dennis Weaver in 'McCloud'.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 1:19 pm
Dennis Weaver too!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh no.......I loved McCloud.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 1:36 pm
Just to set things straight, Dennis Weaver played "Chester" on Gunsmoke. Festus was a different character who came after Dennis left the show. When we were kids and playing in our cowboy hats, someone would always walk with a limp and holler, "Mr. Dillion!" Chester was our first "impression". I remember being totally shocked when I discovered that in real life, he didn't limp. Somewhere upstairs in my hopechest, there is a stash of letters written to hubby in the 1970's where I tell him about this movie I had seen on tv with Dennis Weaver being chased by this truck. That movie stayed with me for days!
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:38 pm
I was just on Dennis Weaver's website the other day looking at his environmental Earth Ship house. I saw something on tv and looked it up. Dennis was a true environmentalist. http://www.dennisweaver.com/
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:40 pm
Festus was played by Ken Curtis
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm
ah, dennis weaver. from 'tacos, new mexico'....remember how as mccloud, he had to listen to all the big-city officials butcher the name 'taos'? "duel" was steven spielberg's senior project in college, i think. well, that's what i read somewhere! wow, we lost 3 great guys this last few days. that's enough bad news for a while, i hope!
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:29 pm
It really is quite bizarre how deaths like this seem to happen in threes.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:02 pm
Do you suppose the rest of celebretydom is feeling pretty safe now?
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 7:00 pm
Was Dennis Weaver the one who played the veterinarian in Kentucky Jones?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, February 27, 2006 - 7:24 pm
Ah, I just heard about Dennis Weaver, too! 
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - 5:30 pm
I just wanted to say that hubby heard an interview with Dennis Weaver's widow on the radio today. She said they had been married for 63 years. He must have been about 18 when they got married! What a wonderful union they must have enjoyed. My heart goes out to her. She must be lost.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 7:34 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Jack Wild, best known for playing the Artful Dodger as a teenager in the 1968 film "Oliver!," has died from cancer aged 53. Nominated for an Oscar for that role aged just 16, he went on to star in the U.S. television series "H.R. Pufnstuf" and in several films before his career began to derail, in part because of excessive drinking from an early age. "Jack died peacefully at midnight last night after a long battle with oral cancer," his agent Alex Jay said on Thursday. "He always said he was an entertainer. He wanted 'The Entertainer' to be played at his funeral," Jay added, referring to the Scott Joplin tune used for the film "The Sting." Wild, also a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with cancer in 2001 and underwent an operation in 2004 to remove part of his tongue and several vocal cords. As a result he lost his speech, but appeared on stage after the surgery miming his part in a pantomime. Wild married his long-term partner Claire last year.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 7:36 am
Lots of good memories of Jack in HR Pufnstuf.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 8:35 am
I remember him so clearly from both Oliver and Puffnstuff. He will be missed.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:14 am
Oh I love HR Pufnstuf!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:28 am
HR Pufnstuf! I'm afraid we're dating ourselves big time here.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:59 am

 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:59 am
Mark Lester (Oliver Twist/Oliver/Currently a chiropracter in England.)
Jack Wild (Artful Dodger/Oliver/R.I.P.)

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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:01 am
LOL Herkie, great minds think alike! <G>
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:21 am
Who is this? Not the same guy? (Jack Wild)

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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:49 am
I thought he was sooo cute when I was a kid. I loved him in Oliver and in HR Puffenstuff. It's sad to hear he died.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:40 am
Jeeze, who gets custody of Freddy now? Sure hope Witchiepoo doesn't!

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