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Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It happens in threes, doesn't it?

God bless all their loved ones.

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
Dennis Weaver Dead at 81

I remember him from Gentle Ben. Loved that show.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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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.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Yes, it was Spielberg. I also enjoyed the heck out of Dennis Weaver in 'McCloud'.

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Dennis Weaver too!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh no.......I loved McCloud.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

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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!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
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/

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
Festus was played by Ken Curtis

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
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!

Wendo
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08-07-2000

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It really is quite bizarre how deaths like this seem to happen in threes.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Do you suppose the rest of celebretydom is feeling pretty safe now?

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Was Dennis Weaver the one who played the veterinarian in Kentucky Jones?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, February 27, 2006 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah, I just heard about Dennis Weaver, too!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

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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.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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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.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Lots of good memories of Jack in HR Pufnstuf.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I remember him so clearly from both Oliver and Puffnstuff. He will be missed.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Oh I love HR Pufnstuf!

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
HR Pufnstuf! I'm afraid we're dating ourselves big time here.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Mark Lester (Oliver Twist/Oliver/Currently a chiropracter in England.)


Jack Wild (Artful Dodger/Oliver/R.I.P.)


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL Herkie, great minds think alike! <G>

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Who is this? Not the same guy? (Jack Wild)


Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
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.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Jeeze, who gets custody of Freddy now? Sure hope Witchiepoo doesn't!