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Post by StarOpal on May 29, 2007 11:57:27 GMT -5
Another culty figure down (though you may not have even heard of him, which I guess reinforces the title?).
May 28, 2007:
"Very sad news hitting the wire tonight: the passing of Charles Nelson Reilly at the age of 76, due to complications from pneumonia. While Reilly made his film debut in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd and won a Tony for his role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and was nominated again for Hello, Dolly, he is probably best known on the pop-culture front as the campy, ascot-wearing, double-entendre dropping "gameshow fixture" on Match Game. Reilly also appeared in the classic X-Files episode "Jose Chung's From Outer Space," as well as The Larry Sanders Show, The Drew Carey Show, and SpongBob SquarePants. Along with directing plays and operas, he also toured the country with his one-man show, Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly, which was made into a film in 2006. He is survived by his partner, Patrick Hughes. --BTP"
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Post by Al on May 29, 2007 16:41:33 GMT -5
That's just a shame. He will be missed.
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Post by starwenn on Jun 2, 2007 21:22:30 GMT -5
Same here - he was in the original Broadway casts of several hit 60s musicals, including "Hello Dolly!" and the Pulitzer-prize-winner "How To Succeed In Business Without Even Trying."
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