Comments on: Voices Behind Tigger, Piglet Die

By: Danny Carlton (aka Jack Lewis)

Danny Carlton (aka Jack Lewis) — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:31:48 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:00:02 +0000

Another coincidence along those lines was the deaths on consecutive days of McLean Stevenson and Roger Bowen, aka Lt Col Henry Blake, MASH television and movie, respectively, Feb 15 and Feb 16 1996, respectively.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:41:29 +0000

Buillaume -- should be Guillaume. And to think I actually did correct something in that comment -- just not that.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:39:31 +0000

Fiedler also played a crazed mass-murderer on an episode of the original Star Trek -- though in defense of the casting director, his actual character was possessed by a mass-murdering noncorporeal entity. Still... And then there was his guest spot on "Benson" in which the title character, played by Robert Buillaume (for the youngsters out there) said, "I always wondered what happened to the Gerber Baby." John Fiedler was one of those widely recognized character actors that everyone remembers but few knew his name. Hollywood is the poorer for his loss.

By: Bill K

Bill K — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:14:20 +0000

One wonders if they shared a Jefferson/Adams relationship:

"Piglet lives..."

By: Anderson

Anderson — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:31:39 +0000

Family lore has it that my sister cried when Walt Disney died, because she thought there would be no more Mary Poppins any more.

Sorry to see Piglet and Tigger go. My wife assures me that I'm Eeyore, however, so at least one character lives on.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:28:41 +0000

I love the way you put it in that last sentence. I actually applauded.