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Dang, he was everyone's stern father or boss back in the '90s! I hope he'a happy and peaceful wherever he is.

Morning Angel wrote:James Rebhorn.  I'm sad to read that.  Good character actor & felt he was in everything for a while in the 90s.  

Me too. I was going to say, feels like in he's been in everything since the 90's - including a bunch of stuff all very recently. My mouth dropped open when I read the news. I've enjoyed him in so much.

Morning Angel wrote:James Rebhorn.  I'm sad to read that.  Good character actor & felt he was in everything for a while in the 90s.  

I immediately recognized the face, but I have never heard his name before. He was definitely in a ton of stuff.

I loved him as the dentist on 30 Rock. There was this hilarious competition between him and his brother who was a cardiologist, and he was better because "I've only killed one person."

Oh, man. That guy? I never knew his name until today, but he's been in freaking everything. Sad. That's far too young.

I loved in The Game he was essentially playing himself in that it was a guy who was supposed to be a ubiquitous character actor.

He was consistently excellent in Law And Order.

Oh, that's sad. I'm a bit of a fan of Gwar. Some of their stuff is good fun. RIP.

GWAR to me was more of a performance art satire of metal than anything. The were a lot of fun.

Oderus did an interview on the Daily Show with Beth Littleford way back when that was hilarious.

James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

biakbiak wrote:James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

That is beautiful, heartwarming, and inspiring.

biakbiak wrote:James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

Aw. That was lovely.

Binky wrote:

biakbiak wrote:James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

Aw. That was lovely.

It really was, I loved the bit about his kids.

ETA:

I loved him as the dentist on 30 Rock. There was this hilarious competition between him and his brother who was a cardiologist, and he was better because "I've only killed one person."

THAT is the role I was trying to remember! He's been in so much but there was a semi-recent memory tugging at my brain and I couldn't think of what the role was. Love that episode!

biakbiak wrote:James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

That was really touching.

Morning Angel wrote:

biakbiak wrote:James Reborn wrote his own obituary.

That was really touching.

It really, really was, and I hope it's of some comfort to his family that he took that chance to make sure they knew exactly how much he loved and appreciated them. Now, where are my tissues?

I finally read Rebhorn's self-penned obit and am really touched, especially by the part about his daughters and how they shouldn't get bogged down in mourning their loss so that they can "get busy" doing more good work. They're heartbroken right now, but I'm sure reading about his love and admiration of them has really been heartening over the last few weeks.

Lorenzo Semple, Jr., creator of the 1960s Batman series.

As much as anyone, and more than most, this man gave me my first introduction to what eventually became my entire nerd lifestyle. May God bless him for every "BAM!" and "POW!" that crossed my screen.

Kate O'Mara, Caress Morrell in Dynasty (and The Rani in Doctor Who)  died this morning.

No! I'm so sad. Maybe she just regenerated?

John Pinette. :( He go now.

Mickey Rooney. Hard to be sad about someone who lived the life and had the career that he did, and yet...

katesti wrote:Mickey Rooney. Hard to be sad about someone who lived the life and had the career that he did, and yet...

I think that makes "The Muppets" his final movie appearance. Glad he was singing for the last one.

What??! Wow, whatever else I expected to read today, it was not this. Her poor family.