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Dick Van Patten 'Eight Is Enough' Star Dies at 86
TMZ ^
| 23 June 2015
| TMZ Staff
Posted on 06/23/2015 3:23:41 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Dick Van Patten, best known for playing the dad on the classic TV show "Eight Is Enough," died Tuesday morning in Santa Monica.
Van Patten's rep released a statement Tuesday, saying, "I am sorry to report this sad news. His family will not be doing any press at this time."
He reportedly died of complications from diabetes.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/06/23/dick-van-patten-dead-eight-is-enough-dies/#ixzz3dvWcoe3z
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 3; patten; tv
To: Erik Latranyi
86 is a good run. RIP, all the same.
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posted on
06/23/2015 3:41:58 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
To: Erik Latranyi
We use his pet food. Really good stuff.
RIP Mr. Van Patten.
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posted on
06/23/2015 3:44:22 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Erik Latranyi
The combination is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. A little reference to his part as King Roland of Space Balls.
To: Erik Latranyi
Oh, too bad. He was always entertaining.
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posted on
06/23/2015 4:34:44 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
To: Erik Latranyi
He and I had a few things in common. He loved horse racing. And he grew up in the same neighborhood I did: Richmond Hill, Queens (NY). As far as television, I only knew him from an episode of Sanford and Son (The Great Sanford Siege), where he played a 'mean' old furniture collector.
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posted on
06/23/2015 4:35:08 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: EvilCapitalist
"The funeral mass will be said in the New Latin."
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posted on
06/23/2015 4:37:46 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: EvilCapitalist
The combination is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. King Roland: Nose job? I don't understand. She's already had a nose job. It was her sweet 16 present.
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posted on
06/23/2015 4:39:39 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Scott Walker - a more conservative governor than Ronald Reagan)
To: Erik Latranyi
Wow I had recently thought about him and what is he up to now. I knew he was up in age. RIP Mr. Van Patten
To: Erik Latranyi
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posted on
06/23/2015 5:28:44 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: DemforBush
I remember him playing the teenage son in “I Remember Mama.”
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posted on
06/23/2015 5:35:36 PM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: Erik Latranyi
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posted on
06/23/2015 5:55:45 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @RealSMG)
To: IronJack
I guess 86 is enough ... I was going to say that, but figured it was too soon. Have you no shame? ;)
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posted on
06/23/2015 8:19:37 PM PDT
by
Washi
To: Erik Latranyi
"Dick Van Patten 'Eight Is Enough' Star Dies at 86"
I remember him as Usher #1 for Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) at an obamacare center in the movie classic Soylent Green.
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