Being raised in an abusive, dysfunctional home, I turned towards watching LOTS of tv as a way of providing myself with escape and comfort from my misery. Even though they’re ONLY actors who read off a script, there were a small handful of tv shows and actors that stood out and managed to hit me in the very right places at the very right time.
More than just entertained me, they provided me with much needed happiness, laughter, and joy in an otherwise joyless existence. They affected me for the better in a way that all the businessmen and philanthropists and Shakespeare couldn’t and didn’t. To me, some actors are a little more special than just script readers. So, yeah. I’m going to feel a little sadness when one of them passes.
They aren’t demi gods is my point. Too much fawning.
Jay North was also a Navy vet & worked as a corrections officer. Not all actors are narcissistic jerks.