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'Body Snatchers' actor McCarthy dies in Mass.
Associated Press ^ | Sept. 12, 2010

Posted on 09/12/2010 6:34:15 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) -- Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96.

McCarthy died Saturday, said Cape Cod Hospital spokesman Dave Riley, who wouldn't reveal the cause of death or any other details.

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1 posted on 09/12/2010 6:34:16 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“They’re coming!! And they’ll be disguised as liberals!! Run for your life!!!”


2 posted on 09/12/2010 6:35:21 PM PDT by pillut48 (Whenever O says, "Let me be clear," you know what is to follow is a bunch of nuanced BS!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

none of this matters if he didn’t know the Lord. I hope he did. If he didn’t, he is suffering still...


3 posted on 09/12/2010 6:37:46 PM PDT by bareford101 (Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
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McCarthy died Saturday, said Cape Cod Hospital spokesman Dave Riley, who wouldn’t reveal the cause of death or any other details.

Uh, he was 96.


4 posted on 09/12/2010 6:38:08 PM PDT by Shady (We will NOT capitulate to the Caliphate.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I remember that dude they show that movie other day on digital channel I get here in SO CAL CALL THIS TV


5 posted on 09/12/2010 6:39:39 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I remember that dude they show that movie other day on digital channel I get here in SO CAL CALL THIS TV


6 posted on 09/12/2010 6:39:43 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

At 96 he got his nickle’s worth.


7 posted on 09/12/2010 6:39:57 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He was 96 and they won’t reveal any details? How about old age?


8 posted on 09/12/2010 6:42:22 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (D)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I had a momentary thought that someone left a giant peapod in his room as a joke. May he RIP.


9 posted on 09/12/2010 6:42:45 PM PDT by rbg81 (When you see Obama, shout: "DO YOUR JOB!!")
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R.I.P.

10 posted on 09/12/2010 6:44:08 PM PDT by domeika
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I always liked his acting. Rest well.
11 posted on 09/12/2010 6:47:23 PM PDT by KillTime (Democracies that can't distinguish between good and evil or deny any difference shall surely perish.)
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Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers,"

The remake, starring Donald Sutherland, did a nice tip 'o the derby to Kevin by having him in the opening scene, running about in traffic trying to warn people. I think it was Sutherland who hit and killed him.

He did a good job in the Twilight Zone episode where he was a long-lived (he knew Plato) soldier teaching history at a college.

RIP indeed. He was a good actor and had a long run on and off the stage.

12 posted on 09/12/2010 6:48:01 PM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Mr. McCarthy was a familiar face for so many years. RIP, sir.


13 posted on 09/12/2010 6:48:35 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; KevinDavis

Didn’t know he was still around.

I hope he did this: “Live long and prosper” (he lived long anyway)


14 posted on 09/12/2010 6:52:56 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope they lock up his body! It would be a real hoot if someone swiped it! Otherwise, RIP. Great actor!


15 posted on 09/12/2010 6:54:06 PM PDT by April Lexington (WHY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Also famous among Weird Al Yankovic fans as the evil boss of a TV station in Al’s movie UHF.

As Body Snatchers is a favorite film of mine, I treasure Mr. McCarthy’s autograph that I got at the hollywood collectors show a couple years back. As the Twilight Zone episode was titled, Long Live Walter Jameson - and he did.


16 posted on 09/12/2010 6:59:33 PM PDT by Moonmad27 (That government is best which governs least. - Henry Thoreau)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Great flick! Great perfornmance by McCarthy!


17 posted on 09/12/2010 7:05:19 PM PDT by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: Shady
Uh, he was 96.

Damn good run in anyone's book.

18 posted on 09/12/2010 7:07:49 PM PDT by Tupelo
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To: KillTime

Looks like Powers Booth’s daddy.


19 posted on 09/12/2010 7:12:53 PM PDT by csmusaret (The Obama/Pelosi/Reid Cartel has saddled each of my grandchildren with a $44,000 debt.)
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To: Moonmad27

His character in the INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS had just been divorced in Nevada. In THE MISFITS he had a small part as the about to be divorced husband of Marilyn Monroe in Nevada.


20 posted on 09/12/2010 7:14:22 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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