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Broadway, "Ghostbusters" actor David Margulies dies at 78
cbs ^ | January 13, 2016 | cbs

Posted on 01/15/2016 10:46:49 AM PST by Morgana

NEW YORK -- David Margulies, a veteran actor of the stage and screen, whose career spanned decades on Broadway and numerous film roles including the mayor in "Ghostbusters," has died. He was 78.

Margulies died in New York on Monday, his agent Mary Harden said Tuesday. No cause of death was immediately available, she said.

The Brooklyn-born Margulies made his Broadway debut in the 1973 revival of "The Iceman Cometh." He performed on Broadway a dozen more times, including as Roy Cohn in "Angels in America."

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: davidmargulies; rip
RIP
1 posted on 01/15/2016 10:46:50 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Back when no one would have portrayed a NYC mayor as a Communist.


2 posted on 01/15/2016 10:48:28 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Morgana

Gosh, Hollywood’s dropping like flies (of course, they are getting to be “that age!”


3 posted on 01/15/2016 10:51:31 AM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Morgana

4 posted on 01/15/2016 10:56:20 AM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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To: Bobalu

Their dropping like flies. So much for groups of three we’re into the teens now.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 10:59:42 AM PST by Eddie01 (mmmm Donate!)
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To: Morgana

The actor rapture continues.


6 posted on 01/15/2016 11:09:40 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Morgana

This story is about a week old.


7 posted on 01/15/2016 11:16:52 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: Bobalu
.... Lenny ....... you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters ...!
8 posted on 01/15/2016 11:19:09 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Bobalu

Thanks for posting a picture.


9 posted on 01/15/2016 11:23:29 AM PST by midlander
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To: Morgana

Liked him in his roles on Law & Order too. What a week it has been....


10 posted on 01/15/2016 11:24:17 AM PST by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: Bobalu

Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 11:25:11 AM PST by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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To: Morgana
Good afternoon.

Seems like a lot of actors/singers have been expiring. Probably my imagination.

5.56mm

12 posted on 01/15/2016 11:46:02 AM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Morgana

It’s about 5 stars who have died this week.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 12:21:20 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Servant of the Cross

Ray: “...and dickless here thinks that....”

Mayor: “Is this true?

Venkman: “Yes, this man has no dick.”


14 posted on 01/15/2016 12:44:06 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Rummyfan

“Liked him in his roles on Law & Order too. What a week it has been....”

One of my favorite L&O episodes. “I create life where there was none.”


15 posted on 01/15/2016 12:47:37 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Jews for Cruz)
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To: bgill

“It’s about 5 stars who have died this week.”

And it’s only Friday!


16 posted on 01/15/2016 12:52:01 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: bgill

Read somewhere that Mel Tillis isn’t doing well neither.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 12:52:59 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Morgana

Wasn’t he Tony Soprano’s lawyer, too?


18 posted on 01/15/2016 12:55:00 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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To: Morgana
Man, these older actors are dropping like flies...

I think that makes four in the last few days

19 posted on 01/15/2016 12:57:50 PM PST by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Morgana

RIP.


20 posted on 01/15/2016 1:20:52 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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