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Robert Vaughn of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' fame dies at 83
Fox News Entertainment ^ | November 11, 2016

Posted on 11/11/2016 11:14:33 AM PST by Olog-hai

Actor Robert Vaughn, best known for playing Napoleon Solo on the NBC spy drama “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” died surrounded by his family after battling acute leukemia, his manager Mathew Sullivan tells FOX411.

He was 83.

“Mr. Vaughn passed away at 7:30 this morning,“ Sullivan said, calling Vaughn “a great human being and a great actor.”

“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” aired from 1964-68 and made Vaughn one of TV’s biggest stars. …

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: obituary; robertvaughn; vaughn
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To: Jeff Chandler

I meant to add you: see post 18.


21 posted on 11/11/2016 11:45:06 AM PST by justlurking (#TurnOffCNN)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Robert Vaughn's Bullett character was Walter Chalmers.

I always loved this exchange:

Chalmers: We both know how careers are made. Integrity is something you sell to the public.

Bullett: You sell whatever you want, but don't sell it here tonight.

22 posted on 11/11/2016 11:45:09 AM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: TBP

Not explicitly, but heavily implied.


23 posted on 11/11/2016 11:45:51 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The UN in U.N.C.L.E. stood for “United Nations”. (The United Nations Command for Law and Enforcement).


24 posted on 11/11/2016 11:46:42 AM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Olog-hai

RIP to the REAL Mr. Solo.


25 posted on 11/11/2016 11:48:00 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: TBP

“United Network” rather than “United Nations”, albeit the latter was implied.


26 posted on 11/11/2016 11:52:36 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

damn! well we still have ducky


27 posted on 11/11/2016 12:10:04 PM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: TBP

Would you believe.....?


28 posted on 11/11/2016 12:32:02 PM PST by Daveinyork
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To: Olog-hai

In several Rifleman episodes also...


29 posted on 11/11/2016 12:39:15 PM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Menehune56

I was younger but to me it was the coolest show. In retrospect the show was a poor mans James Bond. It did have an amazing jazz soundtrack. Mr. Waverly was an extension of his character from North By Northwest. Vaughn was a leftist but McCallum is an anti socialist. One of the reasons he moved to America he said. Conversely Vaughn was an actual committed leftist and couldn’t stand living in America and moved to England.


30 posted on 11/11/2016 12:48:45 PM PST by xp38
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To: Olog-hai

Another one from my youth is gone forever. Haven’t seen Man From U.N.C.L.E. since it originally aired, but it was one of my favorites shows back then. Thanks Robert Vaughn all for the great entertainment and happy memories of my younger daze. RIP.


31 posted on 11/11/2016 1:00:31 PM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: TBP
The UN in U.N.C.L.E. stood for “United Nations”. (The United Nations Command for Law and Enforcement).

No, it was United Network Command for Law Enforcement. Just a guess on my part, I suspect it was originally going to be United Nations and someone figured out it would alienate a lot of people.

32 posted on 11/11/2016 1:25:44 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: nuconvert
Yep. Every kid had to have one of these...


33 posted on 11/11/2016 1:29:12 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Olog-hai

I loved him back in the day. Sad news.


34 posted on 11/11/2016 1:30:44 PM PST by bonfire
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To: DiogenesLamp

I didn’t see him in that.


35 posted on 11/11/2016 1:32:59 PM PST by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: Olog-hai

I loved him back in the day. Sad news.


36 posted on 11/11/2016 1:34:10 PM PST by bonfire
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To: ColdOne

He was in SOB too.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083015/


37 posted on 11/11/2016 1:38:09 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: DiogenesLamp

The opening creeped me out as a young 70s kid.


38 posted on 11/11/2016 1:38:33 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: TBP

So was Quark.


39 posted on 11/11/2016 1:38:56 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Olog-hai

Gee. I thought he was older than that. RIP, Mr. Vaughn.


40 posted on 11/11/2016 1:40:01 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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