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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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KEYWORDS: obituary; robertvaughn; vaughn
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To: Hugin
United Network Command for Law Enforcement.

Greatest line in a weekly series lately was when someone asked Jethro Gibbs of NCIS what Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard played by David McCallum was like when he was younger...the reply...

"He was a lot like Illya Kuryakin."

41 posted on 11/11/2016 1:44:09 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: xp38
Mr. Waverly was an extension of his character from North By Northwest.

Played by Leo G. Carroll who also played a wonderful Cosmo G. Topper.

42 posted on 11/11/2016 1:48:26 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Rastus
I didn’t see him in that.

He was the star of that series. Do you mean you didn't see that series? My recollection was that it was in the late 70s.


43 posted on 11/11/2016 1:49:56 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: wally_bert
The opening creeped me out as a young 70s kid.

They did some pretty neat tricks with that show, didn't they?

I had forgotten how it's intro went, but fortunately youtube has it.

https://youtu.be/-2MpzKb-o6M

They also seem to have Season 1.

https://youtu.be/tGBZgpMjxOM

I remember that I loved watching this show when I was a teenager.

44 posted on 11/11/2016 1:56:08 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Olog-hai

Loved it as a kid.


45 posted on 11/11/2016 1:59:49 PM PST by kanawa (The 1st job of a 'community organizer' is to disorganize the community)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Thanks for the links. I just might watch some tonight.


46 posted on 11/11/2016 2:09:32 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

I meant I didn’t see him because he was invisible! Hee hee.


47 posted on 11/11/2016 2:29:55 PM PST by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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To: BenLurkin

He was more notable than that guy Goldfinger had shot and crushed.


48 posted on 11/11/2016 2:30:28 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: wally_bert

You’re welcome. Enjoy! :)


49 posted on 11/11/2016 2:51:30 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Rastus
I meant I didn’t see him because he was invisible! Hee hee.

Okay, I fell for that. :)

50 posted on 11/11/2016 2:51:56 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Steely Tom
He was the epitome of the slimy politician.
The guy he was after lies dead on the airport floor.
He gets in the back of his chauffeur driven Lincoln and whips out the WSJ.
The Lincoln features a “Support your local police” bumper sticker.
51 posted on 11/11/2016 5:47:42 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Olog-hai
“United Network” rather than “United Nations”, albeit the latter was implied.

It was all smoke and mirrors with the UN-. The Intelligence Taskforce had the guns and soldiers, and the Command for Law Enforcement were just the spies.

52 posted on 11/11/2016 8:06:07 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ("Laws are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools" Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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To: xp38

I remember seeing Vaughn in a Grand Union in Ridgefield, CT in 1985.

What struck me is how short he looked. He was wearing blue jeans and leather jacket and a Stetson type hat.

He lived in Ridgefield at the time.


53 posted on 11/13/2016 12:27:09 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Always was amazed with the story of Bronson getting McCallum’s wife.


54 posted on 11/13/2016 12:29:09 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: N. Theknow

United Network Command for Law AND Enforcement.

Just a quibble.


55 posted on 11/13/2016 12:30:32 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: headstamp 2

Yeah they were best friends until then.


56 posted on 11/13/2016 5:10:12 PM PST by xp38
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