Orson Bean Dead at 91, Struck and Killed by Car

TMZ ^ | Feb. 8, 2020

[Rastus]

Actor and comedian Orson Bean is dead after being struck by a car while crossing the street ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bean was allegedly jaywalking in Venice Friday night when he was clipped by one vehicle and then struck by another. We're told Bean died at the scene and both vehicles stayed after the incident. Cops are currently investigating whether the collision was criminal or an accident.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

California is not a recreational pot state. It is legal. I hate it. I hate smelling it. It is no longer rare to smell it out and about. It will soon become common. I hate drugs with a passion. Jusy another way in which America is circling the drain toward ou ultimate fall.

[Guenevere]

Lovely encouraging memory!
Thanks

[ChildOfThe60s]

Bttt

[billyboy15]

To all of you who have responded to my story regarding Orson Bean, thank you very much.

[xp38]

I wonder if Rush would relate this story now that Orson Bean has died.

[glennaro]

Thank you for posting this recent interview link. BTTT

[xp38]

Thanks as well. Fascinating to read about lives other Freepers have led.

[D_Idaho]

Wow! What a great story! Thanks for sharing. RIP Mr. Bean

[Brown Deer]

yep...

[Brown Deer]

Indeed, his grandfather was the first cousin of President Coolidge.

[zipper]

VB was where the Doors hung out. The Soul Kitchen was nearby and the address and photos are on the internet.

Yes! Funny, I just found that out about the Doors connection to Venice about a month ago -- Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison met on the beach at Venice. Both had graduated from film school there in L.A.

They were amazing.

[NFHale]

To live that long, and have life ended by some stupid accident... damn. So very sad to hear it.

RIP.

[Liberty Valance]

Fond memories of Orson Bean. Remember him telling the story of the Gaboon Viper on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and later learning that he was Andrew Breitbart’s father in law. Rest in peace Mr. Bean.

[deport]

Inattention, speeding, cell phone?

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Possible all three or a combination to the driver and
inattention or cell phone on the part of Bean.

[CAluvdubya]

One day I asked [my father-in-law Orson Bean] why he had Rush Limbaugh’s book The Way Things Ought to Be on his shelf. I asked him, “Why would you have a book by this guy?”

Interesting to find out that Orson Beam turned Breitbart instead of the other way.

[ladyjane]

Jay walking might be safer than crossing at the walkway. The majority of pedestrians are hit in intersections by cars making a left turn.

[Howie66]

Did the fact that he was Andrew Beitbart’s father in law have anything to do with the bad drivers? I read that he was hit twice.

[John Milner]

And with William Schallert (Patty Duke’s father and uncle of Cathy)

[SaveFerris]

Exactly - I had a guy several years ago cross the street the wrong way - he came out of my blind side as I was turning right. In the case of that guy, he wasn’t bright enough to cross BEHIND my car. Gee whiz. Almost hit him.

[Rummyfan]

LOL!