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David Birney, Star of ‘St. Elsewhere’ and ‘Bridget Loves Bernie,’ Dead at 83
New York Post ^
| May 3, 2022
| Rob Bailey-Millado
Posted on 05/03/2022 3:49:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
David Birney, star of TV’s “Bridget Loves Bernie” and “St. Elsewhere” and Broadway’s “Amadeus,” died Friday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.
The veteran actor’s passing was confirmed by “life partner” Michele Roberge, the New York Times reported.
Birney first gained mainstream fame in 1972 opposite his future wife Meredith Baxter in the CBS sitcom “Bridget Loves Bernie.” The show was popular — slotted between ratings juggernauts “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “All in the Family — but short-lived thanks to controversial protests by Jewish groups who disagreed with the “intermarriage” of Birney’s Jewish cabbie character, Bernie Steinberg, and Baxter’s Bridget Fitzgerald, a Catholic grade school teacher from a wealthy family.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: birney; davidbirney; hollywood; homosexualagenda; meredithbaxter; obituary
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To: nickcarraway
I saw some of the show, “Bridget Loves Bernie,” when it was on (I was very young), and met Meredith years later. R.I.P.
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posted on
05/03/2022 3:54:09 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/03/2022 3:54:41 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: nickcarraway
St. Elsewhere was a favorite show of mine, and we’ve been able to rewatch the series on Hulu.
I felt for him through the marriage-ending issues with his wife, Meridith. Bizarre.
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posted on
05/03/2022 3:54:42 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
A taxi driver. Can’t relate.
To: nickcarraway
The show was popular — slotted between ratings juggernauts “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “All in the Family
It was NOT really popular. It did better than "Fay" and "Beacon Hill" and "All's Fair", maybe, but that's about it. It lost a quarter of the "All in the Family" audience who had to change the channel, and change the channel again for Mary Tyler Moore.
Move "Bridget Loves Bernie" up against Monday Night Football or even "The Partridge Family" and it loses big. CBS could do better, and they did.
MASH, Bob Newhart and even the HORRIBLE Maude did better in that slot.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:00:28 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
To: nickcarraway
As a little girl I had a crush on Bernie. RIP.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:03:47 PM PDT
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: ConservativeMind
I was in Med school when St. Elsewhere was on. My whole class was addicted to it!
We hoped we could learn things from it.
David Birney was one of my favorites.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:04:20 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: nickcarraway
RIP! Don’t really remember him from St. Elsewhere, but my mom loved that show.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:07:41 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: nickcarraway; fieldmarshaldj
I remember him from “Oh God - Book Two.”
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:12:34 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(In event of a Civil War, a face diaper is a great way to spot the enemy)
To: jocon307
My parents were obsessed with St Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues and LA Law. I liked the first two hated the last. I always wanted to punch Corbin Bernsen in the face.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:13:48 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(In event of a Civil War, a face diaper is a great way to spot the enemy)
To: jocon307
He was on just the first season.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:15:44 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: nickcarraway
Such a great show until they ruined the finale.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:17:55 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: nickcarraway
Didn’t his former wife, meredith Baxter Birney, become a lesbian?
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:19:32 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:21:55 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: Dr. Sivana
” the HORRIBLE Maude did better in that slot.”
I never got that show. I’m such a Texas Redneck it grated on my nerves. I’m sure for somebody it meant something but I always thought Maude was just plain mean. Watched maybe 5 minutes and off it went. Again Texas guy but too much New York for me.
To: married21
Did you ever see him on Murder She Wrote? He was on four times, but the first one he was a charlatan psychic.
To: nomorelurker
Perpetually p1ssed off. Waiting to be offended.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:23:44 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: nomorelurker
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:24:25 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: God luvs America
Yeah, she was Alex Keyton’s mon on Family Ties. She went lesbian at about age 70.
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posted on
05/03/2022 4:25:36 PM PDT
by
Trumpet 1
(US Constitution is my guide.)
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