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Suzanne Pleshette Dies in Los Angeles
AP ^ | 3 hours ago | By BOB THOMAS

Posted on 01/20/2008 12:02:34 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron

Suzanne Pleshette Dies in Los Angeles By BOB THOMAS – 3 hours ago LOS ANGELES (AP) — Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70. Pleshette, whose career included roles in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and in Broadway plays including "The Miracle Worker," died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said her attorney Robert Finkelstein, also a family friend. Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006. "The Bob Newhart Show, a hit throughout its six-year run, starred comedian Newhart as a Chicago psychiatrist surrounded by eccentric patients. Pleshette provided the voice of reason. Four years after the show ended in 1978, Newhart went on to the equally successful "Newhart" series in which he was the proprietor of a New England inn populated by more eccentrics.

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Great lady..one of my first crushes as a youngster. R.I.P.
1 posted on 01/20/2008 12:02:34 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron
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To: Las Vegas Ron

She was a Cutie...


2 posted on 01/20/2008 12:04:43 PM PST by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Lots of vacancies showing up in my generation lately. Getting to be kind of an empty warehouse sound to it.


3 posted on 01/20/2008 12:06:43 PM PST by RightWhale ("... which is not a linnnit' 'I'ht first published svstenn of predicate logic was devised 1ยป' the ()
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To: RaceBannon
I was only a kid when that series ran but I loved that show and still do. Her death is a big loss.
4 posted on 01/20/2008 12:06:43 PM PST by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
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To: RaceBannon

She was a classy, sexy woman.
Rest in peace.....


5 posted on 01/20/2008 12:07:00 PM PST by Yorlik803 ( The Democrats are a stench in the nostrals of honest citizens.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

She was a classy lady and a real professional.


6 posted on 01/20/2008 12:07:06 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

she always seemed like a nice lady....RIP!


7 posted on 01/20/2008 12:07:32 PM PST by nyyankeefan
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To: RightWhale

Getting to be kind of an empty warehouse sound to it.

Yes. :( Age has betrayed us.


8 posted on 01/20/2008 12:12:45 PM PST by bill1952 (The right to buy weapons is the right to be free)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

9 posted on 01/20/2008 12:13:23 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( UNITED BY OUR CORE BELIEFS Fred08)
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'Newhart' Actress Suzanne Pleshette Dies at 70 with almost 200 replies and a lot of pics.
10 posted on 01/20/2008 12:16:04 PM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Wait a minute ... Maybe this is all some strange dream Bob had ...


11 posted on 01/20/2008 12:16:07 PM PST by x
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To: Las Vegas Ron
I just watched an episode of Route 66, Season One, from 1960, in which she played a murderess. She had real presence on screen.
12 posted on 01/20/2008 12:16:32 PM PST by Ciexyz
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To: RightWhale

Like they say at our age “don’t buy green bananas”.


13 posted on 01/20/2008 12:23:46 PM PST by norge
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To: lunarbicep

ping


14 posted on 01/20/2008 12:23:58 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006.

That's a horrible disease. I had an uncle who died from lung cancer in 1969. That motivated me to never take up smoking. My father didn't stop smoking till another 15 years after his brother died. I don't think he'd be alive today if he hadn't stopped smoking 23 years ago.

15 posted on 01/20/2008 12:25:03 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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Oh, man, she wasn’t very old. I will miss her! ;o(

Always thought of her as a pretty lady and nice person.


16 posted on 01/20/2008 12:25:42 PM PST by zip.com
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To: Las Vegas Ron
i will never forget the last episode of “Newhart”. The dream was absolutely brilliant and funny as Hell to boot!
17 posted on 01/20/2008 12:27:04 PM PST by TCats
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To: RightWhale

Like they say at our age “don’t buy green bananas”.


18 posted on 01/20/2008 12:30:52 PM PST by norge
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To: Las Vegas Ron
one of my first crushes as a youngster

Mine, too. RIP

19 posted on 01/20/2008 12:33:52 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Ciexyz

Didn’t know she was in that - will have to remember to look for her when I get those DVDs. Thanks.

(I’ve already posted a lot on the other thread.)

RIP, Suzanne.


20 posted on 01/20/2008 12:36:37 PM PST by Rte66
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