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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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To: RobbyS

Agree. She always seemed cold.


41 posted on 01/20/2008 1:34:22 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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To: brytlea

That’s right...someone else will eat the bananas of you don’t get to them. :) I like green bananas better than ripe anyway...UNLESS it is banana bread or something like that. :)


42 posted on 01/20/2008 1:35:33 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Man, this is surreal. I’m watching Suzanne on TV as I read this...!


43 posted on 01/20/2008 1:40:34 PM PST by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Great lady..one of my first crushes as a youngster

Me too... May you now have peace, Suzanne.

44 posted on 01/20/2008 1:43:11 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim
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To: Elle Bee
You tend to forget - that was a great ensemble cast.

Not being a celebrity follower - I'd have never guessed Tom Poston.

Notice that the only cancers the press seems willing to name are lung and breast?

45 posted on 01/20/2008 1:46:53 PM PST by norton (deep down inside you know that Fred is your second choice - and there isn't a third choice)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

I always liked her. May she rest in peace.


46 posted on 01/20/2008 1:49:09 PM PST by freekitty
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To: norton
this will choke you up a bit ... she had a great life

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47 posted on 01/20/2008 1:49:41 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee

If I knew she was married to Tom Poston I forgot it completely. Did he die recently too?


48 posted on 01/20/2008 1:50:30 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: brytlea
Tom Poston died Monday night with his wife Suzanne Pleshette's head on his chest.

May 1, 2007

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49 posted on 01/20/2008 1:52:36 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: packrat35

She was one of the “villains” in a recurring role on “Maverick”.


50 posted on 01/20/2008 1:55:40 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Very sad. One of the very few classy actresses.

And the line to the ticket booth gets shorter.

51 posted on 01/20/2008 1:56:23 PM PST by Muleteam1
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To: Elle Bee

I didn’t think it had been long ago (but how I could have forgotten she was his wife is beyond me—ahh well, senior moments...)
Well, rest in peace to them both.
susie


52 posted on 01/20/2008 1:57:02 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: SVTCobra03
What...no Joey Heatherton?
53 posted on 01/20/2008 1:59:42 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Thanks Vets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: RobbyS
Hitchcock chose Tippi Hedren for the female lead in The Birds after seeing her in a commercial for Sego, a diet drink. He definitely had a thing for blondes: Ingrid Bergman, Janet Leigh, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Doris Day....

Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt was one of his rare brunette female leads.

54 posted on 01/20/2008 2:04:11 PM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

70??? Wholly cow... Did I fall asleep under an oak tree and awaken 20 years later? She couldn’t be that old.


55 posted on 01/20/2008 2:04:45 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: puroresu

And how could I forget: Eva Marie Saint!


56 posted on 01/20/2008 2:06:17 PM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Sad to see her go. She was entertainign, fun, and cute. She was great with Newhart.


57 posted on 01/20/2008 2:20:17 PM PST by TBP
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To: Brilliant

Same here. I’ll always remember her as the luscious and witty brunette from Newhart and the youngish school marm, Annie, in The Birds. God speed her soul to her reward.


58 posted on 01/20/2008 2:22:22 PM PST by CARTOUCHE ( The pen is mightier than the sword and so much easier to conceal)
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To: SVTCobra03
Mine too, along with Annette Funicello,

LOL - I was jealous of Annette - she was a couple of years older than I was. She already had boobs, and I didn't.

59 posted on 01/20/2008 2:26:33 PM PST by Inspectorette
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To: Las Vegas Ron

btt


60 posted on 01/20/2008 6:58:04 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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