Requiescat in pace
Posted on 04/20/2020 6:26:20 PM PDT by rintintin
Tom Lester, a devoted evangelist who starred as friendly farmhand Eb Dawson on the ’60s series “Green Acres,” has died. He was 81.
He died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in the Nashville home of his fiancée and long-term caregiver Jackie Peters on Monday, Mississippi’s Laurel Leader-Call reported. His brother Michael Lester did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
“Tom Lester was a great friend of mine,” the star’s pal, fellow actor Gary Moore, told Fox News. “We met over 20 years ago and stayed friends all these years. I started taking Tom to autograph shows because so many fans wanted to meet him. I’ve stayed at his house on his farm which he called, Green Acres. He’s been to my house and signed pictures of Arnold the Pig for my four boys.”
“He would often call me every week and he would pray with me,” Moore continued. “We laughed all the time. I saw Tom last month in Nashville, and I got to hear him say ‘Golly’ one more time then I prayed with him. He met Jesus in Heaven today and looked around and I know he said, ‘Golly, this is even better than you told me!'”
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Requiescat in pace
RIP Tom you were great!!!
eyes of purple
has anyone seen
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He was a fun character. Everybody’ gawky, at times outspoken teenage nephew.
Thanks, Tom, for all the laughs. RIP.
"your not my son!"
RIP
He was a very genuine fellow.
Kinda cool to meet a tv star you grew up watching.
your=you’re...it’s late
That is a good friend.
R.I.P., Tom (known to most of us as "Eb").
I read an article about him less than a month old.
The show is on right now on MeTV.
One of the best TV theme songs.
When you hear the concept of Green Acres, you assume Lisa will be the fish out of water. Then it turns out everybody in town is as wacky as she is and it’s Oliver who is the fish out of water and you realize how brilliant a creation the show was.
He cracked me up
He was my favorite actor on the show, second only to Arnold the Pig.........RIP Tom
Arnold Ziffel was a superstar.
And delicious.
Yep.
Good description, of the show.
RIP, Eb.
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