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Leslie Nielsen dead at 84
CJOB Radio ^ | November 28, 2010 | CJOB News Team

Posted on 11/28/2010 6:06:17 PM PST by John W

Canadian funnyman and actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away in hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

The star of comedy hits such as "Airplane" and the "Naked Gun" series dies of complications from pneumonia, according to his nephew Doug Nielsen, who lives in Richmond

Doug Nielsen told CJOB that the actor passed away at a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Canadian actor had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks as a result of pneumonia.

"Just in this last 48 hours, the infection has gotten too much and today at 5.30, with his friends and his wife by his side, he just fell asleep and passed away," Doug told the radio station.


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hollywood; leslienielsen
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To: LiberConservative

I remember the ‘serious’ Leslie turning up in the ‘Man from U.N.C.L.E. back in the 60’s...


81 posted on 11/28/2010 6:28:57 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Perhaps he shouldn’t have had the lasagna.


82 posted on 11/28/2010 6:29:13 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: greatdefender; LibreOuMort; Monkey Face
One of my all-time favorite film of his!

NOW I'm sad...

83 posted on 11/28/2010 6:29:43 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: John W

Very sad to hear this news. He had a long career, from low budget TV to dramatic roles, and then an unlikely turn later on to comedy. He was great.

Just learned the other day that Police Squad was based on an old TV show called M Squad with Lee Marvin. Lead character was even named Frank.


84 posted on 11/28/2010 6:30:06 PM PST by NRPM (America again in 2010!)
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To: al baby; Bender2

RE: Why do you soil this thread with that murdering pos OJ ?

The same reason you soil this forum with your moronic idiocy.


85 posted on 11/28/2010 6:30:14 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("[T]here is nothing so aggravating [in life] as being condescended to by an idiot" ~ Ann Coulter)
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To: John W

He was Canadian? We’re gonna miss him less then!


86 posted on 11/28/2010 6:30:31 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: greatdefender

I always think of him from “Forbidden Planet” tho Ann Francis is the one I really think of.

That was a very good movie too.


87 posted on 11/28/2010 6:30:45 PM PST by yarddog
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To: Riley
> Watching his non-comedy roles makes me feel weird.

Over the course of his career, he played far more dramatic and TV Western roles than he ever did as a comedy guy. He also played "the heavy" in a lot of his early roles. A very versatile and talented actor.

88 posted on 11/28/2010 6:31:13 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: John W

He was a funny man. RIP.:(


89 posted on 11/28/2010 6:31:24 PM PST by USArmySpouse
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To: John W

RIP. He was so handsome opposite Debbie Reynolds in “Tammy”.


90 posted on 11/28/2010 6:31:46 PM PST by BlueAngel
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To: dfwgator

Rest in peace.

Funny and good guy.


91 posted on 11/28/2010 6:32:01 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (*)
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To: John W

Really hated this guy when he seemed to be in every TV Movie of the Week. Little did I know what a comic genius he was.


92 posted on 11/28/2010 6:32:42 PM PST by Cyman
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To: cripplecreek

“I’ve been swimming in raw sewage! I love it!”


93 posted on 11/28/2010 6:33:13 PM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: John W

Nice beaver....

RIP.


94 posted on 11/28/2010 6:33:13 PM PST by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompetence..)
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To: mware

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaXvFT_UyI8


95 posted on 11/28/2010 6:33:28 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: dfwgator

And don’t call me Shirley!


96 posted on 11/28/2010 6:33:48 PM PST by FrdmLvr (Death to tyrants)
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To: NewJerseyJoe

Leslie was also in one of my favorite MASH episodes, where Hawkeye convinces him he’s crazy, one way by making him think that Frank Burns was a cross-dresser who had a crush on him.


97 posted on 11/28/2010 6:33:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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To: John W

Surely you jest!


98 posted on 11/28/2010 6:34:00 PM PST by irishtenor (All that I say, all that I do, is predestined.)
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To: massmike

http://www.entertonement.com/clips/fzrxdjcjsv—I’ve-Been-Swimming-in-Raw-Sewage-The-Naked-Gun-2%C2%BD-The-Smell-of-Fear-Leslie-Nielsen-Lt-Frank-Drebin


99 posted on 11/28/2010 6:34:10 PM PST by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: John W

FORBIDDEN PLANET


100 posted on 11/28/2010 6:35:27 PM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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