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Buddy Ebsen Dead

Posted on 07/07/2003 5:06:31 AM PDT by E.G.C.

ABC Radio News just reported that Buddy Ebsen passed away. He was one of the stars of the Beverly Hillbillies.


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To: joesnuffy
Matlock

He didn't play Matlock. He played Roy Houston, Matlock "Matt" Houston's uncle in the show "Matt Houston."

Matlock was this whole other show with a different old guy in it :-)

22 posted on 07/07/2003 5:21:13 AM PDT by krb (the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
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To: E.G.C.
He was a conservative, too.

He actively campaigned against "Miss Jane" Nancy Kulp about 22 years ago. She was running for some political office as a typical liberal feminazi, and old Buddy Stepped in, got on TV and convinced the voters to vote against her. She lost.

RIP Buddy, you gave all of us some hearty laughs and great memories.
23 posted on 07/07/2003 5:21:18 AM PDT by HighWheeler
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To: E.G.C.
Seems like the icons of entertainment are dropping like flys lately.
25 posted on 07/07/2003 5:23:39 AM PDT by Destructor
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To: E.G.C.
Someday I got to have a long talk with that boy!
26 posted on 07/07/2003 5:23:46 AM PDT by WKB (3!~ ( If all you do is read at least bump so we'll know you're there))
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To: E.G.C.
He must have lived to 93 or so ... I'm going to check.
27 posted on 07/07/2003 5:24:28 AM PDT by dennisw (G-d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
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To: dennisw
Died at 95. What a long life as an actor too.
28 posted on 07/07/2003 5:25:33 AM PDT by dennisw (G-d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
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To: dennisw
He was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Ill., on April 2, 1908. His father owned a dancing school, where the nicknamed Buddy learned the fundamentals. The family moved to Orlando, Fla., when the boy was 10, and he began pre-medical studies at the University of Florida and Rollins College. But family financial problems forced him to leave school and, at 20, he decided to try his luck as a dancer in New York.

"I arrived in New York with $26.25 in my pocket and a letter of introduction to a friend of a friend's cousin," he recalled. "I got a job in a road company, but the producer said, `That boy one foot taller than the rest of 'em - out!'"
29 posted on 07/07/2003 5:27:17 AM PDT by dennisw (G-d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
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To: E.G.C.
From what I've read, Buddy was a solid conservative.

When his "Beverly Hillbillies" costar Nancy Kulp, a left wing lesbian activist, ran for political office, Ebsen paid for TV time out of his own pocket to tell people not to vote for her.

30 posted on 07/07/2003 5:27:25 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: E.G.C.
How sad. One of my favorite actors.
Go rest high on that mountain, Buddy.
31 posted on 07/07/2003 5:28:21 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic
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To: dennisw
Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed!
32 posted on 07/07/2003 5:30:39 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Fetch this!)
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To: redlipstick
"And a swell dancer!"

This is Buddy as I first saw him, hoofin' it with Shirley Temple. rip.

33 posted on 07/07/2003 5:31:24 AM PDT by Thommas
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To: BlueLancer
Brings back fond memories of youth as well as an era where the Walt Disney enterprise was not yet corrupted by modern day immorality.
34 posted on 07/07/2003 5:32:54 AM PDT by verity
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To: E.G.C.
Whewww Doggie! Rest in Peace, Uncle Jed.
35 posted on 07/07/2003 5:33:45 AM PDT by Hatteras (The Thundering Herd Of Turtles ROCK!)
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To: dennisw
He was the real thing, he'll be missed.

He was born Christian Rudolph Ebsen in Belleville, Ill., on April 2, 1908. His father owned a dancing school, where the nicknamed Buddy learned the fundamentals. The family moved to Orlando, Fla., when the boy was 10, and he began pre-medical studies at the University of Florida and Rollins College. But family financial problems forced him to leave school and, at 20, he decided to try his luck as a dancer in New York.

36 posted on 07/07/2003 5:37:43 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: E.G.C.
MAN, these past few weeks have been heavy on the celebrity obits.
37 posted on 07/07/2003 5:41:16 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: E.G.C.
A few tears from BugTussle land.

Thanks for all the laughs and entertainment, Jed.

Tell Granny {Irene}, Miss Jane, and Mr. Drysdale, "Howdy".

The Ballad of Jed Clampet. A musical tribute.
38 posted on 07/07/2003 5:43:15 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: E.G.C.
God bless ya, Barnaby Jones.
39 posted on 07/07/2003 5:44:27 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: E.G.C.
An actor, dancer, author and painter, all in all, a talented man.

Note that he didn't hate America or take up the rallying cry of "Free Mumia" or associate himself with any other cause de jour like the present day WhollyWeird crowd.

Rest in peace Buddy.

40 posted on 07/07/2003 5:45:24 AM PDT by csvset
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