| Author |
Message |
    
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 2991
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 3:09 pm: | 
|
'Munsters' Actor Al Lewis Dies
By LARRY McSHANE
AP
NEW YORK (Feb. 4) - Actor Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom, died after several years of failing health. He was 95.
Lewis, with his wife at his bedside, passed away Friday night, said Bernard White, program director at WBAI-FM, where the actor hosted a weekly radio program for years. White made the announcement on the air during the Saturday slot where Lewis usually appeared.
"To say that we will miss his generous, cantankerous, engaging spirit is a profound understatement," White said.
|
ken (the other one)
Citizen
Username: Ken
Post Number: 380
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 3:54 pm: |
|
 |
Carrie Avery
Citizen
Username: Carrie33
Post Number: 1311
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 9:11 pm: |
|
He was my favorite on that show! Thanks Al, for sharing your talents and making us laugh! |
Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 5682
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 9:29 pm: |
|
See they do die in threes.
Coretta Scott King
Wendy Wasserstein
Al Lewis |
wendy
Supporter
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 1988
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 9:46 pm: |
|
Betty Friedan makes four however. |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 4318
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 4, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
|
I thought it was sevens. |
las
Citizen
Username: Las
Post Number: 908
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 1:36 am: |
|
Al Lewis used to have a restaurant in the West Village (Bleecker Street I believe) and he'd sit on a stool out front all day. 'The kids. They love the character,' he'd say. |
The Soulfullest Mr T
Citizen
Username: Howardt
Post Number: 1397
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 1:13 pm: |
|
Grandpa AL was also a very left-wing activist and political rabble-rouser for prisoner rights and other worthy causes. I met him once at the Jewish deli on E. Houston, the name of which escapes me, and he was gregarious, funny and friendly. I also enjoyed catching him, when I could, on his WBAI radio show, often with his wife. |
buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 3768
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 3:46 pm: |
|
Gandpa Al was also a great guest on the Stern show |
Bailey
Citizen
Username: Baileymac
Post Number: 165
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 4:03 pm: |
|
NBC recently released The Munsters episodes on the iTunes Music Store, in case anyone wants an episode or two.
Grandpa Munster was great, but Al Lewis was also Patrolman Leo Schnauser from Car 54 Where Are You? in the early '60's.
Thanks, Al!
|
Cedar
Citizen
Username: Cedar
Post Number: 172
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 5, 2006 - 5:32 pm: |
|
And, Al Lewis lived for many years, later in life (most definitely his Green Party days) on Roosevelt Island where he'd be seen almost daily, just about anywhere, in cowboy boots and hat! What a thrill it was to run into him and remember...
RIP, Al! |
Closed: New threads not accepted on this page