Wednesday, March 30, 2016

TV Deaths: Al Molinari and Patty Duke

AL MOLINAR, 96.  Died October 30, 2015.

Best known as Al Delvecchio, owner of Arnold's on the TV series "Happy Days and Murray Greishier, the policeman on "The Odd Couple."  A favorite of mine.  Who could miss that nose?

PATTY DUKE, 69.  (December 14, 1946-March 29, 2016)

Played two roles in "The Patty Duke Show" 1963-1966.  Also won an Academy award for Best Supporting Actress in the movie "The Miracle Worker" about Helen Keller.  She had two top 40 hits in 1965 with "Don't Just Stand There", #8 and "Say Something Funny" #22.  As good of Girl Group sound as you can get.

I always pitied her poor "boyfriend" Richard who never knew what was going on.  We watched an episode of her show on one of those oldies TV stations just yesterday when she decided her biology teacher would have to be her husband.  A few hours later, we heard she was dead.




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