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Title: Legendary actor Jack Klugman dies at 90 Post by: San on December 24, 2012, 06:48:17 PM Legendary actor Jack Klugman dies at 90
Published December 24, 2012 Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Jack Klugman, who made an art of gruffness in TV's "The Odd Couple" and "Quincy, M.E.," has died at the age of 90. The actor's son Adam says his father died Monday afternoon in Los Angeles. In the 1970s sitcom "The Odd Couple," Klugman played sloppy sports writer Oscar to co-star Tony Randall's Felix, a fussy photographer. In "Quincy, M.E.," which aired from 1976 to 1983, Klugman played an idealistic, tough-minded medical examiner. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/12/24/legendary-actor-jack-klugman-dies-at-0/#ixzz2G12PNHFT Title: Re: Legendary actor Jack Klugman dies at 90 Post by: San on December 24, 2012, 07:45:27 PM 'Odd Couple' actor Klugman dies at age 90
By Steve Almasy, CNN updated 7:19 PM EST, Mon December 24, 2012 (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121225121436-jack-klugman-story-top.jpg) (CNN) -- Jack Klugman, best known as the messy sports writer Oscar Madison in TV's "The Odd Couple," died Monday, his son Adam said. He was 90. Klugman, who won two Emmys for his role in the early 1970s sitcom, also starred in "Quincy M.E." as Medical Examiner Dr. R. Quincy from 1976 to 1983. He told Larry King in 2001 that he played Madison on Broadway before the TV show debuted. "So when (executive producer) Garry Marshall called me, I thought he'd seen me do it on Broadway and that's why he wanted me. He said, 'No, I never saw you.' I said, 'So why did you want me?' He said, 'Well, I saw you in 'Gypsy' and Ethel Merman was singing to you, and she was spitting all over you.' ' Marshall continued, Klugman said: " 'You know, that's a good actor, he's not showing that she's spitting all over him.' That's why he hired me." ::snipping2:: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/24/showbiz/jack-klugman-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |