Darren McGavin dies

[tulc]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11570390/

LOS ANGELES - Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer,” played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” and had other strong roles in such films as “The Man with the Golden Arm” and “The Natural,” died Saturday. He was 83.

aww man there goes "the Dad from Christmas Story gets arrested by Barney Fife" scene!
tulc(not to mention Kolchak!)

 

[elanor]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11570390/



aww man there goes "the Dad from Christmas Story gets arrested by Barney Fife" scene!
tulc(not to mention Kolchak!)

I just heard this. Rest in peace, Night Stalker.

 

[loribee59]

tulc: Ya beat me to it....thanks for putting up the notice.

RIP, Murphy Brown's "dad"....

 

[praying]

I loved when he played Kolchak and the Christmas story what a classic that is.

 

[USincognito]

Watching A Christmas Story will be all the more poignent now.

 

[Selznak]

I'm sorry to hear this. I've always enjoyed his work.

 

[HeyHomie]

That's too bad. I loved his work in A Christmas Story.

 

[trunks2k]

Not a fing-ah!

 

[CaligulaNero]

Great actor.