# Actor Fred ‘Rerun’ Berry dies at 52 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113 "2003-10-23T14:01:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/1 "2003-10-23T14:01:08Z")
Actor Fred Berry has died at age 52. The comic actor was best known for his role as Rerun on the 1970’s TV sitcom “What’s Happening. It is said that he had a stroke. According to the Internet Movie Database, Berry was married six times to four women, marrying two of his wives twice. more details: > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. He was last seen in the movie Dickie Roberts. He played himself. I like the Rerun character on the show What’s Happening. Did anyone else love his dance moves? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/2 "2003-10-23T14:38:50Z")
Oh, well, I suppose someone named “Rerun” _should_ have [two identical threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218949). ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/3 "2003-10-23T14:52:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Oh, well, I suppose someone named “Rerun” _should_ have [two identical threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218949). \*\* Good one Eve! \ I scanned Cafe but didn’t see anything so I posted! Mine is better (more information)LOL ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/4 "2003-10-23T14:55:23Z")
hey HEY hey! Now that guy, _was_ 70s TV. Seemed like he was nice in real life, too… ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/5 "2003-10-23T14:57:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*hey HEY hey! > Now that guy, _was_ 70s TV. Seemed like he was nice in real life, too… \*\* Wasn’t it “Fat Albert of the Cosby Kids” that said that? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/6 "2003-10-23T15:05:26Z")
Fat Albert was “hey hey HEY” Rerun was “hey HEY hey” different inflection ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/7 "2003-10-23T15:10:29Z")
Or was it Duh-wayne thet said that? Hi, Roj! ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/8 "2003-10-23T15:32:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **Or was it Duh-wayne thet said that?** It was Dwayne. Sometimes accompanied by the arms out to the side, elbows bent, palms down pose. Back on topic, I’ll never forget Fred A. Berry’s fantastic perfomance in the Toni Basil video “Shopping, A to Z”. RIP, Rerun. You will be missed. Will the Doobie Brothers perform a memorial concert? I’d love to get a bootleg tape of it if they do. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/9 "2003-10-23T15:38:41Z")
Truthfully Shirley was my favorite from the show. I loved how she had smart alleck comments. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/10 "2003-10-23T19:04:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > Mine is better (more information)LOL \*\* Yours is 14 hours late. LOL OMG. Mine ROOLZ! ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/11 "2003-10-23T19:23:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pashnish Ewing \* > \*\*Will the Doobie Brothers perform a memorial concert? I’d love to get a bootleg tape of it if they do. \*\* Perhaps the greatest single episode of a sitcom ever. The bootleggers were trying to leave, but they couldn’t, because _there were Doobies coming out of every possible exit, blocking them! Friggin’ Doobies everywhere!_ Comedy gold. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-fred-rerun-berry-dies-at-52/209113/12 "2003-10-23T19:31:51Z")
“Oooooh, I’m tellin’ momma!” Loved that show. 🙂 RIP Fred.