# Good Night (Court), Markie Post. (R.I.P.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [August 8, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236 "2021-08-08T14:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/1 "2021-08-08T14:10:35Z")
> **[Markie Post Who Starred in 'Night Court' Dead at 70](https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/08/markie-post-dead-dies-night-court/)** > > Markie Post has died at 70. ‘Markie passed on Saturday after battling cancer for nearly 4 years.’ ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/2 "2021-08-08T14:18:45Z")
So sorry to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/3 "2021-08-08T14:32:13Z")
Goodnight, Christine. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/4 "2021-08-08T14:54:08Z")
Aw, I loved her on that show. Good night Christine. With Charles Robinson recently passing away, that leave John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Marsha Warfield of the regular cast remaining. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/5 "2021-08-08T14:55:08Z")
Awww, damn, that was one of my all-time favorite shows. Now both her and Harry Anderson are gone. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/6 "2021-08-08T15:20:07Z")
Somehow I missed the news about Charles Robinson, both Mac and Christine passing within a month of each other. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/7 "2021-08-08T15:27:29Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Somehow I missed the news about Charles Robinson, I knew he died recently, but I either missed or forgot that Harry Anderson died. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/8 "2021-08-08T15:30:42Z")
Just saw her a few nights ago on _Scrubs_. She played Elliot’s Mom. She was great on _Night Court_. The shows revival will have Larroquette. But I thought I read Markie was going to do a few guest appearances. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/9 "2021-08-08T15:38:17Z")
I’m sorry she passed. _Night Court_ was one of the great sitcoms. It had both humor and heart. Markie also guest starred in quite a few episodes of _Chicago P. D._ ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/10 "2021-08-08T15:55:16Z")
She was also pretty good in “The Fall Guy” TV show in the mid-80s. She had lots of roles on either the Hallmark Channel or Lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/11 "2021-08-08T15:59:06Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Aw, I loved her on that show. Good night Christine. With Charles Robinson recently passing away, that leave John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Marsha Warfield of the regular cast remaining. Depending on how you define “regular cast”, Ellen Foley, who was the public defender in season 2, is still around. (Paula Kelly, who played the public defender in season 1, passed away in Feb 2020.) ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/12 "2021-08-08T16:04:31Z")
Harry’s death “hit” me a bit, for a celebrity death (most of which I don’t lose a lot of sleep over), I’d always liked Harry in Night Court, and I have family in New Orleans. He owned a magic shop down there that I visited a couple of times, he was hanging out in there one of those times and while I’ve never been a “get an autograph or photo with a celebrity” kind of guy, I did introduce myself and told him I had really liked his work. He was polite and personable, was a nice guy. Much taller in person than he always seemed in his roles on Cheers and Night Court, where he always looked diminutive, I’m 6’5" and he wasn’t much shorter than I am. Harry was also only 5ish years older than me and had always seemed in good shape his whole life, so a sudden death from a heart attack at 65 just felt “too soon.” I had no clue Markie Post was ill but I’m actually surprised she was 70, I honestly assumed she was slightly younger than me, I guess she just looked a lot younger than I did back in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/13 "2021-08-08T16:12:10Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > Much taller in person than he always seemed in his roles on Cheers and Night Court, where he always looked diminutive, I’m 6’5" and he wasn’t much shorter than I am. > **[\`NIGHT COURT' - TV'S TALLEST TEAM](https://www.deseret.com/1990/3/14/18851218/night-court-tv-s-tallest-team)** > > In the spirit of \`\`March Madness,'' let us consider prime time's tallest - and most effective - team: the Night Court (8 p.m., Ch. 2) ensemble. Up front are a pair of 6-foot, 4-inch forwards: Harry Anderson as maverick judge Harry Stone and John... ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/14 "2021-08-08T16:31:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@flurb](#): > > > > Somehow I missed the news about Charles Robinson, > > I knew he died recently, but I either missed or forgot that Harry Anderson died. I still hear his voice pop up occasionally on radio PSAs for the Will Rogers Institute. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/15 "2021-08-08T16:52:21Z")
That’s too bad. Her dad was a physicist. I took a class in electromagnetism from him when I was in graduate school. Really nice guy. He died a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/16 "2021-08-08T17:20:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Telemark](#): > > > > Aw, I loved her on that show. Good night Christine. With Charles Robinson recently passing away, that leave John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Marsha Warfield of the regular cast remaining. > > Depending on how you define “regular cast”, Ellen Foley, who was the public defender in season 2, is still around. (Paula Kelly, who played the public defender in season 1, passed away in Feb 2020.) She is also a professional singer. She sang the duet with Meat Loaf on _Paradise By the Dashboard Light_ on the _Bat Out of Hell_ LP. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/17 "2021-08-08T17:29:09Z")
Wrong Public Defender. That was Ellen Foley. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/18 "2021-08-08T17:39:04Z")
Dang. The next cast reunion of **Night Court** is going to be sparse. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/19 "2021-08-08T17:50:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > {…} after battling cancer for nearly 4 years. Ugh. Brutal. Count me among all the other _Night Court_ (and Markie Post) fans. RIP ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236/20 "2021-08-08T18:47:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Wrong Public Defender. That was Ellen Foley. I’m confused. If you were replying to my post, I was quoting **Shoeless’** post referring to Ellen Foley. She is indeed the _Night Court_ actress who also sang with Meat Loaf. > **[Ellen Foley](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Foley)** > > Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season. In music, she has released five solo albums, but she is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf, particularly the 14× Platinum selling 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. > Foley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Virginia B. Foley. She attended Webster University. > Foley gained pu... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236.md?page=2)