# R.I.P. Rerun:  Fred Berry Dead at 52

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-rerun-fred-berry-dead-at-52/208998>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 22, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-rerun-fred-berry-dead-at-52/208998 "2003-10-22T23:59:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-rerun-fred-berry-dead-at-52/208998/1 "2003-10-22T23:59:24Z")

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[Fred Berry dead at 52](http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C84225%7C1%7C,00.html)

Loved me some What’s Happening when I was a kid. RIP Rerun.

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**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-rerun-fred-berry-dead-at-52/208998/2 "2003-10-23T00:42:26Z")

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Hey! HEY! Hey! Good-bye!

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**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-rerun-fred-berry-dead-at-52/208998/3 "2003-10-23T00:48:24Z")

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Wasn’t it Dwayne who said “Hey HEY hey!”?

That’s 3 in the grave for “What’s Happening!!” Shirley Hemphill and Mabel King both died in 1999, a month apart.