# RIP Michael Constantine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [September 9, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384 "2021-09-09T16:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/1 "2021-09-09T16:08:19Z")
> **[Michael Constantine, Father in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ Dies at 94...](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/arts/michael-constantine-father-in-my-big-fat-greek-wedding-dies-at-94.html)** > > He won an Emmy for his role on the TV series “Room 222” and played many other characters over the years before becoming known as the hit film’s patriarch. Everybody’s grandpa, dad, uncle, bad guy, lawyer, and building super – of any nationality or ethnicity. Αιώνια του η μνήμη I hope that’s correct. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/2 "2021-09-09T16:38:52Z")
I loved Room 222 as a kid. Admittedly a lot of that was a crush on Karen Valentine, but I always liked Michael Constantine’s father figure character. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/3 "2021-09-09T16:43:46Z")
That’s where I first saw him too. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/4 "2021-09-09T17:34:21Z")
Just spray some Windex on him and he’ll be good as new. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/5 "2021-09-09T18:09:33Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I loved Room 222 as a kid. Admittedly a lot of that was a crush on Karen Valentine, but I always liked Michael Constantine’s father figure character. I could have written that post myself, word for word. RIP, Michael. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/6 "2021-09-09T18:37:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Just spray some Windex on him and he’ll be good as new. From the article I linked to in the OP: > “I can’t tell you,” he said in a 2014 interview with his hometown paper, The Reading Eagle, “how many times I’ve autographed a Windex bottle.” 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/7 "2021-09-09T18:51:20Z")
Just don’t give him a pipe to smoke. (Must represent my obscure fandom here…) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/8 "2021-09-09T19:08:46Z")
Note to self: Michael Constantine is not Martin Balsam ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/9 "2021-09-09T22:56:53Z")
That guy! I didn’t realize he was that old. Rest now. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/10 "2021-09-09T23:42:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I didn’t realize he was that old. I’m shocked to hear he wasn’t long since dead. I guess we kinda average out? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/11 "2021-09-10T00:23:20Z")
I actually saw that episode last week. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/12 "2021-09-10T02:17:23Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I loved Room 222 as a kid. Admittedly a lot of that was a crush on Karen Valentine, but I always liked Michael Constantine’s father figure character. Funny, but I could post this too, word for word. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384/13 "2021-09-10T04:03:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > That guy! I didn’t realize he was that old. Rest now. I’m surprised he was not older. If he was 94 now, then he was 43 in 1970, and I thought he looked like he was pushing 60. Could have been my youthful eyes.