I hope this link to Talking Broadway works. It was just announced and I couldn’t find anything on the news websites 
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/display_message.php?id=15353
Damn!
Wasn’t expecting that one.
Yahoo has a short blurb here.
I knew he’d beein in the hospital for awhile. What a loss. He was a great actor.
RIP Tony.
Dang, sorry to hear that because he was an American treasure.
Godammit . . . I want to do a bio of Jayne Mansfield, and he’d have been an important interview . . . [/selflish]
Nice guy, I hear, and terrific light comic actor, too.
There goes the finest trucker who ever lived.
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I met him a few years ago (and his wife, who had just learned she was pregnant) and he was a super-nice individual (which was a surprise- I’d always assumed he’d be pompous). I feel terrible for his children, but at least he left a huge video legacy and had some major quality time with them that they should remember. (Plus, his wife can always marry David Hyde Pierce and it’ll be like having a younger version of Tony around.)
Mickey Hargitay is still alive and selling flowers, and Ann Wedgeworth if she’s sober can still give major info on her younger days.
I am very sad. He was good on stage, in movies, and on TV. A triple threat.
David Hyde Pierce would be great in a movie on Randall’s life.
Come back, Dr. Lao!
I’m sad too. He always seemed so youthful, I thought we (and his kids) would have him well into his 90s.
Well, at least at 5 and 7 his children should be just old enough to keep a few firsthand memories of him.
So was Tony the first person to play a sympathetic gay lead in a TV show? (IIRC, Sidney Shorr was definitely gay in the TV movie, then ambiguously gay in the show, but it was still a major notch above Three’s Company in addressing the gay issue in primetime.)
Actually, answering my own question, I guess Billy Crystal in Soap would be first (and all gay men really wanna be women, don’tcha know, but whatever- I have to admit I thought most of the other plotlines on Soap were hysterical).
RIP. I loved The Odd Couple.
Well, soon their memories of his dodderage will fade, and they’ll know him more by his movies and TV.
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MPSIMS: My Dad Looks Like Tony Randall . . .
IMHO: How many Tony Randall Films Have You Seen? List!
Cafe Society: Tony Randall Dead at 84
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You left out
Great Debates: Should Felix & Oscar have been allowed to marry?
Great Debates: Tony Randall Dead at 84- WMDs still not found
Great Debates: WHY shouldn’t Felix & Oscar have been allowed to marry?
BBQ Pit: F*ck You Milum for Saying Felix & Oscar are in Hell!
You forgot one…
Great Debate: Did Randall Rob The Cradle <Y/N>?
IIRC, he did…or am I confused with Woody Alan? …or both did?
- Jinx
Ironically enough, he was found in total squalor.
Yes, I saw Jack Lemmon’s performance, but dammit, no one except Tony Randall can ever be Felix Unger.
It’s sad to realize that when Jack Klugman was facing severe health problems a few years ago, it was Tony Randall who helped him out.
And Eve, one more obligatory post:
General Questions to be moved to IMHO to be moved to MPSIMS to be moved to CS finally to be locked: Tony Randall has kids in his 70s - is that possible?
Great Debates: Tony Randall Dead- NOW will you admit the war in Iraq is justified?
Great Debates: Tony Randall Dead but Lefties still going on about Abu Ghraib
IMHO: Rabid Non-Smoker & Fitness Freak Randall Dead/Former 5 pack-a-day smoker Jack Klugman Still Alive, Well & Working- Can Smoking Really be THAT bad for you?