TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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Cast member died during production

  1. Chico and the Man - lead actor, Freddie Prinze committed suicide
  2. Cheers - main cast member Nicholas Colasanto (Coach) died of a heart attack.
  3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Mako, who played Uncle Iroh, died from cancer
  4. Rizzoli & Isles - Lee Thompson Young, who played Barry Frost, committed suicide
  5. The Big Bang Theory - Carol Ann Susi who played Mrs. Wolowitz died of cancer.
  6. Hotel - Anne Baxter, who played hotel owner Victoria Cabot, died of a stroke.
  7. Hill Street Blues - Michael Conrad, who played Sgt Phil Esterhaus, died of cancer during the fourth season.
  8. Night Court - Selma Diamond died of cancer; she played Selma Hacker.
  9. Wagon Train - lead, Ward Bond, died of a heart attack midway through season 4. Replaced without any explanation by actor John McIntire
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Cast member died during production

  1. Chico and the Man - lead actor, Freddie Prinze committed suicide
  2. Cheers - main cast member Nicholas Colasanto (Coach) died of a heart attack.
  3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Mako, who played Uncle Iroh, died from cancer
  4. Rizzoli & Isles - Lee Thompson Young, who played Barry Frost, committed suicide
  5. The Big Bang Theory - Carol Ann Susi who played Mrs. Wolowitz died of cancer.
  6. Hotel - Anne Baxter, who played hotel owner Victoria Cabot, died of a stroke.
  7. Hill Street Blues - Michael Conrad, who played Sgt Phil Esterhaus, died of cancer during the fourth season.
  8. Night Court - Selma Diamond died of cancer; she played Selma Hacker.
  9. Wagon Train - lead, Ward Bond, died of a heart attack midway through season 4. Replaced without any explanation by actor John McIntire
  10. Petticoat Junction - Bea Benaderet died of cancer during the 6th season. Sitcom characters didn’t die in the 1960s. Kate Bradley “went out of town” and never came back, without any explanation.

The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
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My husband had just been diagnosed with congestive heart failure at the same time Bobby was dying of it. He refused to watch, understandably. I never cried harder for any character as I did for Bobby Simone.

:cry:

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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - Good Times
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - Good Times
  7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - The Sopranos
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The character died, but the actor didn’t

  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - Good Times
  7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - The Sopranos
  8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - Two and a Half Men

Had a piano dropped on him. Somewhere, Tex Avery is smiling.

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  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - Good Times
  7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - The Sopranos
  8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - Two and a Half Men
  9. Lady Marjorie (Rachel Gurney) - Upstairs, Downstairs
    set out for the US on the Titanic
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  1. Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Barr) - Roseanne/The Conners
  2. Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) - West Wing
  3. Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) - M * A * S * H
  4. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) - NYPD Blue
  5. Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) - Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. James Evans, Sr. (John Amos) - Good Times
  7. Christopher Moltisante (Michael Imperioli) - The Sopranos
  8. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) - Two and a Half Men
  9. Lady Marjorie (Rachel Gurney) - Upstairs, Downstairs
  10. Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) - Lethal Weapon

Riggs never died in the movie series, but he was killed off in the television series.

New category:

Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation

Played by the same actress who played the nurse Chapel in the original series, and the voice of the computers.

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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
  4. Q, TNG
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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
  4. Q, TNG
  5. Spot, TNG, Picard, and two movies

Data’s pet cat.

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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
  4. Q, TNG
  5. Spot, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  6. Gul Dukat, DS9
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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
  4. Q, TNG
  5. Spot, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  6. Gul Dukat, DS9
  7. Guinan, TNG, Picard, and two movies
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Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The next generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS
  4. Q, TNG
  5. Spot, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  6. Gul Dukat, DS9
  7. Guinan, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  8. Lore (Data’s amoral brother), TNG
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Several of these characters have appeared even more recently; entries amended.

Recurring characters in the Star Trek franchise

  1. Peanut Hamper, Lower Decks
  2. Lwaxana Troi, The Next Generation
  3. Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd, TOS, Discovery
  4. Q, TNG, DS9, VGR
  5. Spot, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  6. Gul Dukat, DS9
  7. Guinan, TNG, Picard, and two movies
  8. Lore (Data’s amoral brother), TNG, Picard
  9. Garak, DS9