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17 Dec 08 - 05:09 AM (#2517560) Subject: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: GUEST,Comrac Just read the sad news that actor Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. His daughter Catherine is seeking a court's approval for a conservatorship of her 81-year-old father, who she claims no longer recognizes people. A hearing has been scheduled for late January. Falk is familiar to most audiences as the star of the television series "Columbo," for which he won four Emmys. He was also nominated twice for Academy Awards for movie roles in 1959 and 1960. Peter lives in Beverly Hills with his wife and recently had hip surgery and requires constant care. I always think it's sad when someone who was part of your growing up years falls to illness, it shows both they and you are getting older. |
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17 Dec 08 - 06:00 AM (#2517591) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: gnu A fine actor. |
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17 Dec 08 - 07:29 AM (#2517653) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Will Fly Also guite a good artist. |
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17 Dec 08 - 07:35 AM (#2517663) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Beer Use to love his show. Sad indeed. Adrien |
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17 Dec 08 - 07:43 AM (#2517668) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: The Fooles Troupe He also did the fantastically funny movie "The Last Detective". |
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17 Dec 08 - 08:00 AM (#2517691) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: catspaw49 Quite sad.........A fantastic life, a great actor, fine artist...................Really hate to hear this news. Spaw |
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17 Dec 08 - 08:19 AM (#2517709) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: GUEST,Mrr Now that's a bloody shame! |
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17 Dec 08 - 08:21 AM (#2517714) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Ed T He was a fine entertainer, who made a mark. I rarely missed one of his Colombo programs throughout the years. |
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17 Dec 08 - 12:18 PM (#2517946) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Stilly River Sage Awww. He was a favorite, and for years, seemed quite ageless. He was apparently quite young when he was Glenn Ford's sidekick in one of my favorite holiday films A Pocketful of Miracles (also starring Bette Davis and Hope Lange). SRS |
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17 Dec 08 - 12:22 PM (#2517954) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: GUEST,Comrac He was brilliant in "Anzio" with Robert Mitchum. |
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17 Dec 08 - 12:41 PM (#2517980) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: GUEST,Tunesmith I remember the first time a saw Peter. He played a martial artist assassin. It might have been in an episode of tv show "The Naked City". Columbo was different in that the viewer knew who the killer was early in each episode, and then watched as Columbo put all the pieces together. |
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17 Dec 08 - 01:31 PM (#2518047) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Louie Roy Any one who has direct TV can watch a Peter Falk 2004 movie on Hallmark at 6 PM called (When Angels Come To Town) I don't know but this could be the last movie he made |
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17 Dec 08 - 01:32 PM (#2518049) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: topical tom More bad news. He was a consummate actor. |
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17 Dec 08 - 08:05 PM (#2518464) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Stilly River Sage I remember one time he was on Johnny Carson and had been having a few drinks in the green room first. He was sloshed, but was still very good. SRS |
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17 Dec 08 - 09:02 PM (#2518507) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: catspaw49 His movies were just great. From the stupid like "Robin and the Seven Hoods" to the humorous like Max in "The Great Race" to all those heartfelt often cranky older men/fathers/grandpas that he played in later life, Peter Falk created other characters as well drawn as Columbo ever was. The guy in "California Dolls" was just classic as was his portrayal of the bumbling but successful thief Tony Pina in "The Brink's Job. The remake of "The In-Laws" couldn't hold a candle to Peter and Alan Arkin. I never saw Peter Falk in a bad role or doing a part that was less than his best even when poorly written and in a schlocky movie. He is a great, great, actor and certainly one of the very best of his generation. Spaw |
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17 Dec 08 - 10:49 PM (#2518562) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: TRUBRIT This is really sad -- a horrible disease. I watched my mum did from premature Alzheimers back when they didn't have a name for it .... she was late 50s. Not pretty. My thoughts are with him and his family. |
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17 Dec 08 - 10:55 PM (#2518565) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: katlaughing You said it, Spaw. He has always been a class act and one of my favourites. |
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18 Dec 08 - 11:53 AM (#2518969) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Mr Red It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. |
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18 Dec 08 - 12:26 PM (#2519013) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: cudder meny a good tune played on an old fiddle good actor |
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18 Dec 08 - 12:45 PM (#2519024) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: Lizzie Cornish 1 I loved watching Columbo. Those wonderful 'pauses' he used to do. An excellent actor. |
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18 Dec 08 - 01:01 PM (#2519044) Subject: RE: BS: Peter Falk has Alzheimer's disease. From: GUEST,ARRAN I think that he's a grear actor, and well we hear his saying oh Just one thing |