Richard Dawson dies at 79

[azmouse]

Quote:LOS ANGELES -- Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s TV comedy "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.

Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney prisoner-of-war Cpl. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes," died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan Memorial Hospital, his son Gary said.


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[Treestar]

I'm having this weird mind freeze - I could have sworn he died a while back.

Must be thinking of someone else.

[pappy]

(06-03-2012 03:58 PM)Treestar Wrote:  I'm having this weird mind freeze - I could have sworn he died a while back.

Must be thinking of someone else.

That's happened to me for years.

[Fire1]

I've forgotten what he looks like! Did he play a role in something else?

[Born_A_Truman]

Hogan's Heroes


Family Feud

Ray Combs hosted Family Feud and committed suicide in 1996, ironically also on June 2nd.

[DFW]

Didn't he also play a parody of a game show host in a Schwarzenegger film?

[pappy]

(06-04-2012 01:04 AM)DFW Wrote:  Didn't he also play a parody of a game show host in a Schwarzenegger film?

Yep, "Running Man".

[Treestar]

I liked his English accent. He was one of the first people I heard of with it as a kid.