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I forgot...I imagine Richard Simmons playing himself as a recurring character on GH back in the day had to be one of the more unique cases. He was a celebrity known for something other than acting (although he had yet to reach his highest success), just playing himself in the GH universe, giving exercise classes and basically being a supporting talk-to character in other people's stories. GH had Jack Wagner having hit songs IRL when Frisco sang them on the show. Ricky Martin also sang on the show when he played Miguel.

OLTL - Bringing Michael Zaslow back to have David Renaldi return with ALS. Also, although it's not any specific story, Clint Buchanan was, to some degree, written around Clint Ritchie's cowboy personality and lifestyle. CB's Happy Horse ranch was named the same as CR's, and they used some of CR's horses on the show. GH - Jon Hanley, Lucy's friend/assistant during the early Nurse's Ball years, was HIV+ as was his portrayer, Lee Mathis GL - I wasn't watching at the time but I am aware of Charita Bauer's amputation, thus resulting in the same for Bert Bauer. AMC - JR Martinez being brought on to portray a disfigured vet.

Lee Lawson (Bea Reardon) has died. (Sorry for repeating, I hadn't seen the dedicated post in the Discuss The Soaps topic.)

Just his television credits alone from the 50s through 80s are numerous and there was plenty beyond that. He was everywhere.

Aw, I believe Takarada was the last surviving main cast member. I think he also expressed feeling sorry for "Godzilla" because humanity was responsible for him. RIP "Ogata." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tova-borgnine-dies-qvc-home-171345796.html Tova Borgnine Dies: QVC Home Shopping Star And Wife Of Ernest Borgnine Was 80

He was on OLTL in the late 80s. He was part of the Patrick London impersonating Bo Buchanan story as one of PatBo's henchmen. I have a little bit of him on tape from some stuff I had saved from that storyline. Actually, I found this link on youtube. You can see Colm starting around the 2:24 mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpDdP6blsqI

I'm game. Heck, whenever I watch an old movie or tv show and see a familiar character actor, I'll often say "he was on Star Trek" or "she was on a soap"...sometimes both. Those are my biggest frames of reference, lol. @janea4old I know between DS9 and RH, there was also Casey Biggs (Damar) and James Sloyan (Dr. Mora, Odo's Bajoran "father").

Garak and Captain Janeway as siblings, lol. 😁

Here are a couple of blasts from the past! 😁 Andrew, in particular, was a familiar face in tv and movies before and after RH. The story supposedly is that RH let him go after 2 years because they feared the audience identified him too strongly with his "Dirty Harry" film role. But he appeared in a lot of tv shows in the 70s and 80s. And he also played Liberace in a tv biopic. Nana was pretty young, around 20, and it was one of her earliest tv roles.

Andrew Robinson & Nana Visitor, aka Frank #2 and Nancy Feldman #3.

Being one of the millions who grew up watching them, I loved "Luis" and "Maria", "Mr. Hooper", "Gordon" and "Bob". And, of course, Jim Henson and the world he helped create.

I used to love these as a kid. Heck, I want to eat them now.

I guess looking at that original disguise situation in another way...I suppose there weren't too many men's wigs in Wyndham's Department Store. 😄 The other options would have been to either dye, straighten or cut TG's hair...dyeing it would have made him look like his costar, Richard Simmons, and straightening or cutting it...well, considering it was such a huge trademark of Luke's at the time, that probably wouldn't have gone over too well with the fans. 😛

I think Michael Levin's toupee contributed to his popularity on RH. OTOH, I remember wondering at the time why, when Luke and Laura were on the run the first time, she had to wear such an obvious wig while Luke's more unique, easy-to-identify appearance was unchanged....not even a fake 'stache. I mean, Laura would have blended into the crowd with her natural hair a lot easier than Luke should have.

Meat Loaf did a pretty intense episode of The Haunting of with Kim Russo. He struck me as being both strong and fragile, if that makes sense.

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Yes. He was in the hospital with a terminal illness and could barely move. He had spoken of suicide before. He got a drug dealer to bring him what he needed. Jill discovered the pills and threw them in the trash can in Ken's room. When he died, they thought Jill had mercy-killed him until they discovered a letter written by Ken in Little John's notebook, saying that he had managed to retrieve the pills and had taken them.

Sigh. Not even 2 weeks into 2022 yet.

I just rewatched one of my favorite movies, Lilies of the Field, yesterday and was wondering how he was doing. Then I saw the news this morning. 😥

She's with her beloved Allen.

Clayton Norcross (B&B) will be recurring starting in January on an Italian game show called Avanti Un Altro (Forward, Another). He'll be part of a rotating group of 6 people who sit at the side of the stage, 2 of whom end up getting chosen by players to ask themed questions. I've never watched B&B but, since I have 2 Italian cable channels, I sometimes see B&B actors appear on various talk and game shows there.

Turner Classic Movies 2021 Memorial

Eddie Mekka, who played Carmine Ragusa on Laverne & Shirley, has died. It was posted on his FB page. I believe this leaves only Cindy Williams and Michael McKean from the original, pre-California cast. "It is with deep regret that we share with you the passing of our beloved Eddie Mekka. Eddie passed away peacefully in his Newhall, California home on Saturday, November 27, 2021. He was 69 years old. At this time, we do ask that all media inquiries be withheld during his family's time of grief and mourning. We welcome you to share your memories of Eddie and your condolences to his family on this fan page. Rest In Peace Eddie"