2016 continues to give the world the middle finger and has taken another great from us. I'm so sad right now. Shocked and saddened. My thoughts go out to his family.

 

He was just on an episode of Fuller House season 2 His character was named Mike

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-thicke-dead-actor-was-69-955994

Edited December 14, 20168 yr by KMan101

The year keeps getting sucky.

It sure does. His poor son being with him. They were playing hockey. They seemed like a very close and loving family.

This year continues to be utterly brutal!

How awful. I never liked Growing Pains very much but he was a warm and funny comic presence. He was also on Hope & Gloria, an underrated sitcom. It seems like in recent years he was mostly known for his son Robin but he clearly kept on working. 

 

And of course he was married to Gloria Loring (Liz Chandler, DAYS) for years.

Edited December 14, 20168 yr by DRW50

Horrible!!!  

man oh man have I never wished a year to end!

RIP!!!

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7624440/alan-thicke-10-best-television-theme-songs

RIP Alan.

Horrible news.

Cannot believe he was just on Fuller House. He played an clueless old man, but he never stopped seeming vital IRL. RIP.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-thicke-dead-hollywood-pays-tribute-956001

 

I do hope Leonardo DiCaprio has enough class to comment.

Edited December 14, 20168 yr by Vee

Has he ever commented on Growing Pains? 

Leo commented!!!!

 

 

Very classy and heartfelt.     RIP, your musical influences and great performances will be missed!

 

I really wish I'd watched more of his silly scripted reality show on Pop, I think it'll be too sad to do so now.  I certainly watched GP as a kid, and my goodness, what can I say about those classic theme songs...

 

Mr. Thicke hosted a Saturday afternoon show about animals that I watched faithfully.  His co-host was a cute (treacly?) little hedgehog puppet.

 

Whenever Robin is mentioned, I always think of Brennan who has always been the "star" offspring of the family since he voiced Dennis the Menace.  My cousins and I watched every weekday after school.

 

RIP Robin Thicke

I loved Growing Pains, I loved Unusually Thicke, I loved Rich Ginger on B&B, and I loved Alan Thicke the person. He had a terrific sense of humour about himself. He was a proud Canadian. Gone way too soon.