Bob Uecker, 89. Parlayed his mediocre playing career into a Hall of Fame career as a broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers, and as a baseball comedian in his appearances on the Tonight Show and in Miller Lite beer commercials, which resulted in his own TV series "Mr. Belvedere" in the late 80s.
Hey Eric, I know you remember him from his playing days as I. Just read the NYT obit; finally found out the origin of the surname (Swiss) after all these years. It was always fun seeing the full box scores with battery last names of last night’s games on the back page of the Daily News. So many neat names to this-then kid.
US actor Chris Robinson is 86. He was in The Long Rope (1961), TV show 12 O'Clock High (1965-67) amongst many other 1960s TV shows, Stanley (1972), the soap General Hospital (1978-2013), and another soap The Bold And The Beautiful (1992-2005),
Here he is in the lead role playing a fanatical snake charmer, in Stanley (1972)
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