RIP Tom Poston

[alohabear]

Character Actor Tom Poston is dead at 85...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as "Newhart" and "Mork and Mindy," has died. He was 85.

Poston, who was married to Suzanne Pleshette of "The Bob Newhart Show," died Monday night at home after a brief illness, a family representative, Tanner Gibson, said Tuesday. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.

I always thought he was a funny man


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[tikiyaki]

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Character Actor Tom Poston is dead at 85...I always thought he was a funny man


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Wow, he was married to Susanne Pleshette...who knew? I thought she was Bob Newhart's wife

At least he got to 85...seems like the celebs don't live as long as most folks.

[tutusue]

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That makes me sad. I have great Tom Poston memories; seated on a bus for 3 hours waiting for a driving rain to let up so we could get back to work. Imagine being a captive audience for Tom, Louie Nye and Doodles Weaver! Whatta 3 hours that was!!! RIP, Tom, and thanks for the memories...and the laughs.

[DannyWilliams]

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Wow, he was married to Susanne Pleshette...who knew? I thought she was Bob Newhart's wife

Tom was a great joy in the TV Circuit arena and yeah I was suprised that he was married to Suzanne

Not that it was a bad thing but kinda makes ya think ur behind on your whos married to whom in celebworld.

Anyone remember the finale of "Newhart"?!?
I thought it was cute that Bob woke up (I may be describing this worng cause its been awhile anyways) and found two wives in bed with him. The actress that played his TV Wife on Newhart and good ol Suzanne who played his TV Wife from "The Bob Newhart Show......

Nice way to go out with a bang and not to stray off.....


R.I.P. Tom

[blueyecicle]

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Too bad, I was a big fan

[oceanpacific]

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Tom was a great joy in the TV Circuit arena and yeah I was suprised that he was married to Suzanne

Not that it was a bad thing but kinda makes ya think ur behind on your whos married to whom in celebworld.

Anyone remember the finale of "Newhart"?!?
I thought it was cute that Bob woke up (I may be describing this worng cause its been awhile anyways) and found two wives in bed with him. The actress that played his TV Wife on Newhart and good ol Suzanne who played his TV Wife from "The Bob Newhart Show......

Nice way to go out with a bang and not to stray off.....


R.I.P. Tom

RE: NEWHART

He woke up and remarked to his wife that he just had a dream about running a lodge. His wife turned out to be "Emily Hartley" (Suzanne Pleshette) from THE BOB NEWHART SHOW. So, NEWHART was just a dream .........

[DannyWilliams]

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RE: NEWHART

He woke up and remarked to his wife that he just had a dream about running a lodge. His wife turned out to be "Emily Hartley" (Suzanne Pleshette) from THE BOB NEWHART SHOW. So, NEWHART was just a dream .........

ahhhhhhhh yeah thats how it went

Like I said it's been awhile since I have seen the FINALE

[helen]

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Wow, he was married to Susanne Pleshette...who knew?

Was news to me too but when I checked on Tom's entry on IMDb they have only been married since 2001.

For me his most memorable role was playing George in Newhart.

[tutusue]

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[...]For me his most memorable role was playing George in Newhart.

I loved watching him on the old Steve Allen show...great stuff. After that, he did a lot of game shows. That was the era he was in when I had the pleasure of working with him.

As a very minor piece of trivia...the mother of a friend of mine dates a man who could be Poston's twin; not much difference in age, even. Max gets stopped on the street for autographs. It will be interesting to see how people react to him once it's common knowledge that Poston passed on.