News RIP Old person I've never heard of

**RealSNR** · 05-30-2021, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Famous in the 70's is different than in 2021. With only 3 channels of entertainment, if you were a "star" on a hit show, you were a big deal nationwide.

You're a star on a current broadcast hit TV show, I probably have no clue who you are.

Yeah. That household name BJ Thomas. Really famous.

Pablo · 05-30-2021, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR

Yeah. That household name BJ Thomas. Really famous.

BryanBusby · 05-30-2021, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR

Yeah. That household name BJ Thomas. Really famous.

I mean who doesn't remember a good ol' BJ?

**Baby Lee** · 05-30-2021, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR

Yeah. That household name BJ Thomas. Really famous.

Guess it depends on your background. I wouldn't say BJ Thomas is the most famous person in the world, but growing up my mom listened to 61 Country all the livelong day. So as a kid I knew BJ Thomas, Eddie Rabbit, Mandrell Sisters, Bellamy Brothers, Crystal Gale, etc., more than most people knew The Eagles or Led Zeppelin.

I would imagine the other demographics have similar experiences for folks like Quincy Jones, Valerie Simpson, James Ingram, etc.

**alpha_omega** · 06-01-2021, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR

Yeah. That household name BJ Thomas. Really famous.

So famous that I used to confuse him with the guy from BJ and the Bear.

**alpha_omega** · 06-02-2021, 09:11 AM

RIP

Perfect example for this thread. I didn't recognize the name, but this dude has some credits.

Robert Hogan, known for 'The Wire' and 'Peyton Place,' dead at 87

.........The list is long — starting in the early 1960s on such dramas as "Cheyenne," "Hawaiian Eye," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Fugitive" and the final-season "Twilight Zone" episode "Spur of the Moment." He also appeared in comedies of the era including "Hazel" and "The Donna Reed Show."

He would continue to amass credits throughout that decade and the next two, with stops at popular comedy and drama series including "Batman," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Bonanza," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Hogan’s Heroes," "Hawaii Five-O," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "McCloud," "Love American Style," "Mission: Impossible," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Hill Street Blues," "Newhart," "St. Elsewhere," "One Day at a Time," "Magnum P.I." and "Spenser: For Hire."......

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-place-dead-87

**sd4chiefs** · 06-06-2021, 08:52 PM

RIP

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.

https://apnews.com/article/entertain...2ecf3dff60cc67

**Rain Man** · 06-06-2021, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

RIP

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.

https://apnews.com/article/entertain...2ecf3dff60cc67

That's one of the earliest TV shows that I remember in my life.

**srvy** · 06-06-2021, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

RIP

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.

https://apnews.com/article/entertain...2ecf3dff60cc67

Oh damn I watched that show religiously growing up. RIP Linc

Peggy Lipton was my crush as a teen

06-02-2021, 09:11 AM	#6
alpha_omega Supporter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Liberty Casino cash: $1241251	RIP Perfect example for this thread. I didn't recognize the name, but this dude has some credits. Robert Hogan, known for 'The Wire' and 'Peyton Place,' dead at 87 .........The list is long — starting in the early 1960s on such dramas as "Cheyenne," "Hawaiian Eye," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Fugitive" and the final-season "Twilight Zone" episode "Spur of the Moment." He also appeared in comedies of the era including "Hazel" and "The Donna Reed Show." He would continue to amass credits throughout that decade and the next two, with stops at popular comedy and drama series including "Batman," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Bonanza," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Hogan’s Heroes," "Hawaii Five-O," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "McCloud," "Love American Style," "Mission: Impossible," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Hill Street Blues," "Newhart," "St. Elsewhere," "One Day at a Time," "Magnum P.I." and "Spenser: For Hire."...... https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...-place-dead-87
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sd4chiefs error 404 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bizarro World Casino cash: $8800445	RIP Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81. https://apnews.com/article/entertain...2ecf3dff60cc67 __________________ “It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” – Mark Twain.
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