Posted on 02/08/2020 12:43:23 AM PST by Rastus
Actor and comedian Orson Bean is dead after being struck by a car while crossing the street ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bean was allegedly jaywalking in Venice Friday night when he was clipped by one vehicle and then struck by another. We're told Bean died at the scene and both vehicles stayed after the incident. Cops are currently investigating whether the collision was criminal or an accident.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
On Johnny Carson, 1974 https://youtu.be/fnvbwrPDxrc
You think the two loved ones I cared for for two decades would have been better off if they'd been run over? They're not here to ask, but if they were they'd tell you, very politely, where to go. And, after looking at that scene, I'm still betting the driver/s bear some responsibility.
He had just done a show with Steyn recently.
“Father-in-law of Andrew Breitbart”
I had no idea!
The rest of his life...
sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry,sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry,sorry, sorry,
They say the first vehicle clipped him, then people were trying to get the next vehicle to slow down or stop, he/she was apparently distracted, and killed Mr. Bean.
IIRC, Orson was Andrew’s FIL. Yes?
RIP, Sir. Prayers for you and your family.
An aunt and uncle took my family there in the 1950’s. Said, “See those people on sitting on the sidewalk beating on bongos? They are beat. We call them Beatniks around here.”
GREAT story. Thank you.
Gross and sad, what Venice, and many areas of CA have become.
Thanks for the personal report.
I told him to remember to take the blindfold off after the show ...
Very cool story!! Thanks.
Yes.
I hadn’t heard that name in so many years that I was unaware he was even still with us. RIP Orsen, and thanks for the comedy you provided for all those years.
R.I.P. Orson Bean.
He was always on the panel of To Tell the Truth when I was a kid, sitting next to Peggy Cass. Soupy Sales might have also been on those panels.
Mark Steyn had him as a guest on his video show, which you can catch on Steynonline.com. No doubt there will an extensive obit, as that is one of the many things Mr. Steyn does professionally.
Also related to President Calvin Coolidge as I remember.
And Kitty Carlisle...hubba, hubba!
That may be the most remarkable post I have ever read on FR. Thanks!
Beats having cancer, stroke or Alzheimers. I should be so lucky to be struck and killed shortly thereafter rather than rot or waste away. He dodged a bullet.
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