TV's Earl Hindman dead at 61 (unseen neighbor on "Home Improvement")

ABC News | 12/30/03 | Gigantor

[Gigantor]

Earl Heindman, who played the next door neighbor on TV's Home Improvement has died at age 61 in Connecticut, from Lung Cancer.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Seemed like a nice guy. What a shame. Closed casket, I assume.

[Charles Henrickson]

The guy behind the fence. He later did radio commercials for some "Home Depot" type store.

[StopDemocratsDotCom]

How will Wilson hide his face this week? That's what "Home Improvement" viewers have been wondering for the past eight years. It was a challenging question the show's directors also faced. After Tim Allen came up with the idea of having a neighbor shown only from the nose up, the directors had to think of clever new ways to hide Wilson (Earl Hindman) whenever he was in a scene. During the show's 201 episodes, Wilson has been hidden by some pretty funny things.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The IMDB lists him as Earl Hindman here;

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0385561/

[Charles Henrickson]

BTW, it's "Hindman," not "Heindman." See if you can get the thread title corrected.

[oceanperch]

Wilson was cool. Alot of older freepers sometimes remind me of Wilson.

Wonder if he will be the last for 2003? Or will MJ really follow through with his threat.

[mass55th]

Lung cancer killed my father at age 72 in l978, and my mother at age 69 in 1990.

[TN4Liberty]

Closed casket, I assume.

Pure brilliance, Leroy.

[Charles Henrickson]

.Wilson Pickett .. . Wilson, Picket

[brooklin]

Rest in piece, good neighbor.

[Houmatt]

As much as I hate to say it, I think I am going to have to watch ET or E News Daily to see what Tim Allen et al has to say about Earl's passing.

[Houmatt]

Actually it was Home Depot. And not just radio, but TV as well.

[renosathug]

Missed this bump.