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'Family Feud' TV host Richard Dawson dies at 79
chron.com/AP ^ | June 3, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 06/03/2012 8:28:37 AM PDT by kingattax

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s TV comedy "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.

Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney prisoner-of-war Cpl. Peter Newkirk on "Hogan's Heroes," died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan Memorial Hospital, his son Gary said.

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1 posted on 06/03/2012 8:28:42 AM PDT by kingattax
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Awwwwww...so sad. I was watching reruns of the Match Game last night.


2 posted on 06/03/2012 8:30:34 AM PDT by vickixxxx
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To: kingattax
Is this the same guy who was also the famous combative atheist?
3 posted on 06/03/2012 8:32:09 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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No, that’s Dawkins.


4 posted on 06/03/2012 8:33:24 AM PDT by Bogey78O (Don't call them jihadis. Call them irhabis. Tick them off, don't entertain their delusion.)
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To: kingattax

Survey says...


5 posted on 06/03/2012 8:34:20 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: kingattax

RIP and prayers for the family.

I always thought he was the best Family Feud host.


6 posted on 06/03/2012 8:38:33 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: kingattax

My favorite “Hogan’s Hero”. RIP.


7 posted on 06/03/2012 8:42:32 AM PDT by marygam (#Hurry November 2012, we might not make it#)
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To: kingattax

The Survey Says...

.....RIP


8 posted on 06/03/2012 8:43:38 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: kingattax

“The survey said......!!!!”

RIP


9 posted on 06/03/2012 8:44:36 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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Didn’t he introduce Bob Crane to, John Carpenter, the pervert who would later kill him and leave his brain on his car?


10 posted on 06/03/2012 8:44:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Vaquero

LOL, you got it right.


11 posted on 06/03/2012 8:45:37 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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To: kingattax

CARTER: Hey, look! I’m a Kraut corporal!
NEWKIRK: If you were, we would of won the war by now.


12 posted on 06/03/2012 8:46:24 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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RIP, Mr. Dawson. May your family find the Lord's comfort and peace in your passing. Truly he was a part of TV history, and played his parts well.
13 posted on 06/03/2012 8:51:17 AM PDT by 1lawlady (To G-d be the glory. Great things He has done!)
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I’m sure he hated being in Ronald Reagan Hospital. Dawson was a big time liberal.


14 posted on 06/03/2012 8:54:53 AM PDT by albie
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“Didn’t he introduce Bob Crane to, John Carpenter, the pervert who would later kill him and leave his brain on his car?”

If Carpenter is the guy I’m thinking of, it sure looked as if he killed Crane but nothing could be proven. In addition, JC, on his death bed was given a chance to come clean if he did murder Bob Crane and said he did not (FWIW).

I could be mistaken.


15 posted on 06/03/2012 8:56:22 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Forget the GOP and build the Constitution Party, because the status quo is no longer the way to go.)
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To: kingattax
Loved him in Hogan's Heroes:
16 posted on 06/03/2012 8:56:43 AM PDT by Adams (Fight on!)
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RIP Mr. Dawson. One of the most memorable bad guys ever....Running Man.

Arnold: I’ll Be Back
Dawson: Only in re-runs

See you in the re-runs.......


17 posted on 06/03/2012 9:00:39 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: kingattax
He was outstanding in Hogan's Heroes,Match Game and Family Feud.I love watching those Youtube videos of stupid game show answers...him asking an Air Force pilot “name one of the Three Bears” and the pilot says “Yogi”...great stuff.
18 posted on 06/03/2012 9:00:57 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (If Mugabe Had A Son He'd Look Like Obama)
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To: kingattax

Rest in Peace.

I liked him in Hogan’s Heroes and The Running Man.


19 posted on 06/03/2012 9:03:39 AM PDT by moviefan8
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To: kingattax

I could have sworn he died years ago..

RIP


20 posted on 06/03/2012 9:08:03 AM PDT by Hildy ("When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates)
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