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Leon Askin, Actor who played General Burkhalter on "Hogan's Heroes" has died
KTRE ^ | 6/3/05

Posted on 06/03/2005 11:30:36 AM PDT by Borges

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1 posted on 06/03/2005 11:30:37 AM PDT by Borges
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97?! Hot dang! Godspeed this funny guy.


2 posted on 06/03/2005 11:31:56 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Borges

In his Burkhalter days he would have made a good Nero Wolfe if he had more hair.


3 posted on 06/03/2005 11:32:24 AM PDT by Argh
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He was terrific as General Burkhalter. What I found hilarious was his plain sister, Gertruda, going after Col. Klink with Burkhalter pushing the match.


4 posted on 06/03/2005 11:33:03 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Borges

May he rest in peace.


5 posted on 06/03/2005 11:33:18 AM PDT by T Lady (G.W. Bush to Kerry & the MSM: "I've come to settle the Family Business.")
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To: Borges

Amazing! No wonder he did the German accent so well........RIP, hero, you deserve a rest.........


6 posted on 06/03/2005 11:33:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Want to be surprised? Goooooooogle your own name.............)
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To: Borges
Askin was born into a Jewish family in Vienna and fled to the U-S to avoid persecution by the Nazis. He served in the U-S Army during World War Two before getting into acting.

I can't think of a better parody than a Jewish actor playing an incompetent Nazi-era German general.

7 posted on 06/03/2005 11:33:54 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady." - Tolkien)
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8 posted on 06/03/2005 11:33:56 AM PDT by agitator (...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
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To: Frank_Discussion
Wasn't Eddie Albert 97 years old also when he died a few days ago?


9 posted on 06/03/2005 11:34:47 AM PDT by Max Flatow
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To: Borges

KLEEENK, you are going to the Russian Front!


10 posted on 06/03/2005 11:34:47 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: Frank_Discussion

I thought he died long ago.....


11 posted on 06/03/2005 11:34:50 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems are putting all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: Frank_Discussion

Notice that the two guys who played Nazi Germany officers on Hogan's Heroes were Jews!


12 posted on 06/03/2005 11:35:01 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Max Flatow

Eddie Albert was actually 99!


13 posted on 06/03/2005 11:35:49 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Semper Paratus

KLEEENK, who is this man?


14 posted on 06/03/2005 11:35:57 AM PDT by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
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To: kaktuskid

IIRC, Werner Klemperer survived a concentration camp in his youth.


15 posted on 06/03/2005 11:39:14 AM PDT by wolfpat (dum vivimus, vivamus)
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To: Borges
How about his 'lovely' sister... Gerrrtruda?
16 posted on 06/03/2005 11:39:24 AM PDT by johnny7 (PREDICTION; Bill Clinton will die of 'Arafat's Disease'.)
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To: 50sDad

"Verry eenteresting Klink. But stupid!"


17 posted on 06/03/2005 11:40:17 AM PDT by sofaman
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To: Borges

Yep! Bunch a ol' codgers, I hope to become one of them myself!


18 posted on 06/03/2005 11:41:58 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: theDentist

Apparently, he was only Mostly Dead (tm) /Miracle Max


19 posted on 06/03/2005 11:43:21 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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20 posted on 06/03/2005 11:43:29 AM PDT by agitator (...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
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