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Ex-'Little Rascals' Star Found Stabbed To Death
AP via WKMG ^
| October 22, 2002
Posted on 10/22/2002 1:11:05 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy
They're bustin' up that old gang of mine. This is really sad. How I used to enjoy watching those old "Our Gang" flicks.
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Well met. But that's Stymie in the pic. Matthew Beard, I think.
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:29:23 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Shermy
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:30:40 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: tracer
The site says it was a heart attack.
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:30:43 PM PDT
by
Gumlegs
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
I thought he was killed in a hunting accident? I loved the Little Rascals and Our Gang. I still watch them from time to time when I catch them on t.v.
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:31:38 PM PDT
by
MsLady
To: tracer
To: Gumlegs
Oh Tay!!!
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:32:07 PM PDT
by
tracer
To: ErnBatavia
Oh, thank you!!
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:33:01 PM PDT
by
tracer
To: onedoug
You are right, that's Stymie. They had the wrong photo on his tribute. Here's Buckwheat.
To: Gumlegs
"William B. Thomas."
What does the "B." stand for??
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:34:05 PM PDT
by
tracer
To: tracer
Actually, that looks more like Farina to me....but it's been a loooooong time.
To: MsLady
Blake's acting career, though, was more successful than those of his "Our Gang" contemporaries
Some of them, like Blake's wife, the 44-year-old Bonny Lee Bakley, even died violently, beginning with "Pete the Pup," the pit bull with the black circle around his left eye who was the gang's mascot. The original Pete was poisoned by an unknown assailant.
Among others:
# Robert "Wheezer" Hutchins, who died in a military plane accident in 1945 at age 19.
# "Froggie" Laughlin, who was killed in a 1948 motorscooter accident at age 16.
# "Alfalfa" Switzer, who was shot to death in 1959 in a fight over a $50 debt at age 31.
Darla Hood, who later lent her voice to well-known television advertisements for Campbell's Soup and Chicken of the Sea, also died tragically -- in 1979 from hepatitis she contracted in a hospital she had checked into for a minor operation, according to the book "Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang," by Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann. She was 47.
My hero, "Spanky" McFarland, was a successful Texas businessman when he died of a heart attack in 1993 at age 64.
Many other Rascals, including Porky and Butch, are still around. "Porky" Lee, who lives in Minnesota, sells autographed pictures of himself on the Internet; "Butch" Bond, a California resident, also has a Web page.
And we can't forget the Mickey character. He currently resides in the Los Angeles County Jail.
To: onedoug
Right on. That's Stymie. He had a bad drug problem, but was a very nice person I hear. I also hear that he was hurt in later years because modern blacks thought his acting "politically incorrect'. I always laugh at this. Just turn on MTV and look at the black rap and hip hop performers, Stymie had tons more class and dignity than any of them.
To: Gumlegs
How could he have been a PFC during World War 2, seeing as how he was born in 1931? A 10-14 year old PFC???
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:37:25 PM PDT
by
xrp
To: Shermy
Ed Cobb died recently (earlier this year or late last year).
There are still several Rascals around. More of the pre-Spanky gang than you might think. Hal Roach outlived most of his talent pool though (he was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he turned 100).
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:39:59 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: Poohbah
Chief Moose just announced that the shooting of Buckwheat has been linked to The Sniper. Studds was seen at Dulles boarding a Saudi Airlines flight to Syria that departed an hour ago.
More news as it becomes available -- exclusively on CNN.........
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:40:25 PM PDT
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tracer
To: xrp; Gumlegs
AHA!!
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:42:07 PM PDT
by
tracer
To: xrp
How could he have been a PFC during World War 2, seeing as how he was born in 1931? A 10-14 year old PFC???He lied about his age ... ?
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:50:24 PM PDT
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Gumlegs
To: Shermy
OTAH ! ...Isn't that 3 of Our gang that has been murdered now? Are my thoughts incorrect?..and of course Robert Blake charged with murder.
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Alfalfa was a Masonic Illuminatus? Say it ain`t so! :-)
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posted on
10/22/2002 1:54:49 PM PDT
by
Loyalist
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