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« on: February 14, 2006, 12:18:55 PM »
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/14/obit.brown.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Phil Brown, an actor who played Luke Skywalker's loving but doomed Uncle Owen in "Star Wars," died Thursday of pneumonia. He was 89.

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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2006, 01:18:48 PM »
Oh, wow. That's awful news. I can't believe it took so long for me to hear about it!
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2006, 02:39:47 PM »
Uhm...

Was that the highlight of his career? If so, not much of a career :s
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2006, 04:49:06 PM »
I don't know.  But that's all he probably ever had to mention to anyone...
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2006, 04:57:32 PM »
n the 1950s, Brown was blacklisted during the communist scare in the United States. A longtime progressive, Brown always denied being a communist.

Moving to London, he found work on stage and in such films as "Tropic of Cancer" (1970) and "Twilight's Last Gleaming" (1977).
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2006, 04:58:05 PM »
Well, not exactly "all" he had to mention, but the SW role is featured prominently on his website: http://www.philbrown.com/index.htm
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2006, 08:08:58 PM »
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2006, 02:02:29 AM »
There's nothing here for me now.
I want to go to Alderaan with Obi Wan.
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2006, 12:47:24 AM »
Well, the lovable Barney Fife is no more. :'(  Don Knotts passed away a few hours ago.  
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2006, 01:24:18 AM »
He was great.  >:(

Years in the future when Hollywood movies are computer-generated using the identities of all the famous actors of days gone by, Don Knotts must be one of them.
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2006, 04:33:43 AM »
That is really and truly sad. I love that show, and Barney Fife was one of the biggest reasons why.
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2006, 04:38:55 AM »
My favorite of his is still The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.  I need to own that one someday.
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2006, 04:53:47 AM »
It's sad that he's gone, but not a huge surprise.  He's been in a couple of interviews in the last month where it was obvious that he wasn't doing well.  He'll be missed.  Personally, I loved The Incredible Mister Limpet.  :)
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2006, 04:14:50 PM »
"Ghost and Mr. Chicken"--my brothers all *loved* that. I need to watch it again. Any of you remember that movie called "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975)? Cute movie and funny (of course).

But I knew (and loved) him best as the goofy, exitable Deputy Fife. At least he had a good, long career. What a great man.
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Re: Obituaries
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2006, 06:09:09 PM »
Darren McGavin, best known as the dad in "A Christmas Story" passed away yesterday too.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060226/ap_en_tv/obit_mcgavin;_ylt=AsB9yfO7nAunvJv88m6S0tWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-
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