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Robert Conrad Passes
2020-02-09
[LATimes] Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series "Hawaiian Eye" and "The Wild, Wild West," has died. He was 84.

Family spokesman Jeff Ballard said Conrad died Saturday morning in Malibu from heart failure. A small private service is planned for March 1, which would have been Conrad’s 85th birthday.

"He lived a wonderfully long life and while the family is saddened by his passing, he will live forever in their hearts," Ballard said.
Always liked him, starting with the reruns of "Wild Wild West".
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Posted by:charger

#8  Bye bye, black sheep.
Posted by: gorb   2020-02-09 19:43  

#7  love black sheep squadron murcek!
Posted by: Chris   2020-02-09 19:30  

#6  Conrad also did a fine turn as G. Gordon Liddy in a TV movie.
Posted by: charger   2020-02-09 14:54  

#5  The movie is worth it for Kenneth Branagh's Loveless alone. The definition of over the top by a world class actor.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-09 13:46  

#4  Wild Wild West was one of my favorite shows growing up. While the character West was in two or three athletic "fistfights" per episode, he hardly ever just drew his gun and started blasting. Plus the show had a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek aspect. Ross Martin (Gordon) getting into disguise and hamming it up was a big part of the fun. The movie with Will Smith was OK but mostly missed the spirit of the original show.
Posted by: PBMcL   2020-02-09 11:15  

#3  ...Kind of a sad story re WWW - the show was actually in the Nielsen Top 10 when it was cancelled. The problem was that in the wake of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, TV violence was blamed as one of the underlying causes, and WWW was unfortunately one of - if not the most - violent shows on at the time. So CBS chairman Robert Paley offered it up as a sacrifice.

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2020-02-09 10:29  

#2  the original James West.

Also good TV.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-02-09 07:34  

#1  Black Sheep Squadron. Good TV.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-09 01:56  

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