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Posted by Peter Kerchinsky (Member # 1098) on 07-01-2003, 03:39 PM:

Heard on CBS a bit ago that actor/comedian Buddy Hackett passed away today. I believe they said he was 78.
His best film, no doubt, was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World.
Will be missed.

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 07-01-2003, 05:09 PM:

Jeese.....

It is sad to see all these icons pass on. I wish his friends and family the best.

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 07-01-2003, 07:19 PM:

I remember him best from "The Music Man". Sad indeed. But we always have his films.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-01-2003, 11:20 PM:

While installing a theatre in Aspen, CO., I was told by the locals that Hackett made his summer home in Snowmass, CO. And that he was also assistant fire chief over there..... Somehow I can certainly imagine Buddy hanging around the fire station... He would have fit that role to a tee!!
The world will miss him.
Mark

Posted by John Westlund (Member # 913) on 07-02-2003, 02:03 AM:

I'll never forget the first time I watched its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. I watched with my uncle and he loved that movie. Now I love that movie and im sure it will continue on for years. Buddy Will be missed.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-02-2003, 06:15 AM:

I really like "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World". I thought he was cast perfectly for the part as well as all the other actors...they all "clicked" together to make a great film.

He acted in several other films and on TV. So sad, another icon has passed.

Thankfully, he will live on in images for all to enjoy in the future.

>>> Phil