Peter Falk has died.

[auntAgonist]

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-peter-falk-obit,0,7288457.story

KTLA News

10:31 a.m. PDT, June 24, 2011
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- "Columbo" star Peter Falk has died at the age of 83.

Family members tell KNX-1070 that Falk died Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills. They declined to discuss the cause of death.


The actor had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, according to his adopted daughter, Catherine Falk.

[mokawanis]

1. RIP

Always liked him. He had a style all his own, quirky and funny.

[Patiod]

2. RIP Columbo. Thanks for all the great entertainment!

But OT: Why the need for the obit to mention "adopted" daughter? I would hope that my father's obit won't credit me as his "adopted" daughter, but simply as his daughter.

[mokawanis]

3. Excellent point

While it's uplifting to know that he cared enough to adopt and raise a child the obit should have read "his daughter".

[auntAgonist]

11. That thought came to me also Patiod. She was his daughter

pure and simple.

:hi:

aa

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Compañero.

I can’t see you, but I know you’re here. I feel it. You’ve been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something. See that’s cold; that feels good. Or to smoke. Have coffee. Or if you do it together, that’s fantastic. Or to draw. You know, you take a pencil and you make a dark line, then you make a light line and together it’s a good line. Or when your hands are cold and you rub them together. See that’s good, that feels good. There’s so many good things, but you’re not here. I’m here. I wish you were here. I wish you could talk to me…cuz I’m a friend. Compañero.

http://neroon.tumblr.com/post/6723852205/oldfilmsflicker-peter-falk-i-cant-see-you

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9kjN5ISDQ&feature=related

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. ah,sad. RIP Columbo

:(

[kayakjohnny]

6. Damn, I liked that guy.

Laughed myself silly as a kid, watching The Great Race.


"Push the button, Max!!!"

[Tom_Foolery]

8. RIP, Mr. Falk...

I remember seeing Peter Falk on Johnny Carson's show in the '80s telling the story about when he played baseball as a kid. He said that he slid into home one time, and the umpire called him out. Mr. Falk said that he stood up, dusted himself off, and then handed the ump his glass eye, telling him that he needed it more than he did.

:rofl:

[ashling]

9. At the funeral mourners were stunned when

Mr. Faulk opened the casket to say: "Oh, just one more thing."



RIP Columbo

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. LOL

[av8rdave]

10. One of my favs. RIP Peter

[grasswire]

12. Serpentine!

The original "In-Laws" was one of the funniest movies ever!

He was a genius.

[driver8]

13. That is the first thing I thought of when I read this headline.

That movie absolutely kills me!!

"You were at the Bay of Pigs?".

"It was my idea..."

[bookworm65t]

14. Agreed!

Also, Murder By Death is hilarious too. Falk held his own and then some against the likes of Alec Guinness, Peter Sellars, Maggie Smith, and David Niven. Too bad it has been underrated.

Mr. Falk, :yourock:

[UTUSN]

16. My favorite moment: An extremely classy actress from the past

TOTALLY well-dressed/groomed, masterfully looked at him dismissively and said something like, (I can't remember the words.)


It was about his rumpled costume, compared to her haute stuff, and she was walking away, but couldn't resist turning back to offer him some "advice". And she said, "Liuetenant, why don't you get some... a new hat... and a new overcoat... and a new suit... "


She just kept going on and on, listing his multiple poor choices... Bwah-ha-HAH!1


I just luerve CLASSY WOMEN!1 (Who love dogs and low-life CARTOON characters like Andy CAPP and Barney, have a sense of HUMOR, are down to earth, and... ) But I digress.