Another childhood icon is gone

jimmo · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:52 am Post subject: Another childhood icon is gone

I was saddened by the news that Peter Graves passed away. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the TV series "Mission: Impossible" and was an icon from my childhood. It has been over 40 years, since MI first aired and I recently bought the first five seasons on DVD. It didn't have the effects found in show of the next generation, but I found the stories to be well done (albeit occassionally somewhat far fetched).

"Good luck, Jim!"

tripwire45 · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject:

"Good Morning, Mr. Phelps". Yeah. I know what you mean. I read this yesterday.
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tripwire45 · Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject:

Just read that Fess Parker died today at the age of 85. So long Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.
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jimmo · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:44 am Post subject:

tripwire45 · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject:

Both Graves and Parker had been married for many decades. A tribute to a time when marriage was taken seriously. I think both these men beat the typical Hollywood stereotype and lived lives if integrity. I'm sure they weren't perfect, but I haven't heard that either was involved in any sort of scandal. I wish we had guys like these for our kids to look up to today.
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tripwire45 · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject:

These things always happen in threes. Actor Robert Culp dies in a fall outside his Hollywood home at the age of 79. He played secret agent Kelly Robinson opposite Bill Cosby in the 1960s TV show "I Spy". Rest in Peace, Robert.
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