Dick Van Patten, who played the family patriarch on the ABC series Eight Is Enough, has died, his publicist Jeff Ballard confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 86. The soft-spoken actor died Tuesday morning at Saint John's Hospital in Santa Monica due to complications from diabetes. "He was the kindest man you could ever meet in life. A loving family man. They don't make them like him anymore," Ballard said in a statement. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Pat, a former June Taylor Dancer; sons Nels, Jimmy and Vincent, sister Joyce Van Patten and niece Talia Balsam,
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- 6/23/2015
- by Duane Byrge, Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Seinfeld star discusses the episode that ended his standup career, Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm get revolutionary – and an unexpected side to Bruce Forsyth
The week's comedy news
This week, we finally get the perpetrator's version of one of the most notorious blowouts in recent comedy history, as Seinfeld star Michael Richards opens up to Jerry himself about his racist tirade in a comedy club six years ago. Richards was Seinfeld's guest last week on the latter's new web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and towards the end of the video the erstwhile Kramer addresses the onstage rant – which took place at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood in 2006 – that seems to have ended his live comedy career. (He hasn't performed since.) In the footage, Richards is undeniably penitent: "Somebody interrupted my act," he remembers, "and said some things that hurt me, and I lashed out in...
The week's comedy news
This week, we finally get the perpetrator's version of one of the most notorious blowouts in recent comedy history, as Seinfeld star Michael Richards opens up to Jerry himself about his racist tirade in a comedy club six years ago. Richards was Seinfeld's guest last week on the latter's new web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and towards the end of the video the erstwhile Kramer addresses the onstage rant – which took place at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood in 2006 – that seems to have ended his live comedy career. (He hasn't performed since.) In the footage, Richards is undeniably penitent: "Somebody interrupted my act," he remembers, "and said some things that hurt me, and I lashed out in...
- 10/2/2012
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
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