{"id":998,"date":"2016-01-26T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2016\/01\/rip-abe-vigoda.html"},"modified":"2016-01-26T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:38:00","slug":"rip-abe-vigoda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2016\/01\/rip-abe-vigoda.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP Abe Vigoda"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5C5bmBy2bNc\/Vqf1ENAzojI\/AAAAAAAAGpk\/8vZ_jY85OAw\/s1600\/Vlcsnap-2010-07-09-18h26m01s25.png\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-5C5bmBy2bNc\/Vqf1ENAzojI\/AAAAAAAAGpk\/8vZ_jY85OAw\/s320\/Vlcsnap-2010-07-09-18h26m01s25.png\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m sad, and a little guilty.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/wireStory\/abe-vigoda-sunken-eyed-character-actor-dead-94-36528884\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Abe Vigoda has died<\/a>. The poor man became famous in our house as the fellow who was always thought to be dead.\u00a0 Apparently we weren\u2019t alone.\u00a0 He even made a minor comeback a few years ago in a Super Bowl commercial (the same one that re-jumped the career of Betty White), that caused a new wave of \u2018I didn\u2019t know he was still alive!\u2019.\u00a0 Of course he is most known as the ill fated Tessio from the monumental film <em>The Godfather<\/em>, and as Fish from the 70s TV show <em>Barney Miller<\/em>.\u00a0 But the ongoing joke that he was already dead had almost surpassed the Paul is Dead rumors of the late 60s.\u00a0 So it\u2019s with a little shame and much sorrow that I must say goodbye Mr. Vigoda.\u00a0 I hope you were a good sport about it all.\u00a0 It seems you lived a good, long life.\u00a0 Peace be with you and yours, and God\u2019s blessings for the joy you brought to my generation.\u00a0 Even if it wasn\u2019t always intentional.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sad, and a little guilty.\u00a0 Abe Vigoda has died. 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