We lost a large number of TV show veterans in January 2009 but, thankfully, far fewer left us in February.
The talented TV-related folks that left us in February include James Whitmore, One Life to Live's Phil Carey (All in the Family, Little House on the Prairie, The Bionic Woman, and Gunsmoke), Blossom Dearie (The Today Show and Schoolhouse Rock!), and Ed Cotter (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Dear John, and Family Matters).
James Whitmore, 87, died on February 6th at his Malibu, CA home. The actor was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2008. Whitmore had a long list of movie and Broadway credits but also guested on TV shows like The Practice, The White Shadow, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, and most recently, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was married several times, including to Audra Lindley (Three's Company). Whitmore was also the grandfather of recent Survivor contestant, Matty Whitmore.
Phil Carey, 83, passed away...
The talented TV-related folks that left us in February include James Whitmore, One Life to Live's Phil Carey (All in the Family, Little House on the Prairie, The Bionic Woman, and Gunsmoke), Blossom Dearie (The Today Show and Schoolhouse Rock!), and Ed Cotter (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Dear John, and Family Matters).
James Whitmore, 87, died on February 6th at his Malibu, CA home. The actor was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2008. Whitmore had a long list of movie and Broadway credits but also guested on TV shows like The Practice, The White Shadow, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, and most recently, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He was married several times, including to Audra Lindley (Three's Company). Whitmore was also the grandfather of recent Survivor contestant, Matty Whitmore.
Phil Carey, 83, passed away...
- 3/2/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Actor, director and TV editor Ed Cotter has died, aged 80.
Cotter, who won an Emmy Award for editing American sitcom Happy Days, died on 16 February in Torrance, California.
Returning to the U.S. after serving with the Marine Corps in Korea, he took on roles in several stage productions before moving to Los Angeles, where he directed regional theatre and apprenticed as an editor at Paramount.
Cotter edited Happy Days for more than nine years, winning his Emmy in 1978 for the episode Richie Almost Dies. He also edited 1970s sitcom Laverne and Shirley and several TV movies before becoming a librarian for Paramount, where he oversaw the studio's film and television archive.
As an actor, he performed with the Long Beach Civic Light Opera and the Kentwood Players while directing plays and musicals including Death of a Salesman, Cabaret, and the Blood Brothers, which played an extended run in 2002.
Cotter is survived by two sons, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Cotter, who won an Emmy Award for editing American sitcom Happy Days, died on 16 February in Torrance, California.
Returning to the U.S. after serving with the Marine Corps in Korea, he took on roles in several stage productions before moving to Los Angeles, where he directed regional theatre and apprenticed as an editor at Paramount.
Cotter edited Happy Days for more than nine years, winning his Emmy in 1978 for the episode Richie Almost Dies. He also edited 1970s sitcom Laverne and Shirley and several TV movies before becoming a librarian for Paramount, where he oversaw the studio's film and television archive.
As an actor, he performed with the Long Beach Civic Light Opera and the Kentwood Players while directing plays and musicals including Death of a Salesman, Cabaret, and the Blood Brothers, which played an extended run in 2002.
Cotter is survived by two sons, two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
- 3/2/2009
- WENN
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