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Author Topic: Buddy Hackett dies Peter Kerchinsky Master Film Handler Posts: 326 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-01-2003 03:39 PM                     Heard on CBS a bit ago that actor/comedian Buddy Hackett passed away today. I believe they said he was 78. His best film, no doubt, was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World. Will be missed.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-01-2003 05:09 PM                     Jeese..... It is sad to see all these icons pass on. I wish his friends and family the best.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 07-01-2003 07:19 PM                     I remember him best from "The Music Man". Sad indeed. But we always have his films.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-01-2003 11:20 PM                     While installing a theatre in Aspen, CO., I was told by the locals that Hackett made his summer home in Snowmass, CO. And that he was also assistant fire chief over there..... Somehow I can certainly imagine Buddy hanging around the fire station... He would have fit that role to a tee!! The world will miss him. Mark  |  IP: Logged John Westlund Expert Film Handler Posts: 204 From: Burney, CA, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 07-02-2003 02:03 AM                     I'll never forget the first time I watched its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. I watched with my uncle and he loved that movie. Now I love that movie and im sure it will continue on for years. Buddy Will be missed.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-02-2003 06:15 AM                  I really like "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World". I thought he was cast perfectly for the part as well as all the other actors...they all "clicked" together to make a great film. He acted in several other films and on TV. So sad, another icon has passed. Thankfully, he will live on in images for all to enjoy in the future. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged

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