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'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« on: May 27th, 2005, 5:44pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
For those of us who remember...
May he rest in peace. He lived a long life.  
 
 
 
'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99 By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press Writer  
1 hour, 1 minute ago
 
LOS ANGELES - Eddie Albert, the actor best known as the constantly befuddled city slicker-turned-farmer in television's "Green Acres," has died. He was 99.  
 
Albert, who appeared in movies and television for more than 50 years, died of pneumonia Thursday at his home in the Pacific Palisades area, in the presence of his longtime caregivers and son Edward, family friend Dick Guttman said Friday.
 
Albert achieved his greatest fame on "Green Acres" as Oliver Douglas, a New York lawyer who settles in a farm town with his glamorous wife, played by Eva Gabor, and finds himself perplexed by the antics of a host of rural residents, including a pig named Arnold Ziffel.
 
Albert was nominated for     Academy Awards as supporting actor in "Roman Holiday" (1953) and "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972).
 
The actor moved smoothly from the Broadway stage to movies to television. Besides his 1965-1971 run in "Green Acres," he costarred on TV with Robert Wagner in "Switch" from 1975 to 1978 and was a semi-regular on "Falcon Crest" in 1988.
 
He was a tireless conservationist, crusading for endangered species, healthful food, cleanup of Santa Monica Bay pollution and other causes. He had remained healthy even in old age.
 
"Three days ago he was playing basketball in his wheelchair with his granddaughter," Guttman said. "He stayed very vital."
 
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Re: 'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« Reply #1 on: May 28th, 2005, 2:58am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Green acres is the place for me.  
Farm livin' is the life for me.  
Land spreadin' out so far and wide  
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.  
 
New York is where I'd rather stay.  
I get allergic smelling hay.  
I just adore a penthouse view.  
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.  
 
...The chores.  
...The stores.  
...Fresh air.  
...Times Square  
 
You are my wife.  
Good bye, city life.  
Green Acres we are there.
 
 
 
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Re: 'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« Reply #2 on: May 28th, 2005, 3:09pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I always liked to see the films that he was in.  He was a good actor.
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Re: 'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« Reply #3 on: May 28th, 2005, 5:35pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I didn't realize he was that old!
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Re: 'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« Reply #4 on: May 28th, 2005, 10:06pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I love Green acres....I'm still watching the re runs!
 
He did live a long and active life though.....I'm sure he had no regrets!
 
Thanks for the laughs Eddie!
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Re: 'Green Acres' Star Eddie Albert Dies at 99
« Reply #5 on: May 28th, 2005, 10:49pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Another tidbit about Eddie...
 
On the radio, they said that the founders of Earth Day selected Eddie Albert's birthday as "Earth Day" as a tribute to all the work he'd done to protect the environment. What a fabulous honor. I'm glad that happened during his life, and not after.
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