Abe Vigoda’s birthday last week prompted me to install the Abe Vigoda Status plugin for Firefox. I didn’t know that my actions would set off a chain reaction of star deaths over the weekend. Darrin McGavin was my favorite of the bunch. His roles in Christmas Story and Night Stalker make him a much loved actor from my childhood. Jon already posted a remembrance and mentioned his digital cameo in the disappointing attempt at reviving (or is that re-imagining?) Night Stalker last fall. Abe Vigoda was on a flight I took from NYC to Dallas when I was living there in the mid-90’s. I said a brief hello. He was showing his age a bit then, but he was still flirting with the flight attendants and calling them “sweetheart”. Looks like he’ll outlast them all.
Feb 282006