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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: bijou on February 14, 2014, 12:10:46 AM
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Ralph Waite, who played the kind-and-steady patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series "The Waltons," died Thursday, his manager said. He was 85.
Waite, who lived in the Palm Springs area, died at midday, manager Alan Mills said. Mills, who did not know the cause of death, said he was taken aback because Waite had been in good health and still working.
Waite appeared last year in episodes of the series "NCIS," in which he played the dad of star Mark Harmon's character. He also appeared in "Bones" and "Days of Our Lives."
"The Waltons," which aired on CBS from 1972 to 1981, starred Waite as John Walton, and Richard Thomas played his oldest son, John-Boy, an aspiring novelist. The gentle family drama was set in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. ...
link (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/waltons-patriarch-ralph-waite-dies-85-22510150)
RIP. I really enjoyed The Waltons as a kid.
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My wife watches the reruns on Insp channel all the time.
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RIP, though I couldn't stand The Waltons. It was just too syrupy-sweet.
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RIP, though I couldn't stand The Waltons. It was just too syrupy-sweet.
Sad that anyone would feel that way!
My BH who was born and raised in Richmond and is approaching her 80's say's that is exactly the way people were when she grew up.
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RIP, though I couldn't stand The Waltons. It was just too syrupy-sweet.
It was must see TV in our house since my parents lived thru that era and could relate to the hardships and how family worked together.
it was better than current shows like modern family they have portraying a "family" on TV today.
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I remember watching The Waltons, but I think it was because it was the best of what was on at the time. We only had 4 TV channels counting PBS.
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I didn't watch the show but I did see him as Gibbs father on NCIS and liked that.
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It was must see TV in our house since my parents lived thru that era and could relate to the hardships and how family worked together.
it was better than current shows like modern family they have portraying a "family" on TV today.
I agree. However, I don't watch "regular" TV. Mostly it's what's on Velocity, HGTV, etc... No "big 3".