Veteran comedian and actor Leslie Nielsen has died in a Florida hospital, his family confirmed to Global News on Sunday evening. The Canadian actor was 84.
Nielsen rose to fame with roles in the Airplane and Naked Gun film franchises. He had apparently been suffering from pneumonia for more than a week.
srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3073 times:
He's definitely someone who is a legend amongst A.netters because of Airplane! Well, might as well post this in his honor:
TZ757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2836 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3044 times:
Wow, terrible news. I wish I had my DVD collection right now so I could watch Airplane.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16261 posts, RR: 52 Reply 4, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3016 times:
I loved the Naked Gun movies, they were hilarious. Nielson playing across from OJ Simpsons, Priscilla Presley and Ricardo Montalbán were hilarious.
OA412 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4980 posts, RR: 25 Reply 5, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3016 times:
FlyKev From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2006, 1349 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2996 times:
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Its sad to hear this news. He was a great actor and I am a huge fan of the Airplane series and the Naked Gun films. He will live on however through these films.
RIP.
Kev.
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4holer From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 2846 posts, RR: 10 Reply 8, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2953 times:
Guess he had the fish after all!
(Come on, he'd have probably liked to hear that line...)
homsar From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 803 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2927 times:
I just want to wish him good luck. We're all counting on him!
comorin From United States of America, joined May 2005, 4673 posts, RR: 17 Reply 11, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2900 times:
Shirley this can't be true!!
RIP Leslie Nielsen.
Mods, could you please, just this once, add the little flamey thing you do to important threads? It would be our mark of respect to one who was much loved here. Please??
dxing From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2870 times:
Here's hoping he's having as much fun in the afterlife as he did in this one. Not sad to hear the news but joyful that he is out of his misery. 84 years is a long life and in his case a fruitful one. He will surely be missed by friends and family but they always have the option of watching one of his many films to get a laugh and remember him by. Good luck!
Rumack: The last thing he said to me, "Doc," he said, "some time when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Doc," he said, "but I won't smell too good, that's for sure
sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 13, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2870 times:
Hmmmm...this past Thanksgiving holiday, I came across both Naked Gun and Airplane on TV...was that an omen?
BEG2IAH From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 827 posts, RR: 12 Reply 14, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2854 times:
Leslie, RIP. We just talked about him at work last week. He will be missed.
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steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8814 posts, RR: 19 Reply 15, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2821 times:
Quoting OA412 (Reply 5): Surely you can't be serious! This is sad news.
Well, I got out my ouija board, and regarding these posts, it said this:
"They are serious; It is true, and don't call me Shirley!"
Mr. Nielson, you are a legendary actor and you certainly will be missed!
"I just want you to tell you, good luck, we're all counting on you." (Airplane!)
-"What is that smell?"
-"Oh, that would be me; I've been swimming in raw sewage. I love it! I LOVE IT!" (The Naked Gun 2 1/2)
Heh... You know, Rue McGlanahan passed earlier this year, and now him. They both played Hollingsworths on the finale of The Golden Girls 18 years ago. He played Blanche's Uncle Lucas and married Dorothy to close out the series.
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Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 7638 posts, RR: 28 Reply 16, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2801 times:
Not only a great late bloomer of a funny man, but known by all of Hollywood and California wineries for being a gentleman and class act all the way. My grandparents ran into him at a tasting many years ago and said he was very accommodating to those who recognized him - indulging in conversation about his TV career for over two hours.
Fortunately he will live on for all of us with his large body of work.
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Aeroflot001 From Argentina, joined Oct 2009, 384 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2787 times:
Damn and it was this year that I truly appreciating his work watching all the naked guns and what have you, Im really sad to see such a great man go but he left behind one hell of a legacy! Condolences to the family of course.
geedo From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 366 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2699 times:
He was also in a really great episode of the M*A*S*H TV show, where Hawkeye and Trapper use their positions as doctors to remove Leslie Nielsen's character from frontline command.
I hadn't heard about this and was also enjoy Naked Gun earlier this evening. It's really too bad, but we all gotta' go sometime. Surely, he will live forever in this community.
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 22, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2653 times:
So sad! Leslie Nielsen was a hero to me and his style of humor has influenced me for the last 15 years.
Well, since everybody is posting a line, here's mine:
"You know I've never seen you around here Mr..."
"Uhh Buzz'n... Buzz'n Frog. Born on the shores of the Uralava River in Rapala. Up there by Timberdoodle? The Zeb Co Brothers... uh Husky Jerks and uh... Salty Dog uh Shrimp.
Oh I can't go fishing today, I've got a big meeting down in ... uh.. Mensroom." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3ZEv0Ikvc
Soren
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type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4352 posts, RR: 20 Reply 23, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2606 times:
At least he didn't drag on with a painful long term illness.
To tell you the truth, I didn't think he was that old. Sounds like he was a really great guy. RIP.
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F9Animal From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4736 posts, RR: 30 Reply 24, posted (2 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2595 times:
My heart aches after learning of his passing. He was a genuine comedian, and always brought a smile to my face when I watched his movies. He is a legend, and will be sorely missed. God takes another great person... RIP Leslie Nielsen.
27 rottenray: Very sad news. A very talented man - and a regular face in US television. The wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Neilson) is pretty comple
28 HKA098: Sad. RIP. Thanks for the great films and the many laughs.
29 FatmirJusufi: This is really sad news. Rest in peace, Mr. Nielsen!
30 MWHCVT: This is very sad news RIP Mr Nielsen, pneumonia is a terrible way to go, this is what I had this year, never again will I say when I have a cold or ev
31 PHLBOS: That episode (from the show's 1st season, 1972-1973) was titled "The Ring Banger"; which originally aired shortly after The Poseidon Adventure (where
32 seb146: Rumak: How soon can you land the plane? Ted: I can't tell. Rumak: You can tell me. I'm a doctor! -------------------- Rumak: I just want to tell you b
33 1stfl94: RIP a great actor. You will certainly be missed by all of us a.netters. But when Kramer finds out about this the sh*ts gonna hit the fan! But he had l
34 PHLBOS: *SPLAT!* When my brother and I first saw the film in theaters, that scene had us rolling off our seats laughing.
35 PSA53: Everytime I see a western drama scene of Nielsen's,I think he's going to step out with his funny one-liners.He seems not be cast correctly in those ro
36 NoWorries: What a great movie -- one might say that he was the prototypical Captain Kirk -- he encounters an evil scientist with a robot (Robby), falls in love
37 HorizonGirl: What terribly sad news, he will be missed greatly. I hope he didn't suffer long in his final days in a big building with patients, but that's not impo
38 steeler83: Oh yeah, that's right. I already forgot she passed away recently and that she was in that hilarious movie! Jive ass dude ain't got no brains, anyhow!
39 PHLBOS: Are you ticked because of the Otto offer or that the offer wasn't included? No offense, but something's lost in translation here.
40 rottenray: I grew up with him as a regular face on TV, too, and I know what you're saying. Something I truly admire about him is that he was essentially a quiet
41 aerorobnz: I had a real knot in my stomach when I read the news.. And I normally have no reaction when I hear celebrities have died... There's now no-one funny l
42 ER757: Yeah, one on my all-time favorite sci-fi movies. He was great in his role. There were lots of scenes in that film that had that effect on me. Nielsen
43 Silver1SWA: I'm guessing he never mailed in the form and has missed out on the offer. That's how I read his post... R.I.P. Mr. Nielson. Fushta!
45 steeler83: Ding ding ding! That's it. By the time I noticed that there was an offer for a free inflatable Otto doll, the offer had already expired. The deadline
46 ronglimeng: I understood from Lord Moran, Churchill's personal physician, that pneumonia was "the old man's friend".....because it carried them off so quickly! W
47 PHLBOS: Thank you both for the clarification. In less than a one-year period, we lost 3 Airplane characters thus far: Peter Graves, Barbara Billingsley and n
48 steeler83: I thought I remember hearing that Peter Graves passed away. I watched Airplane! tonight; it was on AMC, and it even said during a commercial brake: "
49 comorin: Finally, a fitting picture of him in today's (12/5) New York Times:
50 fridgmus: Thanks for making us laugh so much Leslie, you were unique and we'll miss you! Rest in Peace, we'll see you on the other side.
51 PHLBOS: In the wake of the new Hawaii Five-0 series being launched; I would like to point out that Leslie Nielsen also appeared in the original Five-0 series'
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