Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 cnn.com Sad news. Always did a good job in his performances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cpac Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Yeah sad news I heard about it on stern this morning. Paul Winfield made a great lookalike to Don King. Plus I loved hearing his voice on a and e during city confidential. I was more suprised than anything to see that he was gay. But to each his own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerousDamon 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Sad news. He was a very good actor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackFlagg 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 not the only death today either... 'Murphy Brown' Co-Star Pastorelli Dies Aged 49 Tue Mar 9, 1:30 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert Pastorelli, the boxer-turned-actor best known to television audiences as the house painter Eldin on long-running CBS comedy "Murphy Brown," has died, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said on Tuesday. Pastorelli, 49, was found dead in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills home on Monday afternoon, a coroner's spokesman said. Drug paraphernalia was found on the scene, he added, and an autopsy was to be conducted on Tuesday. The New Jersey-born Pastorelli got into stage acting in the 1970s in productions like "Rebel Without A Cause" but found his greatest fame on "Murphy Brown," painting the house of the title character played by Candice Bergen (news) but never quite finishing his ambitious artistic projects on her walls. He briefly had his own series, "Double Rush," about the manager of a bicycle messenger service. Most recently, he was cast in the film "Be Cool," a sequel to "Get Shorty." Syndicated TV entertainment show Access Hollywood, which first reported the actor's death, said his girlfriend died in the same home in early 1999. The two had a daughter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 He was in The Terminator He played Lt. Traxler He was cool Oh and I don't know if it's here but Rober Pastorelli died too, cocaine apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrestlingDeacon 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Throw in Spalding Gray and you have your three. I was always a fan of Winfield and found him to be vastly underrated. Great voice and subtle acting skill. He could be hilariously funny and drop dead serious. He could even had dignity to something like Walker Texas Ranger which I saw him guesting on while flipping through the channels recently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Does Gray count, since he likely's been dead for a few months and his body has only be recently discovered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrestlingDeacon 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 They just announced his death, so yeah. Since they don't know when he went into the river his official date of the death will be listed as the day the body was found. Incidents like this have happened a couple times before. Wasn't there some drummer who was missing for years and they finally found his body in an old van or something a couple years ago? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMann2003 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 That was quick in getting the three though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Wasn't Winfield the boss on Herman's Head??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrestlingDeacon 0 Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Nope, different guy. Jason Bernard. And he died of heart attack back in '96. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076251/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigjig Report post Posted March 10, 2004 Winfield was in Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2004 I think Winfield's best Star Trek work was for The Next Generation. Darmok, and Jilad, at Tanagra. Temba, his arms open. Chaka, when the walls fell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
