Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:04 PM
Faygo Kid (20,215 posts)
Don Grady, One of TV's 'My Three Sons,' Dies at 68
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club who played son Robbie Douglas on the ABC and CBS series My Three Sons, one of the longest-running family sitcoms in history, died Wednesday in Thousand Oaks, Calif., after a battle with cancer. He was 68. In 1960, three years after he was hired as a Mouseketeer on ABC's Mickey Mouse Club at age 13, Grady began an 11-year run as Robbie on the sitcom My Three Sons, with Fred MacMurray starring as the widower dad, William Frawley (and then William Demarest) as the family housekeeper and Grady, Tim Considine (Mike), Stanley Livingston (Chip) and Barry Livingston (Ernie) as the sons. (Mike was written out at the start of the fifth season and Ernie was adopted, keeping the number of sons at three.) My Three Sons, which debuted on ABC, moved to CBS in 1965 and began broadcasting in color. With 12 seasons and 380 episodes produced, the Saturday night staple is second only to The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as TV's longest-running (live-action) family sitcom. In the 1968-69 season, Grady's character and his wife Katie (Tina Cole) had triplets. He departed the series at the end of the 11th season when Robbie, now a structural engineer, moved to Peru to work on a bridge construction. . . Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-grady-my-three-sons-342690 Another Boomer memory. Watched My Three Sons every week. RIP. 
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 Don Grady, One of TV's 'My Three Sons,' Dies at 68 (Original post) |
Faygo Kid | Jun 2012 | OP |
| liberal N proud | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
| hlthe2b | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
| xchrom | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
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| Historic NY | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
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| Hissyspit | Jun 2012 | #13 | |
| chollybocker | Jun 2012 | #18 | |
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:06 PM
liberal N proud (43,697 posts)
1. RIP
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:12 PM
hlthe2b (47,276 posts)
2. Another boomer loss, indeed.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:12 PM
xchrom (90,524 posts)
3. Seems like yesterday. Peace be with his family. Nt
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:14 PM
4. I'll never forget the opening with the foot moving....
Response to Grassy Knoll (Reply #4)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 12:18 AM
15. Don't forget Frank Devol's remarkable composition for the theme music
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:15 PM
Historic NY (19,723 posts)
5. Years ago it was dead of a heart attack, now its cancer...
Response to Historic NY (Reply #5)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:32 AM
Ken Burch (31,228 posts)
20. Lost three friends to it in the last year...all way too young.
Response to Historic NY (Reply #5)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 08:25 PM
CountAllVotes (11,838 posts)
32. Sorry to read this
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I know how you feel. My baby brother died at abt. 40 years of age from cancer just one year after my mom died of the same thing, perhaps a genetic form of cancer I've been told.
Cancer cancer cancer. This is the curse that is upon us because of the toxic world that we have come to grow up and now live in. 
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:18 PM
Tx4obama (28,886 posts)
6. R.I.P. :( n/t
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:29 PM
dsc (39,379 posts)
7. I had the hugest crush on him
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:00 PM
texanwitch (17,166 posts)
8. I watch the show everyday on cable.
Response to texanwitch (Reply #8)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:13 AM
19. Me, too.
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Response to ChazII (Reply #19)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:42 PM
26. I wish I could.
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For some reason, my MeTV shows an hour of Family Affair
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Response to texanwitch (Reply #8)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 03:13 PM
hlthe2b (47,276 posts)
30. Do you have a date on that? Damn he looked great, there.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:04 PM
jillan (31,392 posts)
9. I loved that show!
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Last edited Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:09 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) RIP "Robbie"
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:21 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (7,367 posts)
11. Obama is the first President to be born post '50s
Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #11)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 10:12 PM
bullwinkle428 (11,384 posts)
33. To be accurate, Obama is the only post-1940s president -
Response to bullwinkle428 (Reply #33)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 11:00 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (7,367 posts)
34. While I was watching rockets take off into space in wonder
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:28 PM
Hissyspit (40,059 posts)
13. He was the "mystery" drummer in Bubblegum Pop group 'Yellow Balloon' with their hit "Yellow Balloon"
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Response to Hissyspit (Reply #13)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:04 AM
chollybocker (3,592 posts)
18. rip Robbie/Don.
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ot: that's a beautiful record cover and a great bit of trivia.
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Response to Hissyspit (Reply #13)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:40 PM
25. According to an obit I read, he was a musical prodigy.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 12:12 AM
14. They had "Dodie," a forerunner to "Cousin Oliver."
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 12:30 AM
Rhiannon12866 (54,842 posts)
16. Awww, how very sad. ;(
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Think it was on the reunion show that I last saw him and was amazed how little he'd changed, much less than his younger "brothers." Godspeed Robbie, talented guy.
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Response to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #16)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 06:49 AM
Cooley Hurd (20,651 posts)
21. Yeah, he aged well, that's for sure!
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Cross gently Don...
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 12:49 AM
Blue_In_AK (37,721 posts)
17. Oh, that's sad.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 01:47 PM
28. Ah yes--Robbie "How did he manage to snag such a good looking bride?" Douglas!
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 06:24 PM
Omaha Steve (35,830 posts)
31. My friend David Macland worked with Don and had this to say about him....
