I just read that one of my favorite actors of all time, Peter Boyle, has passed away at the age of 71. Your friend Viva here is a sentimental mess about stuff like this, and had herself a good cry over his loss. Young Frankenstein is one of my favorite movies ever (I do a poor imitation of his and Gene Wilder's performance of "Putting on the Ritz" which has to be one of the greatest scenes of all time), and I've seen every episode of Everybody Loves Raymond at least three times over... Peter, as Frank Barone, reminded me a lot of my old man: cranky, irascible, and loveable--and always there for his family. Maybe that's why the waterworks came when I read about his passing? Regardless, he'll certainly be missed in Hollywood--there's not many like him, nowadays.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Sniffle.
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