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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:28 PM Sep 2015

Jack Larson, Jimmy Olsen on first Superman show, dies at 87

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-jack-larson-dead-20150921-story.html

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Jack Larson, Jimmy Olsen on first Superman show, dies at 87 (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 OP

RIP Jack. RIP Jimmy. One of the first programs I ever saw. n/t SwissTony Sep 2015 #1

The irony ... to be dead at 87. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #2

he became typecast by the role, was always thought of as Jimmy Olsen Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #9

"Jeepers, Mr. Kent!" randome Sep 2015 #3

WOW, in my mind he will always be the kid from Superman. Stellar Sep 2015 #4

Good actor. Good show. tabasco Sep 2015 #5

RIP... Tom_Foolery Sep 2015 #6

I loved his portrayal of Jimmy Olsen. RIP, Mr. Larson. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #7

'great caesar's ghost' spanone Sep 2015 #8

wow.. yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #10

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

1. RIP Jack. RIP Jimmy. One of the first programs I ever saw. n/t

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:40 PM

Sep 2015

lpbk2713

(43,296 posts)

2. The irony ... to be dead at 87.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:47 PM

Sep 2015

Probably all his life he was thought of as the "kid" in the bow tie.

May he rest in peace.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

9. he became typecast by the role, was always thought of as Jimmy Olsen

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 12:36 AM

Sep 2015

randome

(34,845 posts)

3. "Jeepers, Mr. Kent!"

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:50 PM

Sep 2015

RIP, Mr. Larson.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

Stellar

(5,644 posts)

4. WOW, in my mind he will always be the kid from Superman.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:55 PM

Sep 2015

And I never thought of him as around my mother's age and he was.

tabasco

(22,974 posts)

5. Good actor. Good show.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 05:58 PM

Sep 2015

RIP

Tom_Foolery

(4,728 posts)

6. RIP...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 06:23 PM

Sep 2015

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

7. I loved his portrayal of Jimmy Olsen. RIP, Mr. Larson. nt

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 08:22 PM

Sep 2015

spanone

(142,052 posts)

8. 'great caesar's ghost'

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 08:35 PM

Sep 2015

yuiyoshida

(45,655 posts)

10. wow..

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 04:44 AM

Sep 2015

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