Rest in Peace: Al Lewis

**BeardedOne** · 02-05-2006

Just saw this in the online news. He will surely be missed.

During his bid for NY governor he was asked in an interview if his campaign was really just a gimmick. His reply, in that gravelly screach of his:

"Gimmick?!? Is it a gimmick? Fred Grandy, Gopher from Love Boat, was that a gimmick? Sonny Bono, fer chryin' out loud, was that a gimmick? Ronald Reagan! Jeez!".

**Quinn** · 02-05-2006

The guy was as New York as the Empire State Building, so he definitely gets a RIP. Not only did he manage to live a long ass time, but he also managed to look healthy throughout almost the entire duration. Even in his old age, his mind and sense of humor were always sharp; his interviews have always made me laugh.

-Quinn

**chefmike** · 02-05-2006

RIP, he seemed like a great guy and a real character.

And on the subject of those who have recently departed this orb-

RIP feminist pioneer Betty Friedan-

Feminism Pioneer Betty Friedan Dies at 85

Feb 5, 7:35 AM (ET)

By HILLEL ITALIE

NEW YORK (AP) - Betty Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" helped shatter the cozy suburban ideal of the post-World War II era and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday. She was 85.

Friedan died at her Washington, D.C., home of congestive heart failure, according to a cousin, Emily Bazelon.

Few books have so profoundly changed so many lives as did Friedan's 1963 best seller. Her assertion that a woman needed more than a husband and children was a radical break from the Eisenhower era, when the very idea of a wife doing any work outside of house work was fodder for gag writers, like an episode out of "I Love Lucy."

Independence for women was no joke, Friedan wrote. The feminine mystique was a phony deal sold to women that left them unfulfilled, suffering from "the problem that has no name" and seeking a solution in tranquilizers and psychoanalysis.

more here-

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060205/D8FIV210A.html