Jerry Van Dyke Has Died

Omg Luther! 😲😩😢 Rest In Peace.

So sad. I loved him in Dawson's Creek.

Who?

Loved him on the Judy Garland Show.

Nuts! JvD was on my deathpool long list! I knew from last May he wasn't well.

I wonder if DvD has come to suspect a conspiracy and is out to warn Carl Reiner.

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I always liked him

His daughter now deceased did porn

Never liked him. If Dick wasn't his brother, he'd still be in Danville IL playing banjo at the bus stop.

I loved him in King Lear.

86?

So young!

Tragic. Too young to die...

OMG!!!!

I haven't thought of this guy in 20 years and then yesterday morning I thought of him while driving to work, no clue why, and wondered if he was still alive.

Had no idea Dick van dyke Haden a younger brother in showbiz. But RIP to him.

She killed herself r8. Years of drug use and a slide into porn probably didn’t make for a happy life.

German Van Lesbian

I prefer Dick

By far the worst of Mary Richards' terrible boyfriends.

First his son Barry, now his brother. I feel for Dick.

Loved him on Coach. Sad.

Who can forget this JVD television classic?

Much love to my wonderful TV dad #jerryvandyke and condolences to my TV dad-in-law #dickvandyke. Jerry, you were hilarious and terrifically talented - what an honor to be able to watch up close as you and your brother create your special magic. Rest In Peace Jerry...

I fucking hated him. Especially on The Judy Garland Show.

He couldn't have been a good father if his daughter ended up in porn and on drugs.

I'm still here R19.

It was a hoax.

He was great on Coach, funnier than Dick.

So unfunny. Never liked either Jerry or Dick. Both unfunny to me. And annoying.

WTF with his daughter? What kind of dysfunction do you grow up with to end up like that? To even consider such a path?

One of my earliest TV memories: "My Mother The Car" starring Jerry Van Dyke.

I have no idea what he was like as a parent, but his daughter was 33. He was no longer responsible for her choices. And sometimes great parents end up with bad kids and sometimes shitty parents end up with good kids. He has two other kids who have led quiet lives so who knows what went on.

She died at 33, still quite young, but at what age did she start in porn or on drugs?

What kind of heartless cunt do you have to be to not love him on Coach? Luther is one of the most beloved characters in sitcom history.

Apparently the porn was not long before she killed herself r30. The drug addiction was long standing. Maybe she’d been cut off financially and turned to porn to pay for drugs. Who knows.

I didn't hate him but his characters always grated on my nerves.

His agent advised him to turn down the role of Gillian in Gilligan's Island.

Now Dauber will NEVER pass the test!

Was never a huge "Coach" fan, but always found vanDyke funny. But that obnoxious Shelley Fabares"... ugh. Johnny Angel, my ass.

R19, I imagine you weren't serious, but to those unaware DVD's son Barry was falsely rumored to have died.

What happened?? Did he have a heart attack?

He was old, Rose.

No, I'm old.

Six Degrees: Jerry Van Dyke's daughter, Kelly Jean Van Dyke, who was at one point an adult film performer, was best friends with Lisa Loring, who was not an adult film performer but played Wednesday Addams on TV's The Addams Family (1964-66). Lisa Loring was married at one time to Jerry Butler, who was a well-known an adult film performer.

I thought he had died a few years ago. Never was a fan - love The Dick Van Dyke Show but hated his episodes.

He was funny on The Middle as Tag, Frankie's dad.

awww, he had a nice run there at the end on "The Middle" at least. He and Marsha Mason were good together (though the brothers episode with Dick Van Dyke was the worst in "Middle" history if you ask me, painful to watch). Glad he went out as the show was ending its run too so he was still on top.

Old rose?, No, he was more of a dust pink. Now, he's greige.

Seriously, he was the spokesperson for Hersey Park for one summer (and one summer only). He was the most obnoxious person.

I always found him grating. He really did build a career on begging for favors.

that he got awards and his own sit com just runs me. ick.

Hated him on the Judy Garland show, sucking all the air out of the room with his corny shtick.

And making fun of Judy of all people.

He played Stacy Petrie, Rob Petrie's bumbling, banjo-playing brother, on some memorable episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show. It was the only time I ever liked him. One hilarious ep had him on a "practice date" with Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), and was beat up by her nebbish boyfriend Herman Glimpsher.

He also was about to play George the handyman on the 80s Newhart show. Tom Poston. an old friend of Bob Newhart, was cast instead.

He couldn't imagine living in a world without Rose Marie.

r9

Luther was a great role, but I did not like him in anything else.

He is the first major celebrity to die, this year, of course, I won't be in the roll for this year or the year after or even the DECADE after

Val is the new Zsa Zsa.

Damn DL, you guys are slipping. It took 42 replies before the "I thought he was all ready dead" poster to show up.

Aww. Years ago I remember him being charming on David Letterman. There was a "real person" who was also a guest - a 24 year old woman tourist (of course - that was David Letterman's favorite age. JVD was telling some anecdote about his youth, and he mentioned to the woman - in a nice way - it fitted into his story - that she wouldn't always be 24. She won't believe him, but she'll get older too. Then he continued. I liked him.

Really, Valerie @ r51, your use of the modifier "major" is questionable.

Some of the sordid details of Jerry's daughters sad life and death.

And, yet, still no tweet from his mother the car?

Finally, he can ride Ann Sothern for eternity.

That car and Susan Fucking Dey.

R41, Six degrees: Butler was born Paul Siederman in Brooklyn to a Jewish father and a mother of half German/Irish and half Cherokee Native American descent. His paternal grandfather, Sam Siederman, was the half-brother of Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky.

R60 Supposedly Kelly Van Dyke and Butler were having an affair and were planning on leaving their respective spouses (Jack Nance and Lisa Loring) to be with each other. Then Kelly hung herself after a heated telephone conversation with Nance was cut off accidently by a thunderstorm on location while Nance was working on the movie Meatballs 4.

Christ, the Frank Stallone of the 60s. Who cares?

I was thinking about him when I watched this week's "The Middle" episode, which prominently featured John Cullum in his role as Mike's dad.

Wait, Barry died? Is that the hot son who was on Diagnosis Murder.? If so, I missed that death.

No, Barry's still alive. It was a hoax.

Sad news to hear but his brother Dick Van Dyke seems anyway to be in robust health. A possible future centerian.

[quote]He also was about to play George the handyman on the 80s Newhart show. Tom Poston. an old friend of Bob Newhart, was cast instead.

R48. Tom Poston was also a former husband of Suzanne Pleshette, Bob Newhart's TV wife from the Bob's first show, The Bob Newhart Show, 1972-76.

One last sad ride in his Aunt, the hearse.

I love you, r68.

[quote] Luther is one of the most beloved characters in sitcom history.

Good lord what a ridiculous exaggeration.

He may have been a lovely man in real life but he was an annoying actor playing annoying characters.

Tom Poston was Pleshette's last husband. Not a former husband.

The daughter was married to Jack Nance? Very interesting. Had to have been drugs. She freaked out enough to kill herself over a disconnected phone call? That's sad.

R70 Kelly Van Dyke was a alcoholic (and who knows what else she might have been using) and had other mental issues as well apparently. Nance was an addict too. They were arguing on the phone and she told him if he hung up on her, she'd kill herself. It was storming were Nance was at and it knocked the phone line out after she said that. He managed to find a working phone and called the police to check on Kelly who was threating suicide. They did and found her dead from hanging herself. Lisa Loring sold a story to the tabloids that she found Kelly dead, but later admitted she lied about it. I don't know if she was desperate for money (she was a major druggie at that time) or she did it for revenge because Kelly and Loring's husband allegedly had an affair with Kelly. It's possibly she didn't know about it.

Months before Kelly died, she and Nance did a spanking porn together. Nance remained fully clothed in it though.

pretty sad and sordid at R56

Does anyone other than me remember the dramedy he did with Lois Nettleton, ACCIDENTAL FAMILY?

No, r73. Just you.

Does the last name mean that his and Dick's mother was a lesbian?

If so I need her address, please.

He should have gotten an Oscar nom for Palm Springs Weekend.

It wasn't his fault he was terrible on "The Judy Garland Show." He was given awful stuff to do, like saying to Judy Garland "what's a nice little old lady like you doing on television?", or something like that. Making fun of Garland's age was supposed to be funny. He had talent but was always overshadowed by his brother Dick. It's a shame about his daughter, but I don't think how she ended up was his fault.

[quote]Does anyone other than me remember the dramedy he did with Lois Nettleton, ACCIDENTAL FAMILY?

Yes -- DECADES recently showed a few episodes of it as part of their "Lost Television" programming.

[quote]I haven't thought of this guy in 20 years and then yesterday morning I thought of him while driving to work, no clue why, and wondered if he was still alive.

Your thinking of him obviously killed him then. You monster.

Sadly, his son Ron seems to be a mess. He's been arrested several times in the past couple years for theft, trespassing and failure to comply.

RIP may you rest in everlasting peace and tranquillity. God Bless You.

r55

no he's a major star. he was a co-star on a top ten show and the brother of another major celebrity and appeared in one of, if not the most, universally panned tv show of all time. he was even nominated for a bunch of emmys.

He had a child by a black woman in the 1960's but didn't claim or support him. Sometime in the 1980's or 1990s the National Enquirer ran a story about him -- he was ill and he and his wife and child were penniless and Jerry wouldn't help.