Harry Anderson is dead to me!

Well, there's someone I hadn't thought about in years, but who I'm surprised to discover died relatively young. Has someone been in touch with Markie Post?

I can admit this to you all: I had a huge gayling crush on him on Night Court and Cheers. it was the way he dressed, compared to the ugly clothes on Laroquette, his sense of humor and the magic.

Hadn’t he become a paranoid recluse in recent years? Wonder what the cause of death is.

Loved Night Court...still funny as fuck

Nooooo. I loved him on Cheers. That episode when he and Coach team up was the best. I recall watching that ep as a kid and it was so satisfying when he walks back into the bar with the money.

Also played Dave Barry on "Dave's World."

Omg! I don’t know what to do with myself!

Well there goes my last chance to ask him why they got rid of Paula Kelly.

Aww. I liked him and Night Court. Not a mega fan of the show but always found it, and him, enjoyable.

I'm more surprised that he was only 45. He always seemed older

65 I mean

This saddens me. He was wonderful in Night Court.

Another piece of my youth gone with the wind.

I got into magic because of him, lol. I was 12...

I got into going to court at night because of him!

"Found dead" and "no foul play suspected" equals suicide. Damn.

Will Sarah Michelle Gellar think that Dave Barry is dead????

Has someone checked on Kelly Osborne????????

Bisexual with a huge dick too. Hope they made a cast of that cock.

Marsha Warfield is lesbian you know.

He was always kinda handsome.

Sarah Michelle is running it by her agent before she tweets R16.

Kelly is getting a manicure. She plans to have trouble breathing as soon as her tips dry.

It was a show with giants. They were all really tall, esp. for Hollywood

Charles Robinson (Mac) is 71 and still active -- he was in several episodes of "Mom."

Remember Selma!

This is terrible. Godspeed, Harry the Hat. Wish I'd had a chance to meet you.

R15 Nah...probably a heart attack

Con't forget me, bitches!

The Night Court curse strikes again

Selma Diamond

Florence Halop

Markie Post’s career

Did Markie ever come out?

I didn't know he lived in North Carolina.

r29 He doesn't

What did Shadoe Stevens have to say?

Where is Markie Post’s statement????

Heartless bitch!

Co-star Marsha Warfield on Twitter:

"Oh, no!

Aw man, I'm so sorry to hear this.

My condolences to his family, friends, fans and everyone who loved him.

Rest in peace, Harry the Hat, you were my friend."

Wow. I don't believe it. I mean, I believe it but a part of my brain is going, "Does not compute." He's one of those celebrities that for some reason I never thought could drop dead this young, kind of like John Ritter or Rik Mayall. Oh well. :-(

I’m stunned. Just stunned.

RIP, Harry.

Did they find his corpse in the attic?

Corpse in the attic?

Corpse...

Hollywood Reporter:

Sad.

I was there before all of them!

He was a kind soul who brought entertainment to millions. My grandmother and I were big Night Court fans.

Rest In Peace, Harry.

I had a MAJOR crush on him during his Night Court years. I was majorly disappointed to discover he voted for Bush.

It was a stupid show but I still watched it.

TMZ is reporting that Harry’s son says he died of natural causes.

Harry was a huge fan of Mel Torme. He was one of the eulogists at Mel's funeral service.

He was a Republican? I wonder how he ended up in Asheville. That town is very liberal.

was he a magician before he started acting? i always wondered what that was about

[QUOTE]Harry was a huge fan of Mel Torme. He was one of the eulogists at Mel's funeral service.

He was always finding some way to work Mel into episodes of Night Court.

Ten to one there's a reboot in the future. There's a shortage of judges, you know - mean conservative white male judges.

What about the Meg Foster looking chick?

Why did his career fizzle after Night Court? He was charming.

He had a magical ass, but I guess he couldn't live forever.

Who dies of natural causes at 65? I suspect suicide too. Just like everyone who dies of “aneurysms”. My teacher docs told me this years ago when I was a baby resident. I liked him. This is sad. He also knew magic.

R49 I don't see how they can reboot it. The Dan character is what woke people call "problematic"

What had he been doing career-wise lately?

R55, “sittin’”

Markie Post has commented.

"I am devastated. I’ll talk about you later, Harry, but for now, I’m devastated."

R57, that shot can't be real... can it?

R58 It's real. From her Twitter. Just posted 10 minutes ago.

......

Fuckin’ Markie Post always was a bitch.

What has Marsha Warfield done in the last decade? The last thing I remember her on was empty nest.

The person who copied what MP said could have copied the link to her post:

Eat a bag of dicks, R61. Markie and the rest were mindless fun.

By the way, If I had a clit, I'd stalk Marsha Warfield.

[quote]"Found dead" and "no foul play suspected" equals suicide. Damn.

Not really. As others have said, could have been a heart attack, aneurysm, or a fall. I really hope it wasn't a suicide.

Dang, I liked this guy. This one bums me out.

So easy to do.

Markie looks good! Eat my asshole, r64!

I'm still not dead yet!

The show was lightly amusing, and I really liked the cast, including the short stays by Ellen Foley, Karen Austin, and Paula Kelly. (DL, you never let me down!)

The mini-reunion on 30 Rock was hysterically funny.

Markie Post has a nice bit in an episode of the second season of The Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix.

Harry was mischievously sexy, and I am not surprised that some of us had little crushes on him. Like a poster above, he was someone that I just couldn’t envision dying. But we all do.

RIP.

According to TMZ (I won't link because I know that many of you don't like links to TMZ)

[quote]We spoke to Harry's son, Dashiell, and he tells TMZ ... his father passed away of natural causes.

So, it wasn't an obvious suicide (ie, hanging, shot gun). Hope it doesn't end up drug related.

Wonder if he had an illness that wasn't known to the public.

Has Selma Diamond released a statement, yet?

[Quote]Has Selma Diamond released a statement, yet?

He's fine!! He sends his love!

Jesus r72, can't you just hear her voice saying that?

Sad. Was he really a Republican?

R54 and what normal people call "fun".

This one was a surprise. He's been out of the spotlight for a long time.

Shelley Hack was supposed to have played Christine originally, but they fired her and scrapped the footage she filmed and brought in Markie Post. They really had a lot of problems on settling on the right female cast until finally managing to with Markie and Marsha.

Hope I’m next. Not by gay bashing.

When she died, Florence Halop was two years younger than Harry was at his death, yet she looked twenty years older. She was cute when she was young so I guess I get why actresses get plastic surgery.

I remember thinking Dan filled his suit pants well, but probably had not fully come to terms with why I thought that at that time. If I remember correctly, Laroquette was an Emmy shoe-in for awhile.

It was a silly show, but could be entertaining and had a cast that meshed well. I am surprised you never see it in syndication anymore.

With Harry's death, I guess the repubs lost another vote in 2018 & 2020.

Oh my. I think we're narrowing the possibilities for contributing factors.

That's sad, I really liked him on Night Court.

I had a crush on him too, before “Night Court.” I saw his stand-up act somewhere, I don’t think it was on Carson.

so sad, if he offed himself Ill be even sadder

Owah owah oooooo!

I really liked him and wondered why he never worked any more.

RIP, Harry the Hat! All the greats from my youth are passing away.

Larroquette was hung.

Re being a Republican-in his age range, not the same as today.

He very well could have died if natural causes, such as a heart attack or a stroke. The minister of the church I grew up in died two days after his 65th birthday. He was always in shape, was married, had little stress in his life. It shocked everyone.

his character on Night Court loved Mel Torme. I wonder if that was the case in his personal life and if it was played at services for him.

R90 he JUST died today so services haven't happened yet!

My late mom and I enjoyed front row seats at one of Mel Torme's last concerts because of his cameos on Night Court. Mel was simply stunning.

It was a great plot twist that after years of wanting to meet Mel, once he finally did, Mel could not stand him.

R2 again to say that it warms my heart that so many liked my gayling confession.

I went to a taping of Night Court. Episode: Hurricane: Part 2. It was interesting to watch how a TV program was made.

I read that he went to New Orleans and opened a magic shop and bar in the French Quarter that were gutted by Katrina. I remember reading an article, maybe in the New Orleans paper, that he rebuilt, but business never recovered so he finally gave up and moved to North Carolina. The article made it sound like the experience had exhausted him both financially and mentally.

RIP JUDGE STONE. BLESS,BILL

Honestly, after 45, we should all have a close relationship with a cardiologist.

One my favorite scenes from Cheers is when Harry the Hat helps the gang defeat Gary's Old Town Tavern.

Asheville is a popular spot for celebs

[quote] Larroquette was hung.

Just guessing, but he probably still is.

He was in the original cast of IT, which is all the rage now.

His part is being remade right now.

So, he died from being fat, right?

He was such a great guy.

[quote] I am surprised you never see it in syndication anymore.

There are four episodes broadcast back-to-back every weekday on LAFF.

In the 90s, my friend and I went to a nightclub in San Diego near the Omni Hotel. I remember people were gathered around a car in the front and there was a man talking loudly but very friendly. This was about 2 years after Night Court ended. It was Harry and he made a point of saying hello and shaking everyone's hand, including me even though I just approached him out of curiousity. He was pretty cute then.

When I was very young I used to confuse him with Dana Carvey.

RIP.

I, too, had a crush on him when I was a kid watching Night Court. Of course I also had crushes on Dan and Mac. So many possibilities! A friend of mine from Oregon said he used to do magic at her birthday parties.

I used to confuse him with Dana Carvey too.

Hey, hey R5!!

Spoiler alert, please.

I remember really liking him when he guest-starred on Cheers as a wee-gaying and was really happy when he got his own series. I remember watching and liking the first few season of Night Court but after the Halop left and Markie Post joined the cast I stopped paying as much attention to it. Really liked the first woman before Ellen Foley and Markie and thought she and Harry had good chemistry.

My cousin was an officer in some national magicians association back in the 80s and Anderson was a fellow officer, I think, or at least a ranking member. He knew him pretty well, so I asked if he had indeed become a recluse like someone upthread said. He replied, and I quote, "No."

That's all I was getting out of him, so I went to Google and saw Anderson had done some small college films and made appearances at magician's conferences until mid 2015, then not a single news article on him afterwards. He's probably been sick.

John Larroquette has posted some nice tweets. There's multiple, so I've just linked to his account.

His last role was as an evil, liberal professor who forces the theory of evolution onto innocent Christian youth in the film "Matter of Faith," so...

R113, I think you broke Twitter.

He and messch Taylor shared a double forbbiiden Love

BREAKING: Harry Anderson STILL DEAD!!!

If Night Court were rebooted, or done now, it would be a single camera comedy with dramatic elements, and not be nearly as acerbically funny or Un-PC as the original.

It would be neutered and die on network TV, but might survive on cable or Netflix.

Casting would be hard to do, though.

I thought he was considerably older than 65.

RIP Harry.

I’ve always thought the character of Judge Harry Stone was written for Harry, but apparently the writers and creator(s) of the show didn’t know he existed.

E! did a documentary on Night Court around 2002.

[quote]Who dies of natural causes at 65? I suspect suicide too. Just like everyone who dies of “aneurysms”.

Yeah total made up bullshit

[quote]I used to confuse him with Dana Carvey too.

I used to confuse Dana Carvey with David Spade

God R114 that's depressing, what a sad last role to do. I guess he needed the money.

Did anyone see Karen Austin in NUTS? Supposedly she was excellent.

Anderson was the lead in two multi-year network sitcoms. Net worth estimated at $10M at death. Not poor at all.

It sounded like he "lucked" into acting. He didn't want to be in acting, they just thought he was a natural and this is how he got into tv. He didn't do much after Night Court ended.

Except for the four seasons he was the lead on another network sitcom.

He had very moving comments in support of New Orleans during Katrina. He had a house in the French Quarter which was undamaged, but his clearly heartfelt compassion for his city was on full display. Good man.

It was reported today that he died of cardiac arrest.

I had a crush on him too growing up. He was just so sexy, in a fun and cool way. And to be that sort of off-beat, but also successful. My, my, my....

I loved Night Court and Dave's World. But Anderson was certainly not what I would sexy or even necessarily attractive.

Loved Harry and Night Court in general. This scene stuck with me:

^ I loved that scene! John Larroquette went for the bit all way!

Harry Anderson was under-rated and under-appreciated.

Abut so was and is John Larroquette.

John Laroquette had a fair amount of critical praise at the time. He was nominated for 6 Emmy awards for the role of Dan and won 4 times.

He loved New Orleans but it became a hell hole after Katrina. He even had his face smashed into a wall by some nut who blamed him for the demise of some club that used to be there (Anderson opened a business there). I remember seeing him on Bill Maher's show and he seemed like a likable, decent guy. As for "Night Court"...well, I liked it for a while but it got stale like all tv shows tend to do if they're on long enough.

John Larroquette was NEVER "under rated and under appreciated." He kept winning Emmy awards, year after year, for "Night Court" and won so many times that he took himself out of the running at some point because indeed it was unfair to keep giving the Emmy award to the same actor over and over and over again.

John Larroquette will always have a place in my heart because he played a gay character in an 80s teen comedy and didn't make him a cliched, offensive stereotype that was so popular at the time.

John Larroquette won a Tony playing opposite Daniel Radcliffe in "How To Succeed."

Errbody already forgot about him, apparently.

Also, did they ever say how he died? Is an autopsy pending?

Cardiac arrest. He was DOA it was reported.

Larroquette also tends to get nominated even for guest appearances. His sadly brief role on the Practice 15 years ago was excellent, and I’m pretty sure he was nominated for it, he might have even won.

His overall career really isn’t what it ought to have been, which is a shame.

Why was Larroquette never a bigger movie star though?

Wasn't he an alcoholic for many years?

I enjoyed Night Court. A middling show, it'll probably be forgotten after the boomer generation passes on. Sad to think about that.

But it lightened up my life. Thanks Harry. You seemed a decent sort and that's more than enough in this world.

HAS SHADOE STEVENS ISSUED A STATEMENT??!?

How about Meshach Taylor?

Night Court was on when Gen X were kids

Night Court was like the equivalent of Wings. Not something I'd seek out, but entertaining enough to watch to pass the time. Since NBC scheduled them on Thursday nights, I'd certainly seen my fair share.

Meshach Taylor is dead.

TMZ, being the ghouls that they are, listed more gruesome details yesterday about Harry’s death.

TMZ reported that he suffered a series of strokes back in January.

Super sad true love story