{"id":8587,"date":"2011-06-24T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T18:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2011-06-24T12:16:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T19:16:57","slug":"in-memoriam-peter-falk-1927-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8587","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Peter Falk, 1927 – 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPETER FALK, 1927 – 2011<\/b><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I must say, I am particularly<\/i> saddened by this one<\/a>. Yes, I was a very big<\/i> fan.<\/p>\n

The “Hello From Peter” page<\/a>, the front page of Falk’s website<\/a> until he became ill from Alzheimer’s, helps make his charms immediately apparent (see below)….<\/p>\n

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…Oh, and just one more thing, ma’am…Aside from his best-known role as TV’s Columbo<\/a> (for which he won 4 Emmy awards), and his inimitable performance in the original 1979 The In-Laws<\/em><\/a> (one of the funniest films of all time), I should mention that Falk was long-ago revealed to have been an actual angel<\/i> on this earth all along by Wim Wender’s 1987 German masterpiece Wings of Desire<\/i><\/a>. If you’ve not experienced it (the real one, as opposed to the 1998 American remake, City of Angels<\/i><\/a> with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan) find the time to do yourself the favor.<\/p>\n

Here’s a few clips…<\/p>\n