RIP - Peter Falk, aka Detective Columbo

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited June 2011 in The Clubhouse
The actor had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, according to his adopted daughter, Catherine Falk.

Peter Falk died at age of 83

RIP :frown:
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited June 2011
    Always liked him.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited June 2011
    He was one of the good ones. Met him on a couple occasions and he was always a kind and humble man.


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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2011
    Damn, sad news indeed!
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited June 2011
    He will be missed. I love Columbo.

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/Peter-Falk-Columbo-039-s-Coat-Was-Mine-37237.shtml
    The actor said that the stylist took him to pick his clothes for the shoot and that there were too many stylish outfits already chosen. But he opted for the most rumpled suit he could find, asked somebody from the crew to have it dyed in dirty and dull brown. He then went home and got his hand on a used raincoat he had in his wardrobe.

    The same happened when he was to choose the car: he found nothing to his liking in the studio's parking lot. 'Then I saw it way in the back, just its nose - an ugly Peugeot. And it had the perfect touch... a flat tire', the actor said laughing.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2011
    I met him along time ago at Universal Studios.
    Really down to earth and talked to us a long time about his career.
    A true gentleman.

    RIP
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    Sad news indeed. RIP and Godspeed Peter Falk....
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    edited June 2011
    RIP. Always loved the Columbo episodes
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  • renowilliams
    renowilliams Posts: 920
    edited June 2011
    Ahh...."Just one more question". He really made the part of Columbo his. A great actor.

    He'll live on in his work.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2011
    "If you weren't a dame I'd kick you right in the stomach."

    LONG before he was Columbo, the man had a way with words.

    Vaya con dios Mr. Falk.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,500
    edited June 2011
    Class act all the way. RIP
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,273
    edited June 2011
    Was a family favorite RIP
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited June 2011
    Sad indeed.

    I loved his demeanor as Columbo. He always let the guilty party go free for 45 min. , then walk up and say, " I had a hunch it was you "or something very similar.:biggrin:

    Non-chalont(sp) detective extrodinaire!!

    It's fitting if they replay some episodes asap.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited June 2011
    He lost an eye to cancer when he was three. It was said that when he was called a strikeout in baseball, he would go over and hand his glass eye to the Ump and tell him, "You need this more than I do."

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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2011
    My wife and I own every series of Columbo on DVD. Our favorite. We do Columbo days where we book the day of work and just watch Columbo.

    RIP Mr. Falk - you were the BEST detective on TV.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited June 2011
    janmike wrote: »
    My wife and I own every series of Columbo on DVD. Our favorite. We do Columbo days where we book the day of work and just watch Columbo.

    RIP Mr. Falk - you were the BEST detective on TV.

    Great homage to his acting skills.^^^

    It's been a while since I've seen an episode.:frown:
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2011
    I'm thinking we need a full Columbo day. Like All Day and All Night. Anyone want to look after a 12 year old for 24 hours? Our son likes Columbo, but not a huge fan; like 18 hours straight.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2011
    Columbo is phenominal! One of my favorites! Peter Falk was and always will be phenominal! Great actor! RIP Peter.:frown:

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited June 2011
    When I was growing up in Hong Kong during the early 70s, Columbo (or 哥倫布 in Chinese) was a favorite of my parents. Of course, Mr. Falk's voice was dubbed into Cantonese for the local audience, but the character's trademark raincoat and beat-up car need no translating.

    Fast forward to today, my mother now has mild dementia and I can see her slipping away. However, during lunch time today, when I called home from work to check on her and told her about the passing of Mr. Falk, she can still recall Columbo.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited June 2011
    Sad news. Appeared as Max in my favorite movie of all time, The Great Race. :cool:
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  • byfthalone
    byfthalone Posts: 345
    edited June 2011
    he will be missed indeed.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited June 2011
    One of my favorite Peter Falk performances is in a great German movie directed by Wim Wenders, called Wings of Desire. In it he plays himself and he tries to convince an angel (played by the great Bruno Ganz) to become human. He tells him that by becoming a human and being able to feel things the way humans do, such as the sublime qualities of coffee and cigarettes, can he really experience what life can offer.
    It's a movie that will require a bit of personal involvement, but well worth the effort.
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