Sunday, February 05, 2006

Al Lewis 1923-2006

Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa Munster from the TV sitcom, died Friday night at the age of 82.

You can read the details of his madcap life here , but he'll always be Grandpa to me.

7 comments:

Topwomen said...

How I LOVED the Munsters, and Grandpa was an integral part of that program.

Time marches on.....

Sar said...

Aw, RIP Grandpa Munster.

Jamie Dawn said...

How sad. I like him as Grandpa.

I've always thought that Madeline Albright resembles him. I know that's not very nice to say, but I really do see a resemblance. It's kind of like the resemblance I see in Macauly Culkin & Deborah Norville.

Minka said...

He seems like a lovely grandpa. Cogar-chomping? That made me smile...

cube said...

jd: Grandpa Munster, in full Dracula makeup, was nicer looking than Madame Not-at-Allbright ;-)

MCF said...

95....at least he had a full life. He'll be missed.

cube said...

95? Is that new math? ;-)