RIP Leslie Nielsen

[buckeyemania11]

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/11/28/comedy-legend-leslie-nielsen-dead/?test=latestnews

Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen, who most famously achieved global success in comedy movies such as "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun," has died aged 84, Manitoba radio station CJOB reported Sunday.

His death was first reported in unconfirmed messages on Twitter late Sunday that suggested the actor had died in the hospital after suffering from pneumonia.

His nephew Doug Nielson, told CJOB that Leslie had been in the hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for 12 days and that with family and friends by his side at 5:30pm Sunday "he just fell asleep and passed away."

Born in Regina, Canada, Leslie Nielsen appeared in more than 100 movies and hundreds of television shows over the course of his career.

Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he was also made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002 despite also being a naturalized US citizen.
He was married four times, and had two children from his second marriage, Maura and Thea Nielsen.


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[OHSportsFan]

:(

Really sad news...Naked Gun was one of the first movies I remember watching as a kid and I've always loved his work even before I could truly appreciate his comedy.

RIP Lt. Frank Drebin.

 

[NFBuck]

"Please disperse...nothing to see here..."

 

[starBUCKS]

RIP... a childhood favorite of mine :(

 

[FrancisSoyer]

Awwwww man :(:(:(:(:( One of the funniest actors of all time. RIP.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIr-S6mwFk"]Naked Gun - Enrico Palozzo[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpoZHVNB5M"]Wrongly Accused[/ame]

 

[Saw31]

RIP.

 

[Thump]

 

[DubCoffman62]

Aww, that sucks :(

 

[ScriptOhio]

Mayor: Now Drebin, I don't want any trouble like you had on the South Side last year, that's my policy.
Frank: Well, when I see five weirdos, dressed in togas, stabbing a man in the middle of the park in full view of a hundred people, I shoot the bastards, that's *my* policy!
Mayor: That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of 'Julius Caesar,' you moron! You killed five actors! Good ones!


RIP

 

[Gatorubet]

Plus, in one of my favorite movies as a kid (the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet), Nielson got the space babe - Anne Francis

"Strange....Thump strongly advised me to see Uranus....but that is not even in your galaxy!"




But that was only after almost getting killed by her dad (seen here with Robbie the Robot)

 

[Oh8ch]

He was a character actor in virtually every TV series you can name in the 50s, 60, and 70s. But he was made for those late career comedies.

 

[Mike80]

 

[elliemae]

Bummer! He was a funny man. Rest In Peace.

 

[Jake]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojm_eRjINrI&feature=related"]Creepshow-If you can hold your breath[/ame]

 

[OCBucksFan]

:(