http://enews.earthlink.net/article/ent?guid=20060205/43e58650_8c0_224020060205-413314050 Al Lewis RIP! He used to hold court every morning at the DONUT INN on Balboa (in Encino) when I was a kid. My brother once asked him for a pair of Marilyn's panties from the wardrobe trailer! Oy!
He'll be missed.. I only ran into him a few times (all when I was younger) but he was definitely a character. I'll see if I can dig out the pic I have of him at the Bunnyranch with Ron Jeremy when I get home.
No, Wilford Brimley takes the cake for 'Everyone's Grandpa'! (Anyone see him in The Hotel New Hampshire?). Remember what he dies of in that movie? Too Funny!