Sorry I've been too swamped to blog 'til now. Let's see if I can get through this entire post before the phone rings again…
I've received lots of nice remembrances from people who loved Frank Buxton in person and/or on the screen. I hope I made it clear what a terrific person I thought he was. Here's an obit for him that ran in his hometown newspaper.
Also, because of some obits I haven't written, I think I need to post the following periodic reminder: Just because someone dies and I don't write about them, it does not mean that I disliked them or have a negative opinion of them. It might mean that I just plain have nothing to say about them that others aren't already saying on the 'net. Contrary to what some folks seem to think, I have not met everyone in Show Business or Comics. I also don't have interesting insights or anecdotes about some of the people I have met.
As some have noted, I write a lot of obituaries…and if it appears as if a lot of people I know die, that's mainly a function of how many people I know. My Microsoft Office Address Book has, like, 3600 entries in it. The larger your Rolodex, the greater the chance each day that someone in it will die. Most of my friends are alive and I'm going to do everything possible to keep them that way.