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    Exclamation Al Molinaro, drive-in owner on 'Happy Days,' dead at 96

    Al Molinaro, drive-in owner on 'Happy Days,' dead at 96

    http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/7...y-days-dies-96



    GLENDALE, Calif. — Al Molinaro, the loveable character actor with the hangdog face who was known to millions of TV viewers for playing Murray the cop on “The Odd Couple” and malt shop owner Al Delvecchio on “Happy Days,” died Friday at Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, his son Michael Molinaro said.

    Molinaro, retired from acting since the 1990s, died of complications of gallstone problems, his son said. He was 96.

    The Kenosha, Wisconsin, native was a journeyman performer well into middle age when a comedy improv class led to his breakthrough. Producer Garry Marshall heard about Molinaro and hired him for the part of police Officer Murray Greshler on “The Odd Couple,” the TV version of Neil Simon’s play about feuding roommates. It starred Tony Randall as photographer Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as sports writer Oscar Madison and featured Molinaro as one of their buddies, a simpleminded policeman who at times seemed as much a threat to his friends as he did to any crooks.
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11



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    That's sad.
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    He lived a long time, though. Not many people make it to 96.

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    RIP

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    I wonder if he ever perfected that fish recipe?



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