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Beatle4
Nov 28, 2010, 06:24 PM
Canadian actor-comedian Leslie Nielsen, who went from drama to inspired bumbling as a hapless doctor in Airplane! and the accident-prone Det. Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun comedies, has died. He was 84.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/11/28/nielsen-dies.html#ixzz16dd71IFA (http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/11/28/nielsen-dies.html)
bearkat77
Nov 28, 2010, 06:33 PM
R.I.P. Leslie :sad1:
62hofner
Nov 28, 2010, 06:48 PM
You beat me to it, Beatle4.

So sad. Leslie Nielsen was one of my favorite actors. I loved his work in movies like "Airplane", and "The Naked Gun", etc. Such a funny man.

He was a "serious" actor prior to "Airplane". But after the success of that movie, he was pretty much pegged as the off-beat humor guy—which he embraced quite happily.
MaccaGirl2891
Nov 28, 2010, 07:04 PM
LOVE The Naked Gun.

I was so surprised to read this.
Maggie Mae
Nov 28, 2010, 08:25 PM
As my cousin wrote on Facebook earlier this evening:
"Leslie Nielsen is dead? Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am! And don't call me Shirley."

Leslie Nielsen went to the same high school that I student-taught at last year here in Edmonton. In a long list of famous alumni, his was a star that shone brightly to this day within the halls of Victoria School for Performing and Visual Arts and it always made me smile when some freckle-faced kid would come up to me and say, proudly, "Hey, did you know that the guy from Naked Gun went to this school?" He will be sorely missed...

:cry2:
beatlelover45223
Nov 28, 2010, 09:18 PM
RIP Mr. Nielsen, what a funny guy, you will be missed!
Blackguard
Nov 29, 2010, 03:41 PM
Very Sad News. Leslie Neilsen Was A Very Underrated Actor, Who Made Some Very Well Received Movies. In 1980 Came His Deadpan Portrayal Of Dr. Rumack In Airplane!. And A Second Career Was Born. From A Straight Actor To A Silly Comedian Is Something Not All Actors Can Accomplish, Or Would Even Attempt. Leslie Neilsen Pulled It Off Seemingly With Ease.

Surely We Will Miss Leslie Neilsen.
Maggie Mae
Nov 29, 2010, 03:48 PM
Leslie Nielsen 'was quite an ambassador' for Edmonton (http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Leslie+Nielsen+quite+ambassador+Edmonton/3901930/story.html)
Brokepocket
Dec 13, 2010, 08:01 AM
Surely We Will Miss Leslie Neilsen.

We will do, but dont call me Shirley... XD

I love that guy... :)