Murhpy Brown's Robert Pastorelli Dies at 49 (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/09/obit.pastorelli.reut/index.html)

Wow... that's sad.

Here's Yahoo's article

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Robert Pastorelli, the boxer-turned-actor best known to television audiences as the house painter Eldin on long-running CBS comedy "Murphy Brown," has died, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said on Tuesday.

Pastorelli, 49, was found dead in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills home on Monday afternoon, a coroner's spokesman said. Drug paraphernalia was found on the scene, he added, and an autopsy was to be conducted on Tuesday.

The New Jersey-born Pastorelli got into stage acting in the 1970s in productions like "Rebel Without A Cause" but found his greatest fame on "Murphy Brown," painting the house of the title character played by Candice Bergen (news) but never quite finishing his ambitious artistic projects on her walls.

He briefly had his own series, "Double Rush," about the manager of a bicycle messenger service. Most recently, he was cast in the film "Be Cool," a sequel to "Get Shorty."

Syndicated TV entertainment show Access Hollywood, which first reported the actor's death, said his girlfriend died in the same home in early 1999. The two had a daughter.


I think he dated Glenn Close at one time... but not sure.

Very sad! I loved him as Eldin.
He was also on a episode of Night Court.
I had recently added a link to a page about him in my Night Court group.
I can't believe it. So sad.

Thats a shame, hopefully Lifetime will pick up Murphy Brown again and do a tribute to Eldin.

How sad....... And his girlfriend had died in the same home.

:confused:

I would love to see Murphy Brown again.
Did you know that 3 Murphy Brown stars guest starred on Night Court?

They are

Robert Pastorelli

Joe Regalbuto

Pat Corley

Such a tragedy. He was such a great actor. Eldin was forever painting Murphy's house. Such a good feeling when he returned in the last episode. RIP Robert Pastorelli

R.I.P. Robert.:(

I hadn't heard about this until just now.. once again, very sad news. :(

Originally posted by Miss Golden
Thats a shame, hopefully Lifetime will pick up Murphy Brown again and do a tribute to Eldin.


I agree. He was young; it's very sad.

I'm so sad about this. It was not his time to die. It was just a silly accident. That's so unfair, he was so young. If there's ever a MB cast reunion special (which i really hope there is), it'll not be the same without him. :(

++Diana

HE WAS BURIED WITH A TAPE OR PICTURE OF ELVIS. RIDICULOUS!

I just read about "Eldin's" death on Cnn.com.
We miss his character and we'll miss him, anyway.

Its been a year since the death of Pasterolli, RIP even though reports recently surfaced that he killed his girlfriend.

Its been a year since the death of Pasterolli, RIP even though reports recently surfaced that he killed his girlfriend.

I heard the same thing. He was suppose to be getting arrested before he died.

I saw him in the movie "Be Cool" last week at the movies. He was pretty good in it, he plays a hit man hired by Harvey Keitel's character. I take it that "Be Cool" was Pastorelli's last acting job.

I heard the same thing. He was suppose to be getting arrested before he died.

His girlfriend (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7973/charemon-denise-jonovich), Charemon Jonovich (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKWAVnPTzYM) was shot and killed (https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-mysterious-death-of-charemon-jonovich/id1407606863?i=1000531681256&l=en) in his house (https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2016/10/12/robert-pastorellis-former-house/).

At first, the police thought it was suicide (https://nypost.com/1999/03/17/girlfriend-of-murphys-pastorelli-kills-herself/), then accidental death by carelessly handling a loaded handgun, but finally (https://www.google.com/amp/m.eonline.com/amp/news/49186/pastorelli-s-posthumous-murder-rap), Pastorelli was a suspect (https://archive.triblive.com/news/tv-show-pastorelli-was-murder-suspect/) and the police were getting ready to arrest him when he died (https://people.com/celebrity/coroner-pastorellis-death-drug-related/) of a heroin overdose. Probably a suicide (https://www.foxella.com/everyone-knew-he-did-it-but-kept-giving-him-work/).