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09-26-2006, 09:15 AM
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Actor who played Ebe in "Thelma's African Romance" passed away.
Actor Johnny Sekka, who played Ebe (not sure I spelled the character's name correctly) passed away from lung cancer. He was 72. Here's the link to the story.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...y=johnny+sekka |
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09-26-2006, 11:33 AM
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72?!? Holy crap! I never realized he was that old on Good Times. |
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09-26-2006, 02:12 PM
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09-26-2006, 08:43 PM
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So he was was in his 40's while he was on GT?????
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09-26-2006, 09:45 PM
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Well I knew he wasn' in his 20's-lol |
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09-27-2006, 01:36 AM
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72??? WOW!!!!! I had no idea he was that old!!
R.I.P. 
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09-27-2006, 10:22 AM
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Thanks for the link! Sorry to hear that!
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09-27-2006, 12:25 PM
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I didn't know he was that old.
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10-05-2006, 04:57 PM
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For freakin real! I looked at that age posted and then did some counting in my head. Wow! He was 42 when he did Good Times. BTW, Brain. Thanks for your contrinution to the minnova download board. I was trying to download "War At Home". Can you seed it for me? Another question. How do you seed? I added Torrents for Knots Landing and A Different World and I wanted to seed. Help Me! If you are not the same person then disregard the message. |
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10-07-2006, 10:04 PM
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He had an interesting bio.
What's more interesting is that he was a good twenty years older than BernNdette Stanis! --------- The Sitcoms of Norman Lear is ONE month away! www.dear-norman.com Available for pre-order worldwide . . . |
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10-08-2006, 06:48 AM
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Wow, how shocking. He looked close to Bernndette's age.
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