Bill Macy, best known for playing Bea Arthur’s husband Walter Findlay on the 1970s sitcom “Maude,” has died. He was 97.
“My buddy Bill Macy passed away at 7:13 p.m. tonight,” producer and manager Matt Beckoff wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. “He was a spitfire right up to the end. What an honor to book him for Gilbert Gottfried II Frank Santopadre and Dara Kravitz Gottfried podcast. It really was the cherry on top. He Loved being on that show. My condolences to his beautiful wife Samantha Harper Macy.”
Beckoff did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
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“Maude,” a spinoff of Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” ran for six seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1978. Along with his parts on those two iconic Lear shows, Macy’s other small-screen credits include “Seinfeld,” “St. Elsewhere,” “The Facts of Life,...
“My buddy Bill Macy passed away at 7:13 p.m. tonight,” producer and manager Matt Beckoff wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. “He was a spitfire right up to the end. What an honor to book him for Gilbert Gottfried II Frank Santopadre and Dara Kravitz Gottfried podcast. It really was the cherry on top. He Loved being on that show. My condolences to his beautiful wife Samantha Harper Macy.”
Beckoff did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Also Read: Norman Lear Becomes Oldest Emmy Winner at 97
“Maude,” a spinoff of Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” ran for six seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1978. Along with his parts on those two iconic Lear shows, Macy’s other small-screen credits include “Seinfeld,” “St. Elsewhere,” “The Facts of Life,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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