The passing of Abe Vigoda today reminds me of Jack Soo (Goro Suzuki) and this Reaganesque plum:
Soo died of cancer on January 11, 1979 at the height of his popularity.
His death shocked Soo’s friends and cast members of the show Barney Miller,
which was in its fifth season, and the entire cast stepped out of
character in a tribute to Jack in an episode that aired in May of 1979.
It was said that his last words to his co-star Hal Linden, who played
Barney Miller in the series, as Soo was being wheeled into the operating
room before his death were "It must have been the coffee,” referencing
a running joke by his character from Barney Miller of having the
reputation for making horrible coffee. At the end of the tribute, Soo’s
cast members raised their coffee cups in a final toast to his memory.
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