Tony Randall

"Down With Love," which opens Friday, pays homage to the Doris Day-Rock Hudson sex comedies of the 1960s. The movie stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, with "Frasier's" David Hyde Pierce as the eternal sidekick -- a role Tony Randall played to perfection in such frothy Day-Hudson vehicles as "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Lover Come Back" (1962) and "Send Me No Flowers" (1964). In the new movie, Randall appears in a cameo as a chauvinistic boss.

Jack Klugman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on TV's “The Odd Couple” and the title role of the murder-solving medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” died Monday at his home in Woodland Hills. He was 90. Klugman had been in declining health for the last year, his son Adam said. He had withdrawn from a production of “Twelve Angry Men” at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J., in Marchfor undisclosed health reasons.

Tony Randall, the deft comedic actor best known for playing fastidious Felix Unger on the 1970s sitcom "The Odd Couple" during his more than six-decade career on stage, screen and television, has died. He was 84. Randall died in his sleep Monday evening at NYU Medical Center of complications from a months-long illness, according to his publicist, Gary Springer. Randall had developed pneumonia after undergoing triple heart-bypass surgery in December.

Tony Randall, the Emmy Award-winning actor who died two months ago, left more than $1 million to his wife and two children, according to his will, which was filed for probate in New York's Surrogate Court. Randall was 84 when he died in his sleep May 17 from "complications from a prolonged illness." He left his entire estate to his wife, Heather, and their children, Julia, 7, and Jefferson, 5.

Any true-blue fan of Tony Randall who is hoping for a tell-all autobiography filled with the actor's most intimate secrets will be sadly disappointed by this book. "Which Reminds Me" is like nothing so much as a long evening with a theater nut "cursed with almost total recall." "I remember not only those (stories) in which I was personally involved, but every one I have ever heard," the author writes (or dictates, as the case may be).

Tony Randall, who passed away Monday night at the age of 84, had a career of such length and breadth that one may be excused for underestimating it. (It takes a death to see these things whole.) Though his five years on "The Odd Couple" tend to occupy the foreground, for six decades he was active in every medium available to him -- stage, radio, television and film, even recordings. (He liked to sing novelty songs from the 1920s.

"I think we've found a home," says Jack Klugman, who has reasons to be excited that the Nickelodeon cable network has just added reruns of "The Odd Couple" to its lineup. "We belong on Nick at Nite." If ever a marriage were made in rerun heaven, it was the cohabitation of Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, otherwise known as "The Odd Couple."

Tony Randall, the Emmy Award-winning actor who died two months ago, left more than $1 million to his wife and two children, according to his will, which was filed for probate in New York's Surrogate Court. Randall was 84 when he died in his sleep May 17 from "complications from a prolonged illness." He left his entire estate to his wife, Heather, and their children, Julia, 7, and Jefferson, 5.

"Send Me No Flowers." MCA. $59.95. Rock Hudson and Doris Day were nearing the end of their reign as Hollywood's box-office king and queen when they made this film. It's from a hit play about a hypochondriac convinced he's dying--and under Norman Jewison's direction, with a cast that includes their usual second banana, Tony Randall, it begins quite well.

Tony Randall says today's rock performers may seem like superstars, but in the long run Bach and Handel outshine even the Beatles as popular musicians. Randall serves as the host of "A Celebration for Handel and Bach," a public television special marking the 300th anniversary of the birth of the two 18th-Century musical giants. It will be seen Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Channels 28, 15 and 24, and at 10 p.m. on Channel 50.

Tony Randall, who passed away Monday night at the age of 84, had a career of such length and breadth that one may be excused for underestimating it. (It takes a death to see these things whole.) Though his five years on "The Odd Couple" tend to occupy the foreground, for six decades he was active in every medium available to him -- stage, radio, television and film, even recordings. (He liked to sing novelty songs from the 1920s.

Tony Randall, the deft comedic actor best known for playing fastidious Felix Unger on the 1970s sitcom "The Odd Couple" during his more than six-decade career on stage, screen and television, has died. He was 84. Randall died in his sleep Monday evening at NYU Medical Center of complications from a months-long illness, according to his publicist, Gary Springer. Randall had developed pneumonia after undergoing triple heart-bypass surgery in December.

"Down With Love," which opens Friday, pays homage to the Doris Day-Rock Hudson sex comedies of the 1960s. The movie stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, with "Frasier's" David Hyde Pierce as the eternal sidekick -- a role Tony Randall played to perfection in such frothy Day-Hudson vehicles as "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Lover Come Back" (1962) and "Send Me No Flowers" (1964). In the new movie, Randall appears in a cameo as a chauvinistic boss.

"I think we've found a home," says Jack Klugman, who has reasons to be excited that the Nickelodeon cable network has just added reruns of "The Odd Couple" to its lineup. "We belong on Nick at Nite." If ever a marriage were made in rerun heaven, it was the cohabitation of Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, otherwise known as "The Odd Couple."

It was the first public performance of the National Actors Theatre. Martin Sheen was ready. Michael York was ready. But Fritz Weaver had laryngitis and couldn't go on. Just before "The Crucible" was to begin on Tuesday evening, Tony Randall went onstage to tell the packed Belasco Theatre audience about Weaver's unexpected illness. And when Weaver's character, Deputy Gov. Danforth, made his appearance in the second act, Randall was playing the part.

Here's one mystery even Jessica Fletcher might not be able to solve: How do you persuade fed-up California voters to oppose term limits for legislators? Fletcher, the earnest and friendly author on television's "Murder, She Wrote," has a knack for unraveling even the most devilish conundrums. But now California's legislative leaders have entrusted Angela Lansbury, who plays Fletcher on the popular CBS drama, with the task of saving their political futures.

During his stint as a "Great American Talk Festival" speaker Thursday night in Santa Ana, Tony Randall was asked by a member of the audience to give "his survey" of the state of commercial television. The actor's response was exactly what the audience of 750 at the Santa Ana High School Auditorium came to see and hear: Randall's amused affability, brittle asides and assured timing. "Survey, you said?"

Here's one mystery even Jessica Fletcher might not be able to solve: How do you persuade fed-up California voters to oppose term limits for legislators? Fletcher, the earnest and friendly author on television's "Murder, She Wrote," has a knack for unraveling even the most devilish conundrums. But now California's legislative leaders have entrusted Angela Lansbury, who plays Fletcher on the popular CBS drama, with the task of saving their political futures.

Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp accused legislative leaders Willie Brown and David A. Roberti on Tuesday of "hiding behind Angela Lansbury's skirts" because a political ad that features the actress does not disclose Brown's and Roberti's backing. Van de Kamp said the ad opposing Propositions 131 and 140, the term-limit measures on the Nov. 6 ballot, appears to violate the state's Truth-in-Initiative law that requires campaign advertisements to identify their major financial backers.

Any true-blue fan of Tony Randall who is hoping for a tell-all autobiography filled with the actor's most intimate secrets will be sadly disappointed by this book. "Which Reminds Me" is like nothing so much as a long evening with a theater nut "cursed with almost total recall." "I remember not only those (stories) in which I was personally involved, but every one I have ever heard," the author writes (or dictates, as the case may be).