RIP Fyvush Finkel

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html?_r=0

Fyvush Finkel, whose homespun moniker and putty face were comic statements all their own that helped him become a mainstay of what remained of Yiddish entertainment, and who later crossed over into the television mainstream as the cantankerous lawyer on the 1990s series “Picket Fences,” died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.

His death was confirmed by his son Ian, who said Mr. Finkel had been having heart problems for many months.

[G✇JI☈A]

Also played Krusty The Clown in the TV movie.

RIP

[Sir Woodrow]

I thought he always already dead.

RIP

[Mozenrath]

93, that's an excellent run any way you slice it.

[slappy]

I'll always remember him from Boston Public.

RIP.

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"Pillar of Yiddish theatre" was all over Twitter and Facebook last night when this broke. His actual Emmy winning TV show role took a backseat to it, even.

I enjoyed him emmensely on Picket Fences. He and Walston were a great team.

RIP sir.

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

Man I absolutely learned that tv could be more then just vapid entertainment from Picket Fences and consider it the precursor to the modern tv boom.

[Hit Girl]

Picket Fences was an awesome show.

I loved the episode where the jury found the dancing deaf robber not guilty because she was so adorable, only for the judge to condemn the jury for being idiots.

[Andy Martin]

Aug 15, 2016 1:15:49 GMT -5 slappy said:

I'll always remember him from Boston Public.

RIP.

You know, I was trying to remember where I heard the name before...THAT'S WHERE!