Frank Bonner (Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.)
(1942 – 2021)
(NEW YORK POST) – Frank Bonner, who played Herb
Tarlek on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” has died.
The family said Bonner passed away “peacefully”
Wednesday amid his battle with Lewy body dementia.
On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out
after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode
watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was
the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that
time.
Set near Seoul, Korea, behind the American front lines during
the Korean War, M*A*S*H was based on the 1968 novel by Richard
Hooker and the 1970 film produced by 20th Century Fox and
directed by Robert Altman. Its title came from the initials for the
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
The Flintstones animated sitcom was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was originally broadcast on ABC from September
30, 1960, to April 1, 1966.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Flintstones the second-greatest TV cartoon of
all time (after The Simpsons).
David Lander, known best for his role as Squiggy on “Laverne & Shirley,“ died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles from complications from multiple sclerosis. His wife,
Kathy, daughter Natalie, and son-in-law were by his side.
