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Robert Osborne passed away

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eppis1

The sweet, old face of TCM will be missed. I spend most of my tv watching time on that channel, and his soothing personality was a tonic for this old film buff. He's been off air for a long time, so his passing comes as no surprise. I love TCM and R.O., and it will be so sad without him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/movies/robert-osborne-dea (Open in New Window)

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A small bit of personal trivia - eppis1 23:07:34 03/20/17 (0)
Mr Osborne lived in Manhattan at the corner of 57th street and 7th avenue, in a residential apartment building called the Osborne. He bought in there back in the early 1980's, when you could still get a spot in the building for a reasonable sub-fortune. I spent a little time there, cause I had a rich aunt who lived there, back in the 1960-1970 era. Great place to live.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Apartments (Open in New Window)
RE: Robert Osborne passed away - fantja 00:07:09 03/17/17 (1)
On a serious tip, whom is in-line to replace RO? Those shoes will not be easy to fulfill.
- RE: Robert Osborne passed away - eppis1 22:54:59 03/20/17 (0)
  Ben Mankiewicz has been the "go to guy" while Osborne made his decline into ill health. He's well suited to replace the irreplaceable one. Though a little edgier in the humor department, he's a solid host. TCM is such a jewel, that it would be hard to wreck. Their choices for hosts have always been pretty good.
RE: Robert Osborne passed away - SteveHo 18:45:20 03/11/17 (1)
He was a great man. We used to have lunch.
- http://www.stevehoffman.tv (Open in New Window)
- RE: Robert Osborne passed away - fantja 00:06:32 03/17/17 (0)
  Laughing...
RE: Robert Osborne passed away - fantja 15:04:12 03/07/17 (0)
He was a wealth of Film knowledge. A great one- R.I.P.
RE: I've missed him for some time... - user510 13:43:47 03/07/17 (0)
News of his passing is not unexpected, yet....he was such a fixture at TCM I found it difficult to accept anyone else for their movie lead-ins and live programming. That said,and after some lengthy period of adjustment, I now find Ben Mankiewicz entirely acceptible as Osborne's successor. Who else could it have been?!

Time marches on eternally, even though we humans do not.

-Steve
RE: Robert Osborne passed away - volunteer 09:03:06 03/07/17 (0)
:-(

-Wendell

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