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is a loss. A man whose talents extended way behind the couple of TV roles that
got him major notice. While the episode of Trek they're mentioning isn't one of
my favs, I enjoyed seeing Gorshin, especially the way he'd move that lanky body
almost as if he didn't have a skeletal system. (The episode was "Let This Be
Your Last Battlefield", in which two aliens carry out their bigotry-filled fued
on Enterprise. Each is black on one half of his body, the racism comes from
*which* side was black and which was white).
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Frank 'The Riddler' Gorshin Dies at 72http://www.wnbc.com/entertainment/4503355/detail.htmlFrank
Gorshin, Impressionist And Actor, Dies At 72BURBANK, Calif. -
Actor Frank Gorshin, the impressionist with 100 facesbest known for his
Emmy-nominated role as The Riddler on the old "Batman"television series,
has died. He was 72.Gorshin's wife of 48 years, Christina, was at his
side when he diedTuesday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, his
agent and longtimefriend, Fred Wostbrock, said Wednesday."He put
up a valiant fight with lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia,"Mrs. Gorshin
said in a statement.Despite dozens of television and movie credits,
Gorshin will be foreverremembered for his role as The Riddler, Adam West's
villainous foil in thequestion mark-pocked green suit and bowler hat on
"Batman" from 1966-69."It really was a catalyst for me," Gorshin
recalled in a 2002 AssociatedPress interview. "I was nobody. I had done
some guest shots here andthere. But after I did that, I became a headliner
in Vegas, so I can't putit down."West said the death of his
longtime friend was a big loss."Frank will be missed," West said in a
statement. "He was a friend andfascinating character."Gorshin
earned another Emmy nominations one for a guest shot on
"StarTrek."In 2002, Gorshin portrayed George Burns on Broadway in
the one-man show"Say Goodnight Gracie." He used only a little makeup and
no prosthetics."I don't know how to explain it. It just comes," he
said. "I wish I couldsay, 'This is step A, B and C.' But I can't do that.
I do it, you know.The ironic thing is I've done impressions all my life -
I never did GeorgeBurns."Gorshin's final performance will be
broadcast on Thursday's CBS-TV series"CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation."
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