On Tuesday, July 5, 2011 4:34:45 AM UTC-4, Ed Dravecky III wrote: > > As Jim Hutton would be dead from liver cancer in June 1979 (2 days > after his 45th birthday!), is it possible that he was simply unable to > continue the series? > > -- >
> I've never heard that Hutton's illness was diagnosed that early. The series was cancelled in 1976, and Hutton continued to work regularly for the last three years of his life, including a four-episode stint on "One Day at a Time." His last job was on "Butterflies," a series pilot (based on the British sitcom) that NBC aired on August 1, 1979 - two months after his death. My guess is that it was probably taped in the spring of '79. So if he and his bosses thought that his health was still good enough to warrant a series pilot so late in his life, I doubt that his health would have affected "Ellery Queen." He was born just a month after my father. And my dad is 77 now. Jim Hutton was gone way too soon. -Tim -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
