ABE VIGODA Obituary
TO THE VIGODA FAMILY:
DETECTIVE SGT PHIL K FISH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING OF THE 12 PRECINCT,HE HAS PAST AWAY, WHEN I HEARD THAT ABE PAST AWAY ON JAN. 26 MY HEART BROKEN,I HAVE TO THAT HE HAS FLAIR, A VERY TALENT GUY WITH STYLE ALONG WITH CHARISMA WITH EVERYTHING HE DOES! I REMEMBER WATCHING " BARNEY MILLER" WHEN I WAS KID, I REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID TO WOJO AT TIMES, WOJO TOLD FISH THAT HE WAS A FATHER THAT HE NEVER HAD, YET I DO LOVE ONE SENCE THAT THE PUT THE BRIEFCASE WITH THE BOMB IN THE SAFE, BARNEY WILL COME BACK IN TO SEE IF EVERYTHING IS OKAY,FIND FISH WHICH HE DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A BOMB IN A BIEFCASE IT WAS IN THE SAFE WHICH HE SAID YES, THEN BARNEY WILL SAY DID YOU KNOW IT WAS PETTY CASH IN IT ABOUT $40 DOLLARS LOOKS AT HIM, WHICH SAID TO BACK TO BARNEY YOU COULD IT OUT FROM MY PAY! ALSO,I LOVE IT WHEN HE DRESS UP AS A WOMEN FOR MUGGING DUTY ALONG WITH SOME OTHERS SENCE, TALKS THAT HE HAD WITH BARNEY TO, I LIKE BARNEY,FISH AND IT CAME TO HIS RETIREMENT THEY GIVE HIM A GODD SSEND OFF WITH HIS WIFE BERNICE PLAYED BY FLORENCE STANLEY, WHEN IT WAS TIME WHEN THE GUYS GIVE HIM A BOND AS A GIFT WHICH HE MADE US LAUGHWHEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT T
Abe Vigoda, actor who played 'Fish' in TV series Barney Miller, dies at age 94
NEW YORK -- Character Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the s TV series "Barney Miller" and the doomed Mafia soldier in "The Godfather," died Tuesday at age
Vigoda's daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his sleep at Fuchs' home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The cause of death was old age. "This man was never sick," Fuchs said.
Vigoda worked in relative obscurity as a supporting actor in the New York theater and in television until Francis Ford Coppola cast him in the Oscar-winning "The Godfather." Vigoda played Sal Tessio, an old friend of Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) who hopes to take over the family after Vito's death by killing his son Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). But Michael anticipates that Sal's suggestion for a "peace summit" among crime families is a setup and the escorts Sal thought were taking him to the meeting turn out to be his executioners.
"Tell Mike it was on
Abe Vigoda's daughter reminisces on father's frequent visits to North Jersey
With last week’s snowstorm approaching, Carol Vigoda Fuchs pleaded with her hale, hearty and independent year-old father, Abe Vigoda, to come stay at her place in Woodland Park. The beloved actor obliged, arriving Thursday from his apartment on the Upper East Side.
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The Brooklyn-born Vigoda, whose hangdog, bushy-browed look was instantly familiar to fans of TV’s “Barney Miller” and the movie classic “The Godfather,” died Tuesday. He was
“He passed in his sleep,” Fuchs said. “I got up in the morning, he was still in bed, I said ‘Hello!,’ then I went to make a cup of coffee, went back to his room, looked at him, and realized he was gone.
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“This is a man who was never sick a day in his life,” she added. “He could’ve waited for his birthday” — Feb.
Vigoda, who moved from Beverly Hills, Calif., after his second wife died in the early ’90s, was a frequent presence in North Jersey, visiting his daughter and three grandsons.
Fuchs said her father wasn’t troubled by the fact that was easily recognized.
“His big thing was, he w
Abe Vigoda's Daughter 'Dismayed' Her Late Father Was 'Cheated' from Oscars In Memoriam Segment: Report
Abe Vigoda’s daughter is furious that her father’s name was left out of the Oscars "In Memoriam" segment last night.
“Last night the Oscars dismayed many and cheated Abe Vigoda by not paying tribute to the immense professional energies and talents that he brought to the industry,” Carol Vigoda Fuchs told TMZ.
She added, “Let’s not forget the personal and family sacrifices that were willingly made to achieve that essential devotion. The Oscars fell short in many ways and as my father Abe Vigoda said the Oscars have earned, ‘one demerit.’ ”
Vigoda, who’s death had been falsely reported numerous times, died for real in January at age
Remembered mostly for his role as the turncoat mafioso Salvatore “Sal” Tessio in the The Godfather, Vigoda also starred as detective Phil Fish in the s TV comedy Barney Miller and its spinoff, Fish.
Yet the character actor was not mentioned during the tribute, even as his Godfather costar, Alex Rocco, who played casino owner Moe Green, was honored among late industry figures featured.
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