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| Ten Thousand Motels |
TV icon Spelling dead at 83
BY MICHELLE CARUSO
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF
LOS ANGELES - Legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling, who created trend-setting hits including "The Mod Squad," "Charlie's Angels," "Dynasty" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" during his 50-year-long career, died yesterday. He was 83.
The fabulously wealthy entertainment mogul, father of actress Tori Spelling, died at home, said his publicist, Kevin Sasaki. Spelling had battled ill health since 2001, when he developed oral cancer, the result of his longtime pipe smoking. He suffered a stroke Sunday at his Beverly Hills home, a sprawling, 123-room mansion known as The Manor that he built on a 6-acre estate once owned by entertainer Bing Crosby.
Word of his death sent sadness through Tinseltown, where he had helped shape the careers of top-shelf starlets like Heather Locklear, who starred in multiple Spelling hits including "Dynasty," "T.J. Hooker" and "Melrose Place," and Farrah Fawcett, whose fluffy, winged coiffure on "Charlie's Angels" sparked a nationwide fad.
Spelling, born in Dallas, came to Hollywood in 1953. Working first as an actor, he took small parts on TV shows, including "I Love Lucy."
But he soon gravitated toward his first love - writing - and penned episodes for Dick Powell's "Zane Grey Theater," "Playhouse 90," "Wagon Train" and "The Jane Wyman Theater."
During this time, he wed his first wife, actress Carolyn Jones, who later played Morticia on "The Addams Family." They divorced in 1965.
His second marriage, to Candy, would last 38 years. The couple had two children: Tori, who rose to fame playing Donna on her father's wildly popular "Beverly Hills, 90210" and now has a reality show on VH1, and Randy, who appeared on "90210" and "Malibu Shores."
Spelling's star began to rise when he paired with entertainer Danny Thomas in the 1960s to produce "The Danny Thomas Show," "The Guns of Will Sonnet" and the groundbreaking "The Mod Squad," which won the hearts of restless young viewers with its offbeat multiracial cop trio played by Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams 3rd and Michael Cole.
"I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl [on network television]," Spelling once said. His color barrier-breaking stories won him six NAACP Image Awards during his career.
But it was Spelling's second pairing, with producer Leonard Goldberg from 1972 to 1977, that sent him to TV's stratosphere with top-rated shows "The Rookies," "Starsky & Hutch," "Hart to Hart" and "Charlie's Angels," all of which tapped youth-friendly themes.
By the 1980s, Spelling, who founded Spelling Entertainment and Spelling Television, was on his own and king of the airwaves, with nine series airing on ABC in that decade: "Charlie's Angels," "Family," "The Love Boat," "Fantasy Island," "Dynasty," "Hotel," "Finder of Lost Loves," "The Colbys" and "Nightingales."
The network was jokingly called "Aaron's Broadcasting Company."
Spelling's soaring success continued in the '90s and this decade, with the glitz-heavy "90210," "Melrose Place" and "Models Inc.," the witchcraft-themed "Charmed" and the Christian family-friendly "7th Heaven."
Originally published on June 24, 2006
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| chevysales |
DYNASTY... |
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| rasputin56 |
The only thing good to come of this is that now Tori Spelling will never work again. |
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| lotsajizz |
may he spend eternity strapped in front of TV set in Hell forced to watch endless reruns of his shit
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| SweetVirginia |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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lotsajizz wrote:
may he spend eternity strapped in front of TV set in Hell forced to watch endless reruns of his shit
Well, he did start "Jiggle TV."
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| glencar |
Does Tori Spelling still have an ability to cry? RIP Aaron, thanks for the jiggles. |
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| corgi37 |
Now's the time to hit on his horse faced daughter. |
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| SweetVirginia |
Do you think all these people will fax in their
eulogies like Billy Preston's "friends" did?
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| parmeda |
I can't stand Tori.
She always was, and will continue to be, a fucking beast.
And if Josh chimes in and says, "I'd 'do' her!"...I'll spit.
I will lose all respect that I have for him. |
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| SweetVirginia |
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parmeda wrote:
I can't stand Tori.
She always was, and will continue to be, a fucking beast.
And if Josh chimes in and says, "I'd 'do' her!"...I'll spit.
I will lose all respect that I have for him.
Corgi is right....she is sort of a horse face.
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| parmeda |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
Corgi is right....she is sort of a horse face.
My dear SW, horse faces are velvety smooth and with graceful lines.
Her puss looks more like what one might find under its tail. |
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| glencar |
And the best part is, humongous sums of money were used for that face! Nice body though in that one group shot. |
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| SweetVirginia |
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glencar wrote:
And the best part is, humongous sums of money were used for that face! Nice body though in that one group shot.
I'm suspecting humongous amounts of money spent on
the boobs as well, Glencar!
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Well. She certainly isn't what one might call a "pretty woman"...like Anna Nicole. Anyway, blame her mother....If Carolyn Jones had been her mum, she's have looked better maybe. |
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| glencar |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
I'm suspecting humongous amounts of money spent on
the boobs as well, Glencar!
And lipo! |
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| parmeda |
omg glenny...even with a bag over her head don't tell me you'd still get hard with that! |
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| glencar |
Yeah, a bag would work! |
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| SweetVirginia |
...definitely a bag over the head....
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| Riffhard |
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rasputin56 wrote:
The only thing good to come of this is that now Tori Spelling will never work again.
LOL! Now that's funny! Looks like the genetic talent gene does not pass from father to daughter.
Riffy |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Looks aren't everything.
Money counts too. |
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| SweetVirginia |
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Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Looks aren't everything.
Money counts too.
And she's got that!
Signature Splurge: A 56,500-square-foot mansion, dubbed the "Manor," in Los Angeles' Holmby Hills, requiring nearly five years of construction and featuring 123 rooms, an ice rink, a bowling alley and two Olympic-size swimming pools.
The Price Tag: $48 million. |
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| corgi37 |
Dont forget young Randy either. Whats he gonna do now? Oh, hang on, same thing he's done forever.
Live it up on Dad's money. |
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| Joey |
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lotsajizz wrote:
may he spend eternity strapped in front of TV set in Hell forced to watch endless reruns of his shit
P.O.S.T.I.N.
...postin ' |
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| jb |
One of the great Jewish Hollywood types of all time.....truly a great man.........and yes Pammy, Tori is simply a beautiful, dynamic, and talented Jewish woman who I would bang in a minute. |
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| voodoopug |
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jb wrote:
One of the great Jewish Hollywood types of all time.....truly a great man.........and yes Pammy, Tori is simply a beautiful, dynamic, and talented Jewish woman who I would bang in a minute.
she really loves her pug too!
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| jb |
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voodoopug wrote:
she really loves her pug too!
There were rumors that you attended another Rolling Stone's tribut band performance this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!(?) |
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| voodoopug |
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jb wrote:
There were rumors that you attended another Rolling Stone's tribut band performance this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!(?)
Took my oldest son to "Taste of Aurora" with one of my old bandmates to see "Hot Rocks Chicago" perform. Crowd was estimated at 15K, very good show, highlights were "Heart of Stone, Not Fade Away, Rough Justice, Live with Me, and Heartbreaker." |
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| jb |
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voodoopug wrote:
Took my oldest son to "Taste of Aurora" with one of my old bandmates to see "Hot Rocks Chicago" perform. Crowd was estimated at 15K, very good show, highlights were "Heart of Stone, Not Fade Away, Rough Justice, Live with Me, and Heartbreaker."
Sounds much better than when you had to ask for $$$$ H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-N-G........... |
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| voodoopug |
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jb wrote:
Sounds much better than when you had to ask for $$$$ H-U-M-I-L-I-A-T-I-N-G...........
Sadly, I have never performed within the "festival scene". |
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