RIP Jay Thomas.

[Kingofalldems]

Died today after a bout with cancer.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Nanu-nanu.

[OriginalGeek]

2. Awww man, I liked him

Eddie LeBec - the only hockey player's name I know.

[Dave Starsky]

7. Club soda with a lime slice.

I believe that was his beverage of choice.

[lpbk2713]

3. Rest in peace, citizen.

Thanks for the laughs.

[hamsterjill]

4. Aw...I am so sorry to hear this.

Enjoyed this man's craft.

Sympathies to his friends and family.

[More_Cowbell]

5. Mr. Holland's Opus

I think that might have been my favorite of his roles. Although I loved him on Cheers, too.

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. Seems like yesterday he and little Rhea Perlman were making us laugh on Cheers.

Hard to believe its been so many years.

[Mike Nelson]

6. I remember...

...he had a radio talk show which aired in the Los Angeles area. He had a nice voice and personality.

[nolabear]

9. NOOOO! I used to call his radio show in Charlotte NC

He was funny and a bit of a jerk and really enjoyable. We chatted several times so I felt like he was "mine."

I remember that Lone Ranger story. I'm oddly sad.

[applegrove]

10. Eddie Leveque on cheers. I had a crush on him because he was a canadian

character and was so cute.

[lunamagica]

11. ...

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Sad.......

and yes, the "Lone Ranger" story ALWAYS brought tears of laughter to my eyes!

[Aristus]

13. Good-bye to an almost insanely likeable actor.

[NightWatcher]

14. I loved the annual football throw to the meatball on the tree after the Lone Ranger story...

I still watch it on YouTube since Dave left.


RIP

[Demit]

15. Loved him on Murphy Brown.

[Ilsa]

22. Yep. Favorite ex-husband, IIRC. NT

[superpatriotman]

16. Funny show on satellite

RIP, Jay

[FuzzyRabbit]

17. RIP Jay

The good guys die way too soon.

[trueblue2007]

18. i loved him on LETTERMAN

WILL MISS HIM ALOT.

[benld74]

19. RIP

[YOHABLO]

20. FUCK CANCER - we need to eradicate this monster of an illness.

[workinclasszero]

21. That was a great clip

RIP

[2naSalit]

23. ...

[LittleGirl]

24. Great clip

thanks for sharing. RIP Jay Thomas. Really liked that guy.

We need to eradicate cancer! damn it all to hell.

[Skittles]

25. damn

I crushed on him back in the day, handsome guy, cute smile

far too soon

[George II]

26. A very talented actor and comedian. He didn't "act", it came naturally.

[orangecrush]

27. Rest in Peace

[spanone]

28. 8(

[TuxedoKat]

29. Oh how sad

I started listening to his show last year off and on but hadn't searched for it for awhile. I didn't know he was ill. Such a funny guy.

[Bradshaw3]

30. Always looked forward to the Lone Ranger story

RIP

[kentuck]

31. Lone Ranger story very funny!

RIP
Jay Thomas

[Miles Archer]

32. My favorite Jay Thomas story came from "Cheers"

Do a Google search on "Jay Thomas Zamboni."

RIP, Jay.

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. Why they killed him off

He was on Howard Stern's show. When asked about kissing Carla (Rhea Perlman) on Cheers, Thomas noted he received combat pay for doing so. Shortly thereafter, he was told his role would be ending.

[Goodheart]

33. A fellow New Orleanian

[MuseRider]

34. Awwww RIP

I always liked him in whatever he was in.

A couple of months ago I was stuck inside and flipping through channels to find something, ANYTHING to stop the boredom. I came upon Jay Thomas, he was on a show about the paranormal. It was about a house he had lived in and raised his son in. Normally I would have zipped through that channel without a second look but I watched that entire hour (I think, it seeeeeeeemed that long anyway) just because I had not seen Jay Thomas in a while and I liked him.

I hope his passage was easy. The man sure made a lot of people laugh and feel better, I hope there was no suffering involved.

[Tom_Foolery]

35. RIP, Jay...

That is the greatest radio story ever. I've been in radio since 1983, and I have my own stories. That is the best!! Being an old radio guy, David Letterman just loved it.

[RhodeIslandOne]

36. Great story

He was on my first favorite show as a kid, Mork and Mindy. Also loved him on Cheers as Eddie Lebeck.

RIP.

[liberalla]

37. DAMN! I loved him!

Rest in piece. Many will remember you and miss you. My condolences to family and friends...

[ATL Ebony]

38. RIP, Jay

[Raine]

40. Aw such sad news, I akways liked him

R-I-P Jay

[smirkymonkey]

41. Very sad.

RIP, Jay.

[Permanut]

42. Worked with him in Mr Holland's Opus..

as an extra in the conference room scene about cutting the budget. Also William Macy, Richard Dreyfuss and Alexandra Boyd.

Took all day to do multiple takes; Jay and Richard kept us all entertained between takes. Jay was funny and down-to-earth, just a really nice man. Glad I got to work with him.

[Kingofalldems]

43. Thanks for posting that.