Chad Everett, star of 1970s TV drama 'Medical Center,' dies at 75

[Tx4obama]

Source: LA Times

Chad Everett, who starred in the 1970s TV drama "Medical Center," has died. He was 75.

Everett's daughter told the Associated Press that he died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles after a year-and-a-half-long battle with lung cancer.

Perhaps best known for his role as surgeon Dr. Joe Gannon, the actor was twice nominated for a Golden Globe for his perfomances on "Medical Center." The series ran seven seasons and, at the time, tied with "Marcus Welby, M.D." for longest-running medical drama.

But in an acting career that spanned more than 40 years, Everett guest-starred on a wide range of television series, including "The Love Boat," "Murder, She Wrote," "Melrose Place" and as a closeted gay police officer on "Cold Case." Everett found a new audience in 2009 when he acted in an episode of the CW's "Supernatural" as an aged version of Dean Winchester, usually played by Jensen Ackles. He recently appeared in the TV series "Castle."

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-chad-everett-dead-medical-center-20120724,0,4308588.story

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R.I.P.

[qb]

1. RIP - another one of my boyhood crushes.

[hamsterjill]

20. Mine, too!

I never missed an episode of Medical Center!

RIP, Mr. Everett.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Bad day for 70's TV...

[Tx4obama]

6. It's been a bad couple of weeks ...

Andy Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)
Ernest Borgnine (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012)
Sherman Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012)
and now Chad

[ChazII]

9. Agree 100%. also this year

Peter Breck (Nick on the Big Valley)
Frank Cady (Petticoat Junction/Green Acres)
the actor who voiced the Robot on Lost in Space
Don Grady


ETA: I also had a crush on him.

[Art_from_Ark]

11. Oh, my gosh, all those '60s and '70s actors gone in just the past few months

[hamsterjill]

21. Oh, no!!! I didn't know about Nick Barkley!

n/t

[Ken Burch]

3. Just saw him do a nice supporting performance on a rerun of "Cold Case"

the episode was "Forever Blue"...check it out if you get the chance. I won't spoil it for you.

Farewell to another face from the shows I watched as a child.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. What?! I used to watch that show as a kid...

Same as I did "The Jeffersons." Both Sherman Helmsley and Chad Everett in the same day?! I didn't think Chad Everett was that old... Godspeed to him. He was a very popular television actor back in the day...

[Kolesar]

13. It was on past my bedtime, but I could hear the siren...

...that played at the beginning of the theme music.

[crimson77]

5. Loved him in Mulholland Drive

[agent46]

8. That was genius casting

R.I.P.

[crimson77]

10. I got curious.....

So I'm reading what Mulholland is about, and it's giving me a headache.

[hifiguy]

18. +1 He was incredible in a deeply creepy role.

Great, great movie. One of my Top Five Ever.

[jberryhill]

7. Starred with Merle Haggard in "Centennial"

Close call...



Andy Griffith was in that series too!

[LibDemAlways]

12. He lived near me and I would frequently see him

tooling around in his older jag with a vanity plate that read "Sir Chad." Thought about him just the other day because I hadn't spotted him in a while. Very sorry to hear this.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Never really watched "Medical Center"

although did like "Dr. Kildare" with Richard Chamberlain... LOL

R.I.P. and didn't know (per the article) that he was a "Conservative Republican".

[tanyev]

15. Aw, man. He looked great when he was on Castle last year.

RIP.

[avebury]

16. Man there are so many people dropping like flies now a days. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I remember thinking he was so cute. RIP.

[GoCubsGo]

19. I was really sad to hear this. Then I clicked on the link.

Now, not so much. I didn't know about his appearance on The Dick Cavett Show, where he said that his wife was "property", just as were his horse and dog. It pissed off Lily Tomlin enough that she left the stage. I see he was married to his "property" for 45 years. One hopes he changed his attitude about her over the years.

[Still Blue in PDX]

22. Jim Beaver (Supernatural) had nice things to say about him in spite of his politics.

In the comments for that article he said that though they (gently) butted heads politically, he had a great sense of humor and was devoted to his wife.

Like my daughter told me when she was in trouble at age 6 or so, "Nobody's perfect."

RIP, Dr. Gannon.

[Liberalynn]

23. Used to love Medical Center! That and Marcus Welby

RIP Chad Everett.

[driver8]

24. I work at Warner Bros. and we just got done re-mastering Season 2 of Medical Center.

Chad Everett had the BLUEST eyes, ever!!

Very sad to hear this...