It's not his birthday, or any other anniversary, but I just want to recall Dick York.

[Faygo Kid]

He was about the best and most good-hearted person in Hollywood we have found. From Wikipedia:

Largely bedridden, York battled not only his back pain but an addiction to prescription pain killers.

In his memoir, The Seesaw Girl and Me, published posthumously, he describes the struggle to break his addiction and to come to grips with the loss of his career. The book is in large part a love letter to his wife, Joan (née Alt), the seesaw girl of the title, who stuck with him through the hard times. York eventually beat his addiction and tried to revive his career. He appeared on several prime-time TV shows including Simon and Simon and Fantasy Island.

York, once a heavy smoker, spent his final years battling emphysema. While bedridden in his Cannon Township, Michigan, home, he founded Acting for Life, a private charity to help the homeless and others in need. Using his telephone as his pulpit, York motivated politicians, business people, and regular people to contribute supplies and money.

Despite his suffering, York said:

I've been blessed. I have no complaints. I've been surrounded by people in radio, on stage and in motion pictures and television who love me. The things that have gone wrong have been simply physical things.<1>

On the 20th of February 1992, York died from his illness in his Cannon Township, Michigan home at 5370 Belding Road. He was 63.

York is buried in Plainfield Cemetery in Belmont, Michigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_York

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. He was wonderful on Bewitched.

A lovely man.

[Faygo Kid]

2. Indeed. He is what every DUer should aspire to be, except for poverty,

He died in poverty, yet fought for social justice until the end.

I respect this man. He was a great human being.

[Auggie]

3. A wonderful comedic actor

[Faygo Kid]

4. A wonderful actor period. But even a better human being.

I miss him. That's why I posted this.

[Tobin S.]

5. You never know where you might find inspiration

Thanks for posting this. It did my heart good.

[Faygo Kid]

8. We could do worse than aspire to what Dick York achieved.

He was a better person than most of us, and I am not ashamed to say it.

He should be an inspiration to us all.

[frogmarch]

6. I saw him on a TV program

(I don't know what one) years ago. He was living in Michigan, I think. His house appeared to be what a lot of people would call "humble." He seemed to be very frail and in pain, but he spoke with great passion for the poor, and I instantly loved the man. He came across as totally selfless, as if his illness was nothing compared to the plight of many others. What a wonderful person he must have been.

[Skittles]

7. a lovely man, and a wonderful actor

yes