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I found out a few minutes ago from a co-worker that Richard Hatch from Battlestar Galactica passed away from cancer. I was a sophomore in high school when this show made it's debut in 1978. I've met him, and as you can see here, he was nice enough to sign a photo for myself, my wife and daughter. At the time he was really excited about the new show coming together; this photo was shot at Inconjunction in Indianapolis in 2008. Shame. This has been hanging on my studio wall since then, along with an autographed photo of Richard Biggs from Babylon 5.Related content
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I am sorry for you about the sudden death of Richard Hatch at the age of 71.Β While I didn't watch much of "Battlestar Galactica," I feel for you on the passing of the show's main actor, especially as you and your spouse got to meet him personally.Β Also on the same day as Hatch's passing, a really great comedian passed away, "Professor" Irwin Corey the self-proclaimed "World's Foremost Authority."Β Β Β www.newsfromme.com/2017/02/07/β¦Β With his wild hair, claw hammer-tailed coat, his sneakers and his pseudo-scientific double talk, Corey was the hilarious personification of the "mad scientist."Β Irwin Corey was 102.
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I'll have to YouTube him up, as I'm not really familiar with him. That's a long time to live, though.
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Trust me; Irwin Corey is a laugh riot.Β I think you'll like him.Β And yes, it takes a lot of guts to live out a life for so many years.
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Aww no, not him too
Glad to hear you met him and he was a good guy, i was really pleased to see him in the new BSG. Β
Rest in Peace, Richard.
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He was really jazzed up about that, and I was glad that he got to be in it.
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I met him too, when he came out this way to be a convention guest. Ended up in the bar drinking with everyone.
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I'll tell you who was that kind of person up here was SF artist Michael Whelan; the convention even gave him a birthday party while he was here. I've had very few negative reflections of celebrities, as they are by their job people persons; one of the few was Virginia Hey of Farscape who was only at Gencon to push a line of cosmetics, and really didn't care about the fans at all.
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I liked his Battlestar version better. Maybe that's because I grew up with it.
Rest in Peace, Richard.
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It was such an exciting time in late 78, as we were so hungry for some science fiction. And it was so cool meeting him later on. He was so stoked about the new show, and being involved with it.
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Late 78 I was stationed on the tropical island of Guam. There was NO internet or cell phones. However, a new invention, the VCR, was in its infancy and growing in popularity. We had friends copying shows and mailing us new albums like Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. Guam was off the beaten path then and acts like that saved our sanity.
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I wish I'd had a great military story like that; I was exiled to the middle of Missouri. Pretty country, but I tell people that it's hotter than a bake oven in the summer, and Norway in the winter.
I remember when In Through the Out Door was released; I still have "Carouselambra" on a mix in my car. I never got to see them in concert, but did see Page in Indy with The Firm in 1985. Hell of a show.
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Fast forward to the first Gulf War. Forces were building up over there and we were receiving all manner of cookies, gifts, and letters of support from grade schools and colleges. One guy had one of those VCR/TV combo units and we must have watched the Hunt for Red October, Caddy Shack, Β and Little Big Man a dozen times easy. One day, a package arrives with a VCR tape in it. It was a short scene. Five girls enter a room from the left, backs to camera wearing some type of sorority sweater. UP GO THE SWEATERS! Heads and modesty protected, they wheel around topless and proceed to jump up and down for about a minute. Giggling, they bow, and exit to the right. I have NO idea what happened to that tape!
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I have a funny tape story involving a bunch of friends at an apartment in 1984 playing with musical instruments. The one guy was showing me his guitar pedals, and I was taping him playing with a ghetto box. The lead singer of this little band, who'd absorbed enough Coors, began just singing a song. He made up the lyrics as he went, most of it very un-PC. When he was told that he was being taped, he nearly fell on the floor laughing. I think I still have that tape somewhere. I think the one song he sang was called the "Sit On My Face Blues."
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That sounds like an impromptu jam session that went bawdy! 
Β Β Β Β Β Sit on my faaceee bluuuues!
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It was so hilarious because he just broke out into song. And he started it off with, "I was just drivin' along in my 18-wheeler when all of a sudden..." It was in 12-bar blues beat, so the guitar player and bassist just picked it up.
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Some of the best memories start out as impromptu jam sessionsΒ
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Oh God, it was a memory alright.
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Nice!Β Oh!Β Oh no, wait!
Not nice that he's deceased!Β But that he autographed the photo.
You know what I mean, right?Β Β
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My friend, that wall of mine is beginning to haunt me; nearly everyone famous I've met is deceased.
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Makes you enjoy who you still have...
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True. I still have your four pieces on the wall in back of my desk, the "Wall of Honor." If you ever can think of anything else you'd want, just give me a shout and I'll mail it to you.
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