Judge Puts 'Columbo' Actor Falk in Conservatorship Posted: 6 months ago by dollyllama
The Emmy-winning actor slipped rapidly into dementia since a series of dental operations in late 2007, Dr. Stephen Read testified Monday, the final day of a two-day conservatorship hearing.
Read said it was unclear whether Falk's condition worsened as a result of anesthesia or some other reaction to the operation.
Read first evaluated Falk in June 2008 before the actor was scheduled to undergo hip surgery. His dementia and apparent Alzheimer's disease worsened after that procedure, and Read said the actor no longer remembers his signature role in the series ''Columbo.''
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Posted: 6 months ago by dollyllama:
Of course this is sad to happen to anyone, but seems especially so to have happened to him.
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Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad:
Wow! I didn't have a clue. I really like him as an actor.
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Posted: 6 months ago by tigertony:
I hate to hear that. Columbo was one of my all-time favorite shows and Peter Falk was always a class act.
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Posted: 6 months ago by Prish:
Wow, that's so sad. I really loved him as an actor and as a person. As Bette Davis said, "Old age ain't for sissies."
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Posted: 6 months ago by drogue:
Tragic. My dad is almost as old, and though we kids sometimes make light of his struggle to find words, or retelling news from a month ago, we're all secretly terrified we might be seeing early warning signs.
Such a cruel disease, if diseases ought to be given personalities.
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Posted: 6 months ago by tragluk:
This is Classic columbo.. just when we all think he's slipped and lost his marbles, he'll solve the case with something brilliant...
...any time now...
...annnnd wait for it...
...
:(
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Posted: 6 months ago by pocksucket:
« drogue : Tragic. My dad is almost as old, and though we kids sometimes make light of his struggle to find words, or retelling news from a month ago, we're all secretly terrified we might be seeing early warning signs.
Such a cruel disease, if diseases ought to be given personalities. My dad is a little younger but has stepped over the threshold into the world of dementia.
It is one of the cruelest things and I hope, sincerely, for you and your father's sake that you're just seeing absent mindedness.
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