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    Default 03-14-2010, 09:11 PM
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    Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Peter Graves, best known for his starring role on TV's "Mission: Impossible," was found dead Sunday at his home, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. He was 83.

    There was no sign of foul play in the actor's death, officer Karen Rayner said.

    Graves portrayed the character Jim Phelps for all but one of the seven years "Mission: Impossible" ran on CBS, from 1967-1973. He won a Golden Globe in 1971 for his work on the show, and he was also nominated for an Emmy.

    He reprised the role from 1988 to 1990 when the show resurfaced on ABC.

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    Default 03-14-2010, 09:30 PM
    RIP Pete. I loved that show. The stuff they put out now is crap.
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    Default 03-14-2010, 09:42 PM
    He was really good in Airplane too.

    Rip sir. :(

    Hey, wasn't he related to James Arness?
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:23 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by lacarnut View Post
    RIP Pete. I loved that show. The stuff they put out now is crap.
    We used to watch it after school, one of us would sit close to the TV so we could shut it off quick if my dad drove up.
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Rockntractor View Post
    We used to watch it after school, one of us would sit close to the TV so we could shut it off quick if my dad drove up.
    Remember the little dot in the center of the picture tube that would be there when you turned off the TV and remain for awhile until it got smaller and smaller and smaller and finally went away?
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:31 PM
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    Remember the little dot in the center of the picture tube that would be there when you turned off the TV and remain for awhile until it got smaller and smaller and smaller and finally went away?
    Yeah and it stayed warm for awhile too. We got caught a couple of times, he didn't like star trek either. It actually added to the excitement of watching the shows.
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:40 PM
    Yes, James Arness aka Marshall Matt Dillion was his brother.
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:46 PM
    Mission Impossible was one show that my whole family
    gathered around the tv to watch together when I was
    a kid. I loved that show. Have to post this as a memorial:

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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:46 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Kay View Post
    Yes, James Arness aka Marshall Matt Dillion was his brother.
    Is his brother.
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    Default 03-14-2010, 10:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Kay View Post
    Mission Impossible was one show that my whole family
    gathered around the tv to watch together when I was
    a kid. I loved that show.

    Me too. It was ahead of its time, just like Hawaii Five-O. Great shows.
    When the delegates emerged from the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got?” Franklin replied, “A republic, madam, if you can keep it.”
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