Ralph Waite, known to millions as John Walton Sr. on the warmhearted 1970s TV series The Waltons – and, more recently, as the Mark Harmon character's father, Jackson "Jack" Gibbs, on the CBS hit NCIS – died at his Palm Desert home at about 11 a.m. Thursday, according to the Desert Sun. He was 85.
The paper reports that his longtime friend, Jerry Preece, showed up for a lunch and movie date only to find ambulances and Waite's wife, Linda Waite, at the house.
"She just told me she thought he’d passed," said Preece, who ascribed his friend's death to a "tired heart. … This last year or two, he had really gotten closer to realizing that his body was wearing out." More
I believe he was a good man on and off the camera. Only wish there were more like him out there on TV and in the movies. I am certain there is a place for him in heaven.
How about lowering the flag. ... never mind, he wasn't a drug addict who overdosed!
ReplyDeleteRIP, dear fellow.
ReplyDeleteSo Many hours of pure clean entertainment. I look back on the show with such fondness.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace.
God bless him! Loved that show!!!
ReplyDeleteI believe he was a good man on and off the camera. Only wish there were more like him out there on TV and in the movies. I am certain there is a place for him in heaven.
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