McHale's Navy Star - Earnest Borgnine Dead at 95

classic, grew up watching that show

Sorry to hear about this. All the oldies are dropping like flies.

95? That's a wonderful lifetime!

Well damn, this is..what? His third death that I can imagine.
I imagine in 10 more years he will die again.

i always think of this clip from sctv, eugene levy playing borgnine.

A beloved man, but he has been reported dead more than once or thrice before. I even remember his grieving widow, Tova Borgnine she she was interviewed at his passing the last time.
No kidding.

Borgnine, who was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on Jan. 24, 1917 in Hamden, Conn., began acting after serving in the Navy during World War II.

He made his film debut in 1951's "Whistle at Eaton Falls" before winning an Academy Award four years later.

He appeared in other notable films including "Jubal," "<a class="inlineAdmedialink" href="#">Flight</a> of the Phoenix," "The Dirty Dozen,""The Wild Bunch," "The Poseidon Adventure," "Johnny Guitar," and "Escape from New York."

He was also known as the Navy officer in the television series "McHale's Navy," which aired from 1962-66.

Younger audiences would know him as the voice of Mermaid Man in "Spongebob Squarepants."

Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series "ER," and was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2011.

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I have never heard of him dying until now. Hmm.

Also, someone wanted to point out Vigoda dying in another thread. It was a false report when that happened. Nothing weird like a timeline shift or anything like that. What happened was some stupid radio DJ announced that Abe Vigoda had died. Abe himself came out a few days later and said that he was alive and well and had no clue why someone said he had died. He even poked fun at it. By having a photoshoot where he was setting up in a casket. Quite hilarious.