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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,590 posts) Sun Nov 14, 2021, 06:43 PM Nov 2021

Actor Brian Keith was #BornOnThisDay, Nov.14, 1921.

Actor Brian Keith was #BornOnThisDay, Nov.14, 1921. Remembered for his TV series Family Affair (1966 -'71) & for the film The Parent Trap (1961). Passed in 1997 (age 75) from #suicide, 2 months after his daughter Daisy took her own life. #SuicideAwareness #SuicidePrevention #RIP

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Actor Brian Keith was #BornOnThisDay, Nov.14, 1921. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 OP

I loved him as a kid. MuseRider Nov 2021 #1

Sad... Mike Nelson Nov 2021 #2

He was in the movie The Philadelphia Story with Paul Newman, House of Roberts Nov 2021 #3

MuseRider

(34,339 posts)

1. I loved him as a kid.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:01 PM

Nov 2021

I was sad when I heard he died but I never knew about it being suicide and after his daughters suicide. Wow, that is really really sad.

Mike Nelson

(10,252 posts)

2. Sad...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:06 PM

Nov 2021

... did not know of the suicides. He was a very warm actor - although I don't get the appeal of his "Family Affair" TV show, at least he was engaging.

House of Roberts

(5,665 posts)

3. He was in the movie The Philadelphia Story with Paul Newman,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Nov 14, 2021, 07:07 PM

Nov 2021

showed on TCM earlier this afternoon.

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